John Geddie

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 1815
    Christening: 
          Death: 1872 -  ( at age 57)
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Parents

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         Father: James Daniel Geddie 
         Mother: Jannet Maxwell 

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Spouses and Children

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       Children:
                1. Living 
                2. Living 
                3. Living 

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Notes

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General:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #1953, Date of Import: Feb 26, 2002] John Geddie was a missionary to the South Seas. When he went to a South Pa cific Island, there were only cannibals and head-hunters. When he left, th ere were onlly Christians. On Prince Edward's Island, Nova Scotia, the re is a church dedicated to his memory, a Presbyterian church he help ed to build to train missionaries who went out to follow him to the Sou th Pacific. He left Banff, Scotland, and went to Canada, and then into t he mission field. Somewhere in the South Pacific, on some island today, th ere is a monument to him. G. Patterson wrote a book, published in Canada in 1882 and now long o ut of print, entitled: "Missionary Life Among the Cannibals: Being the li fe of Rev. John Geddie."