ANNETTE HAMILTON GEDDES

“Miss Geddes”

Date and place of birth:  1881 in Newhills Registration District of Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Date and place of death:  15th October 1976 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Nationality: British

Biography:  Annette grew up in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire with her siblings:

Mary Hosie Geddes 1878 – 1948

Eliza Maggie Geddes 1880-1884

James Fraser Geddes 1883 – 1973

Alexander Marr Geddes 1885 – 1973

Marjory Inglis Geddes 1887 – 1960

Frances Beryl Geddes 1890 – 1991

Godfrey Power Geddes 1895 – 1964

Parents:

James Lawrence Geddes married Marjory Fraser Burr in 1877 Newhills Registration District, Aberdeenshire.

Parents occupation:  James was the Managing Director of the Culter Paper Mill

Schools Universities attended and years of attendance: Not known

Occupation: Not known

Place of residence at Gretna: Mentioned in the Eastriggs and Gretna Electoral Roll 1918-1919 as a supervisor living in 17 T East

After the war Annette’s forwarding address was mentioned in the Mossband Farewell, held in The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s archive collection: Miss Geddes, “Postcliffe,” Peterculter, Aberdeenshire

Job Title at Gretna: Welfare Supervisor

Marital Status: Like all her sisters, Annette never married.

Children: Nil

Travels:  A Cruise to South Africa in 1952

Awards/Recognitions: Nil known

Trivia/any other information: Nil known

References

Ancestry

FindaGrave

FindMyPast

FreeBMD

British Newspaper Archive

Mossband Farewell Newsletter