Gedney

Gedney

*Gedney, Lincolnshire is a village in England near Bostom
* the Gedney family were some of the original settlers of Salem, Massachusetts
* Gedney Island (Washington) (named after the above-mentioned lieutenant) is a small island in Possession Sound, off of the coast of Everett, Washington


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  • Gedney — Recorded as Gadney, Gedney, Gidney and Godney, this is an English surname. It is locational from a village and parish called Gedney in the county of Lincolnshire. This translates as Gadd s island, from a combination of the pre 7th century… …   Surnames reference

  • Gedney, Lincolnshire — Gedney is one of a group of small villages south of Boston, Lincolnshire, straddling the A17 Boston to King s Lynn road, bearing the name Gedney ; the others are Gedney Drove End, Gedney Dyke, Gedney Dawsmere, Gedney Hill and Gedney… …   Wikipedia

  • Gedney Island (Washington) — Gedney Island (aka Hat Island) is an island in Puget Sound in Snohomish County, Washington, USA. The island lies in Possession Sound between the mainland city of Everett, Washington and the southern part of Whidbey Island. Gedney Island has a… …   Wikipedia

  • Gedney railway station — was a station in Gedney, Lincolnshire. It was a station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network. It was closed in 1959. [ [http://www.leytransport.i12.com/joint.htm joint ] ] The station survives today but in a deralict state.… …   Wikipedia

  • Gedney House — The Gedney House is a historic Colonial American house, estimated to have been constructed circa 1665. It is located at 21 High Street, Salem, Massachusetts and operated as a non profit museum by Historic New England. The house is rarely open to… …   Wikipedia

  • Gedney family — The Gedneys were among the original settlers of Salem, Massachusetts. The family patriarch, John Gedney (originally of Norwich), sailed in 1636 out of Yarmouth, England on the [http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/MaryAnne.html Mary Anne] . One of …   Wikipedia

  • Gedney and Cox Houses — Infobox nrhp | name =Gedney and Cox Houses nrhp type = caption = location= Salem, Massachusetts lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 31 lat seconds = 6 lat direction = N long degrees = 70 long minutes = 53 long seconds = 53 long direction = W locmapin …   Wikipedia

  • Gedney, ———. —    In At the Mountains of Madness, a graduate student and a member of the Miskatonic Antarctic Expedition of 1930–31. He accompanies Lake on his subexpedition and is subsequently discovered, dead, by Dyer and Danforth deep within the Old Ones’… …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • William J. Gedney — (* 4. April 1915 in Orchards, Washington; † 14. November 1999 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) war ein US amerikanischer Linguist südostasiatischer Sprachen und Thaiist. Nach seinem Examen, das er 1935 am Whitman College mit summa cum laude abschloss,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • William Gedney — William Gale Gedney (1932 1989) was an American photographer. It wasn t until after his death that his work gained momentum and his work is now widely recognized. He was born in Greenville, New York.During his lifetime, Gedney received several… …   Wikipedia

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