Thomas GEDDES

1850 -

• Name	Thomas GEDDES
  Birth	c 1850	Colinton, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Colinton, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Torphin Cottage
  	Census 1851 Colinton, Midlothian 677/ 3/ 16 Torphin Cottage Robert GEDDES, head, mar 35, operative paper maker, N[ot] K[nown], Midlothian Helen GEDDES, wife, mar, 40, Colinton, Midlothian William GEDDES, son, U, 15, paper maker apprentice, Colinton, Midlothian Christian GEDDES, daur, 11, Colinton, Midlothian Peter GEDDES, son, 7, scholar, Colinton, Midlothian Andrew GEDDES, son, 4, Colinton, Midlothian Thomas GEDDES, son, 1, Colinton, Midlothian [2]
  Arrival	29 May 1855	New York City, New York, USA
  	aboard the SS Harmonia from Glasgow, Scotland
  	Passenger List SS Harmonia Departed Glasgow, Scotland Arrived New York, New York on 29 May 1855 Mrs Ellen GEDDES, 40, wife, United States, below deck William GEDDES, 19, none, Christina GEDDES, 15, spiner [?], Peter GEDDES, 9, none, Andrew GEDDES, 7, none, Thomas GEDDES, 5, none, Ellen GEDDES, 3, none, [1]
  Person ID	I1116	Clan Campbell Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert GEDDES,   b. 1 Sep 1815, Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland d. 12 Mar 1876, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Helen CAMPBELL,   b. c 1811-1815, Colinton, Midlothian, Scotland
  Marriage	20 Mar 1835	Colinton, Midlothian, Scotland   [3]
  	Marriages (OPR) Colinton, Midlothian 677/ 50/ 526 Robert GEDDES papermaker at Kalesmill in this parish son of William GEDDES and Helen Anderson CAMPBELL also at Kalesmill in the parish daughter of Alexander CAMPBELL gave in their names for proclamation in order to Marriage and after being regularly proclamed and no objections make they were married before Witnesses. [3]
  Family ID	F440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S115] United States Customs Service, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897, 29 May 1855, p. 4., M237. (Reliability: 3). Passenger list for S.S. Harmonia arriving New York, New York from Glasgow, Scotland. GEDDES, Mrs Ellen. Collection: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. www.ancestry.com [S65] Census records (Scotland), 30 Mar 1851, 677/ 3/ 16. Colinton, Edinburgh. GEDDES, Robert (head) [S66] Marriages and Banns (OPR) Scotland, 20 Mar 1835, 677/ 50/ 526. (Reliability: 3). Colinton, Edinburgh. GEDDES, Robert and CAMPBELL, Helen Anderson.