Hi Cousin,
Your Great Grandfather, Henry Valentine was my father's brother. Henry had 8 brothers, 3 sisters and one adopted brother. Henry was called "Fish" because he liked to fish and was very good at it. Simple as that. His brother George was called "Bully" because he was the older brother and was thought of as tough. Walter was called "Irish". He never told me why. My father, Bernard Sr. was called "Nuthead because of early balding (poor guy..what a nickname!)..
I live in Peoria Arizona now but originally I'm from the Boston area. I am 67 and retired after 40 years as a Physicist/Elecronic Engineer
I'm sure you are aware that the family hails from Nova Scotia and is "Acadian" in origen. Most of the family now lives in Louisianna now as a result of the dispersion of 1755. There was a big family reunion down there in 1999 and it was a blast. Five hundred family members showed up.Are you aware that there will be another reunion in 2004, this time in Nova Scotia? I'm going as are many Geddrys I know. Many of our Southern cousins are planning to come as well. There are many Geddrys and Jeddrys living in N. S. now and I presume most of them will attend too. Below is the link that will explain about the reunion. I hope you can come.
Bernie Geddry
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily/