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F.B. Meyer, in Light on Life's Duties, highly recommended this author with the following statement:
We can never know too much of that literature which throws side-lights on the Bible, and which unfolds the customs of the people, difficult allusions, historical coincidences, geographical details. Geikie’s Hours with the Bible; Kitto’s Daily Illustrations, edited by Dr. Porter; Dr. Smith’s Bible Dictionary; books like these are invaluable....
Very little has been published about him, but here are some facts that have been gathered:
- Cunningham Geikie was born on Oct. 26, 1824 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the second son of Rev. Archibald Geikie. Archibald Geikie was a Congregationalist minister that had churches in Canada and Connecticut.
- In 1846, John Geikie was a student of theology in York township, Toronto, Canada.
- Cunningham Geikie was ordained in 1848, and served in Canada and Nova Scotia for 12 years.
- He married Margaret, a woman who had been born in Dublin, Ireland.
- In 1851, they had a daughter while in West Canada, named Isabella.
- In 1853, they had a daughter while in Nova Scotia, named Jane.
- In 1859, they had a son, while in Toronto, West Canada, named John.
- From 1860 to 1876 he did literary work in England.
- On April 7, 1861, according to the England Census, John C. Geikie was 36 years old and his wife, Margaret, was 37 years old. John was listed as an independent minister. Their daughter Isabella was 10, and Jane was 8. Their son John was 2. They were living 31 Herbert Street, Shoreditch St. Leonard, Middlesex, England, in a house with two other families, a retired ship broker and his wife, and a professional traveler’s family.
- In 1865, Charles was born to them in Timberland, Durham, England.
- On March 16, 1871, The Fifeshire Journal, of Scotland, page 5, gave a report of his lecture given at the Town Hall, St. Andrews, about the Palestine Exploration Society.
- On April 2, 1871, according to the England Census, John C. Geikie was 46, and Margaret was 47. John was an independent minister of a Chapel. Isabella was 20 and working as a laundress; Jane, 18 and a laundress; John, 12 and a scholar, and Charles was 6 and a scholar. They were living in a house at 40 Gibson Street, Islington St. Mary, London, England.
- He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Queen’s College, Canada in 1871.
- He was the curate of St. Peter’s of Dulwich from 1876-1879.
- In 1879-1882 he was the rector of Christ Church, Neuilly, Paris.
- In 1883-1885 he was the vicar of St. Mary’s of Barnstaple.
- In 1885-1890 he was at St. Martin Church of Palace, Norwich.
- In 1891 he entered retirement.
- On April 5, 1891, Cunningham was 66 and Margaret was 67. Cunningham was a “Clerk in Holy Orders.” At their house named Talbor Hurst on Donset Road, Holdenhurst St. Stephen, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, they had three single women. One was a secretary that was visiting, 31 year old Kate Lloyd. The next was 25 year old Emily Lockyer, a servant that was the cook. The third person was Mabel Newbery, a 19 year old servant working as the parlor maid.
- He received an LL.D. from Edinburgh University in 1891.
- He died on Oct. 6, 1898.
Sources
Brown's Toronto City and Home District Directory 1846-7, George Brown, Toronto, 1846, page 27. The Generations Network, 2005.
1861 England Census, The Generations Network, Inc. 2005.
Fife, Scotland, Cupar Library Newspaper Index Cards, 1833-1987. The Generations Network, Inc., 1007.
1871 England Census, The Generations Network, Inc. 2004.
The New York Times, October 7, 1898.
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