Helen Grahame

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 23 April 1786 marriage or banns of Robert Grahame to Helen Geddie, in the parish of Glasgow

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 7 children of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddie from first: 8 February 1787 Anne Grahame to last: 26 March 1794 Robert Grahame

• 8 February 1787 birth or baptism of Anne Grahame, daughter of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddie [child 1], in the parish of Glasgow
• 11 March 1788 birth or baptism of Thomas Grahame, son of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddie [child 2], in the parish of Glasgow
• 5 March 1789 birth or baptism of Robert Grahame, son of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddie [child 3], in the parish of Glasgow
• 21 December 1790 birth or baptism of James Grahame, son of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddes [child 4], in the parish of Glasgow
• 30 January 1792 birth or baptism of Thomas Grahame, son of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddie [child 5], in the parish of Glasgow
• 7 April 1793 birth or baptism of Jean Grahame, daughter of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddie [child 6], in the parish of Glasgow
• 26 March 1794 birth or baptism of Robert Grahame, son of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddie [child 7], in the parish of Glasgow

From "William Henry Hill handwritten manuscript, Page 28 84 Ninian Jane Hill 85 John Millar Thomson 86 Thomas Grahame 87 Robert G of Whitehill 88 James G.jpg"

[WHH-REF:87] Robert Grahame of Whitehill which he acquired in 1797, writer in Glasgow, the eldest son of [WHH-REF:86 Thomas Grahame] was born on 19 September 1750. He married on [blank] Helen Geddes, daughter [blank] Geddes and died on [blank] 1851. He was the first Lord Provost of Glasgow under the Reform Act. His issue was James Grahame [WHH-REF:88] Thomas Grahame [WHH-REF:91] Anne Grahame [WHH-REF:94] and Jean Grahame [WHH-REF:97]

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Deaths and Burials

6 September 1825 death or burial of Hellen Graham, aged 65 [born about 1760], [maiden surname] Geddes, [spouse of] Rob Graham, in the parish of Glasgow

From British Newspaper Archive: The Scotsman Page 7 Wednesday 14 September 1825 Deaths

Deaths: At Glenfuir House, on Thursday, 1 September 1825 [inst.], Helen Geddes, wife of Robert Graham, Esq. Whitehill. Whitehill House, near 35 Finlay Drive, Glasgow G31 2QY 55.860043, -4.218424

From British Newspaper Archive: The Scots Magazine Saturday, 1 October 1825 Page 130 Deaths

Deaths: Thursday, 1 September 1825. At Glenfuir House, Helen Geddes, wife of Robert Graham, Esq. Whitehill. Glenfuir House, Falkirk 55.99778, -3.81611

From Glasgow Museums Art Donors - Felicia Pepys Cockerell (1890-1970)

Robert married Helen Geddes (1751-1824) of Cupar, Fife, in 1786. They had four surviving children, one of whom was James Grahame, our donor’s great grandfather.

In 1825, James Grahame's mother, Helen Geddes, died at Whitehill

Image from issuu - Captain James Donald Page 18

From Biographical Sketches of the Hon. the Lord Provosts of Glasgow by John Tweed Published 1883 Pages 14, 19

[Page 14] This was the most active and energetic period of Mr. Robert Grahame's life. He had married a Miss Geddes, of Cupar, Fife, a lady of great beauty, whom he met for the first time in the house of Mr. Scott Moncrieff, then manager of the Royal Bank in Glasgow. Miss Geddes was most respectably connected, and by her he had two sons and two daughters.

[Page 19] Mr. Grahame had two sons and two daughters. James Grahame, the eldest, was twice married, and died many years ago: by his first wife he had a son and a daughter — the latter was married to a gentlemen of the name of Stewart. Mr. Grahame's second son, Thomas Grahame, married first as already stated, the eldest daughter of Kirkman Finlay, Esq., by whom he had three daughters, and afterwards the widow of General Limond, E.C.S. Mr. Grahame's eldest daughter, Ann Grahame, married in 1822, James Donald, Esq., formerly Captain and Paymaster of the 94th Regiment, and brother to C. D. Donald, Esq., Commissary clerk of Lanarkshire. Captain James Donald died in 1831, leaving one son and a daughter; the latter was married to William Somerset, Esq., second son of Lord William Somerset, uncle of the Duke of Beaufort; she died in 1850, leaving three children. Mrs. Donald died in 1847. Mr. Grahame's youngest daughter, Jane Grahame, married Sir John Robison, (son of Illuminati Robison), both are dead, leaving two daughters.