On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Angela <angkelly@aapt.net.au> wrote: > My great Grandfather John Geddes was at sea in all the census since his > marriage His wife Margaret Geddes ( M.S. Henderson) and family all in > Aberdeen in 1889, 1901 & 1911 On his marriage cert he is listed as sailor, > coasting trade. I know before he died mid 1920's he was on a fishing boat, > he fell to his death from the mast Also unable to find his death on > Scotland's People Also tried Ancestry for his death in England For English records, http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ is a recommended aid, but even if you find a possible match, you will need to buy the certificate in order to get all the details. > The only record that comes near to fitting it is the 1871 Ganrie census > has Barbara Morrison unmarried with son James ( I believe interchanable for > John ) John and James have always been entirely separate names. But it's not unknown for census enumerators to make errors. > One other thing I believe the family were Mason. Does anyone know is it > possible to get informayion from the Lodges in Aberdeen? > I had always understood that only men were permitted to join a Masonic Lodge. You might find it worth getting in touch with http://www.grandlodgescotland.com/, who I have found helpful in the past. It's likely that some of our Aberdeen city folk can supply more precise details about the Lodges there. Alison