Thomas O'Grady and Margaret Fleming Johnston

The O'Grady family changed their name to Geddes. I have yet to find any reason for this or any reason why they chose the name Geddes. I suspect they were bought off by the O'Grady family - Viscount O'Grady - and backing this up is the fact that by 1885 Thomas Geddes was the owner of Moss-side cottage in Limerigg which was highly unusual for a coal miner. The property passed on to his widow Margaret then their son Alexander.

	Child	Marriage	Spouse	Spouse's Parents

1	Margaret Dunn	m. 3 Jul 1885 Longriggend	William Goodwin	David Goodwin Elizabeth Buckie
	b. 1 Oct 1865, Slamannan d. 30 Oct 1906 Longriggend		Children: Margaret Johnston b. 24 Apr 1886, Drumbow, by Airdrie( note 2) m. Arthur Gardiner (family details) David b. 4 May 1888, West Longriggend, Airdrie Elizabeth Buckie b. 4 Jul 1900, Drumbow, By Airdrie

2	Alexander, Colliery Manager	m. 26 Jan 1894 Airdrie	Jessie Ritchie
	b. 12 Sep 1867, Salterhill, Slamannan d. 14 Jun 1939 Longriggend in 1901, living at Moss Cottage Family bible: Alex Geddes (formerly O'Grady ) married Jessie Richie at Clarkstone in the 1894 year of our Lord. He died at hospital in Glasgow on 14 Jun 1939 aged 72. Jessie died at Moss-Side cottage Limerigg on 13 Dec 1944 aged 75 both interred in Slamannan cemetery		b. 1870, Kinrossach?, Kinross Children: Margaret (Meg)Ritchie, b. 1897 m. 19 Nov 1928 David Main Gardner, his second wife. Divorced his first wife, Janet Kerr, 27 Oct 1928 Tom ,b 1898 d. 1983, Waikato, New Zealand m. Roberta Brodie Alexander Ritchie b. 1900, d. 4 Aug 1914 Charlotte(Lottie)Balfour b. 1905, mar. James Flucker, 25 Dec 1929, Gavin b. James Ritchie b. 1906, d. 1 Jul 1907 John

3	MARY	m. 28 Nov 1892 Luib Hotel, Killin	DUNCAN MACGREGOR	Parents
	b. 14 May 1870, Salterhill, Slamannan	Children	b. 1 Feb 1860, Tirfuir, Lismore, Argyll d. 5 Mar 1929, Snabhead Farm, Muiravonside

4	Gavin, Master Grocer	3 Aug 1897 Crowhill Cottage Bishopriggs	Elizabeth (Lizzie) Farquarson	John Farquarson Margaret Wingate
	b. 5 Aug 1872, Slamannan m. 1897, age 24, living at 44 Cambridge Street, Glasgow d.18 Jan 1940, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow		b. abt. 1873, Bishopriggs, Lanarkshire d. 25 Apr1918, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland Children: Margaret W. b. 1899 Thomas b. 1905 Betty b.1910


5	Thomas Balfour	m. Jul 1902 Whitney, Oxford	Blanche Watts	James Charles Watts Sarah Ann Wright
	b. 2 Aug 1874, Slamannan		b. 10 Aug 1874, Freeland, Whitney, Oxford d. 1970 Oxford Children: Charles m. Sybil Phillip m. Isobel, d 1954 Graham Margaret, m. Reg Binning

6	John	m.	Grace Martin
	b. 30 Mar 1876, Slamannan d. 1958

7	Helen (Nellie, Ellen)	m. 30 Jan 1899 8 East-St John St. Glasgow	Thomas Horne	James Horne Margaret Robertson
	b. 7th Mar 1878, Limerigg, Slamannan m. 1899, age 26, living at Lochside Slamannan witnesses James Robertson, Mining Engineer and Jessie Horne d. 27 Aug 1923, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, buried in Edmonton Municipal Cemetery		b. 15 Feb 1875, England m. 1899, coalminer, age 22, living at Lochside Slamannan d. 21 Feb 1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Children: James b. 1896, illegitimate Margaret b. 1899 Helen (Nellie) Geddes (1902-1988) m. John Donald Murie Jeanie (1903-1955)m. Selwyn C. Dickout, parents of DNA match Barb McColl Thomas (1905-1929) Robert b. 1909 Jessie b. 1919

8	Charlotte	m. 19 Apr 1907 Limerigg	Peter Muir	Thomas Muir Jane Mills
	b. 27 Feb 1881, Slamannan d. Brightons, Polmont		b. 1884, Shotts, Lanarkshire Children: Tom Muir b 1911

9	William, farmer	m. 7 mar 1912 Bluff, New Zealand	Sarah Henrietta (Queenie) Kingsland	Harman Kingsland Isabella Forbes
	b.4 Mar 1882, Slamannan d. 19 Oct 1965, age 83, Dunedin, New Zealand		b. abt 1884 d.29 Sep 1964, age 80, Dunedin, New Zealand Children: Isabella Margarette b.25 Dec 1912 Queenie,b. 26 May 1915, m. W. Bulling , children John, Graham, Margaret m. Arthur Shaw Jack John Lewis (1917-2010)

10	Catherine (Kate)	m. 6 Dec 1907, Glasgow	John Youngson	John Youngson Mary Watson
	b. 15 Feb 1884, Slamannan		B. 1878, Shotts, Lanarkshire Children: Thomas Balfour Geddes b. 29 Nov 1910, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland; d. 10 Jun 1982 Edendale, Southland, Southland, New Zealand. father of DNA match Philip Youngson Mary Peggy

11	David Balfour	m. 1920 Ryde, New South Wales	Muriel Thwaites
	b. 1 Jul 1887, Limerigg, Slamannan (bible says 13th) d. 19 Jun 1978		Children: Thomas David m. Amelia Lane John William m. Sylvia Flimson(?) Gloria Muriel

1) Alex and family as provided by Jenny Marsh
Far left Gavin, 2nd left Grandmother (Jessie Ritche), 3rd left Tom, Centre Lottie, 3rd right Meg, 2nd right Grandfather (Alex), far right Sandy - deceased 14 years

Name: Dolina Barker
E-mail: barker.d@xtra.co.nz
Location: French Farm, Akaroa, N.Z.
Web site: http://www.bantrylodge.co.nz
Comment: Mother was Margaret Dunn Gardiner, daughter of Margaret Goodwin, grandaughter of Margaret Geddes, and cousin of Tom Macgregor.

3) Thomas O'Grady and Margaret Fleming Johnston - Marriage 1865. Statutory Marriages 489/00 0002 , Slamannan, Stirling

4) Thomas Horne and Helene Geddes gravestone in Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta

GEDDES (O'GRADY)

Family Group (main line)