This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/2498.1.1 Message Board Post: Yep, my Davidson is your Davidson. I have all kinds of documentation. I have been researching this side of my family for years. I am stuck on the parents of John Davidson. I recently received all of his Civil War documentation and would be happy to share any infor. He stated in a letter to the Pension Board that his mother died shortly after his birth and his father a year later. He was raised by his grandmother, name uncertain, until he was 16 when she died. I found him at age 17 in State Line City, IL. He was married prior to Martha, which came as a big surprise. His first wife died shortly after they were married. He stated in the letter there was no family bible, record of his birth. However, he has to be in the census, but man he is difficult to find. Anyway, I have tons of documentation. Who is your sister-in-law? Jill

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davidson, Allison, Piper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/4424 Message Board Post: William (born Ayrshire 1878) & Elizabeth Turley (born Renfrew 1881). First moved to N. Ireland then to Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT in 1921. Using US Census found them at 390 East Ave. Bridgeport. They had two children, Elizabeth born 1901 Ayrshire married 1924 in CT family name Watt. 2nd child unknown. 3rd was William born 1908, N. Ireland. Everyone moved to CT. >From there I am lost!

I have a Mary Etta Davidson in Pike County, Illinois b. 1871, d. 1927. She is the daughter of Hugh Davidson and Eliza Pine. While it doesn't appear to be the same Mary Etta -- the Illiniois connection makes it worth a comment. I have data on this Davidson line back to Jefferson Cty, Ohio in 1798 and Maryland in 1777. Please feel free to contact me direct. Dave Koester Barrington, Illinois [email protected] Personal Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~koester/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] John W.Davidson m. Martha Willoughby, IL > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Davidson, Mason > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FNR.2ACEB/2498.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I, too, am researching this family. I believe Mary Etta Davidson (daughter > of John W. and Martha) was my sister-in-law's great-great grandmother.I > didn't know they had 8 children. I only have 3: Frank, Mary Etta, and > Charles Leroy. Do you have documentation for the others? I'm especially > interested that they had a son, Arthur. Mary Etta married Lafayette Mason > and one of their sons is named Arthur. Would love to swap information. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davidson, Mason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FNR.2ACEB/2498.1 Message Board Post: I, too, am researching this family. I believe Mary Etta Davidson (daughter of John W. and Martha) was my sister-in-law's great-great grandmother.I didn't know they had 8 children. I only have 3: Frank, Mary Etta, and Charles Leroy. Do you have documentation for the others? I'm especially interested that they had a son, Arthur. Mary Etta married Lafayette Mason and one of their sons is named Arthur. Would love to swap information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/1974.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Looking for the husband(s) of Sarah E. DAVIDSON, in particular, William MANUEL; they were married in Johnson Co., MO on 3 June 1864. Also, do we know where she is buried?

John, One final comment from me on the Davidsons in Rutherford and Gibson Co., TN. One researcher believes that the older woman in Josiah Davidson's home in 1840 in Rutherford was his mother-in-law Sarah Finch. It appears that it was this same Josiah Davidson (and his wife Mary.....assumed to be Mary Finch by the stated researcher) who was in Fulton Co., KY on the 1850 census, and the mother-in-law Sarah Finch was still in Rutherford Co., TN at age 78 in 1850 (living with her son Adam). If this should be correct, then the older woman in Richard Davidson's home in 1830 was probably someone else (and since sthat woman was not still in Richard's home in 1840, maybe the Mary Davidson in Gibson Co., TN in 1850 was yet a THIRD older woman). Note: There is a "family tree" on the Internet that shows a Jonah (not Josiah) Davidson married Mary Finch, and it shows Jonah as being part of "Family 5" versus my Davidson family ("Family 10"). As such, the "jury is still out" on all of this, I believe. In conclusion, I don't know if Mary Davidson in Gibson Co., TN in 1850 was part of your "Family 1," versus related to Richard Davidson of "Family 5" after all, versus being from yet a fourth Davidson family not even mentioned above. I really doubt, however, that this Mary Davidson was part of my family. I do believe that the Josiah Davidson "Junior" in Rutherford Co., TN in 1840 was the son of the Josiah Davidson "Senior" in Hickman Co., TN in 1840. I don't know, however, if Josiah "Junior" was married to Mary Finch, and I have no proof that it was Josiah "Junior" who was in Fulton Co., KY in 1850 (but that would not surprise me). Bill Davidson

Bill, Interesting analysis. Did you note that Mary in 1850 had three daughters living with her. I do not see evidence of them in the 1830 census. The Davidson Research Site has a lot of great Davidson data and even with it, I am continually amazed at how difficult it is to sort out many of these Tennessee families. That said, I am still trying to sort through just the longer term Gibson county families. I know that this has been a topic on this list in the past. I am hoping that some readers will contact me on list or privately. thanks, john. At 10:28 AM 11/21/2006, Bill Davidson wrote: >John, > >I note that Richard Davidson had an older women living in his home in 1830 >in Rutherford Co., TN, and she appears to have been in the correct age range >to have been the Mary Davidson who was age 76 in 1850 in Gibson Co., TN. >Such an older women was NOT shown, however, in Richard's home in Rutherford >Co., TN in 1840. I note, however, that such an older women DID appear in >the Rutherford Co., TN household of Josiah Davidson in 1840 (again, in the >correct age range to have been Mary). IF that was, in fact, the same women >who had been in Richard's home in 1830, however, then that would probably >mean that this Josiah Davidson was not from a branch of my Davidson family >after all (as had been suspected for some time; as you know, I am in "Family >10," not "Family 5," on the DNA website). > >Some researchers believe that the father of this Josiah Davidson in >Rutherford in 1840 was the older Josiah Davidson who was in Hickman Co., TN >in 1840 (and my "DNA match" comes from that Josiah Davidson in Hickman). >Since the older Josiah Davidson was still alive, I doubt that the older >women in the younger Josiah Davidson's home in 1840 would have been his >mother, so maybe it was his mother-in-law. In any case, if it was the same >older women who had been in Richard Davidson's home in 1830, then that would >be an interesting new development. Note: There were four Josiah Davidsons >on the 1840 Tennessee census, and they were in Hickman, Rutherford, Smith >and Henry Co., TN. > >There is a deed between the older Josiah Davidson of Hickman Co., TN and his >son who was also named Josiah Davidson. That deed showed the son in >Rutherford Co., NC, but it was always assumed that this was a "typo" and >that it should have shown Rutherford Co., TN. I wonder if the Josiah >Davidson in Rutherford Co., TN was NOT the son of the Josiah Davidson in >Hickman Co., TN after all (and if the one in Rutherford Co., TN was somehow >related to the Richard Davidson who was there)? > >Bill Davidson

Hi. I'm looking for my Great Grandfather who disappeared after the 1900 census. This is what I have on him. Henry G.Davidson Born: About 1863 Place Born: Illinois Married: Mary Ella Brown Date married: Nov. 2, 1890 Place Married: Alexander County, Illinois They had 5 Children, and were listed on the 1900 census in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. >From what I have heard through the years, his wife died ( don't have any information on that either) and he disappeared, abandoned the children, and was never seen again. His Parents: Father: Morgan Davidson Born: About 1806 Place Born: Kentucky Mother: Margaret ??? Born About: 1825 Place Born: South Carolina Any one know these Davidsons??? Would appreciate any information on this family. Thanks, from a genealogy researcher lost in space.... Sandy

John, I note that Richard Davidson had an older women living in his home in 1830 in Rutherford Co., TN, and she appears to have been in the correct age range to have been the Mary Davidson who was age 76 in 1850 in Gibson Co., TN. Such an older women was NOT shown, however, in Richard's home in Rutherford Co., TN in 1840. I note, however, that such an older women DID appear in the Rutherford Co., TN household of Josiah Davidson in 1840 (again, in the correct age range to have been Mary). IF that was, in fact, the same women who had been in Richard's home in 1830, however, then that would probably mean that this Josiah Davidson was not from a branch of my Davidson family after all (as had been suspected for some time; as you know, I am in "Family 10," not "Family 5," on the DNA website). Some researchers believe that the father of this Josiah Davidson in Rutherford in 1840 was the older Josiah Davidson who was in Hickman Co., TN in 1840 (and my "DNA match" comes from that Josiah Davidson in Hickman). Since the older Josiah Davidson was still alive, I doubt that the older women in the younger Josiah Davidson's home in 1840 would have been his mother, so maybe it was his mother-in-law. In any case, if it was the same older women who had been in Richard Davidson's home in 1830, then that would be an interesting new development. Note: There were four Josiah Davidsons on the 1840 Tennessee census, and they were in Hickman, Rutherford, Smith and Henry Co., TN. There is a deed between the older Josiah Davidson of Hickman Co., TN and his son who was also named Josiah Davidson. That deed showed the son in Rutherford Co., NC, but it was always assumed that this was a "typo" and that it should have shown Rutherford Co., TN. I wonder if the Josiah Davidson in Rutherford Co., TN was NOT the son of the Josiah Davidson in Hickman Co., TN after all (and if the one in Rutherford Co., TN was somehow related to the Richard Davidson who was there)? Bill Davidson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davidson, McCusick, McColl Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/3302 Message Board Post: William Davidson and Elizabeth (nee McCusick) had a son Robert Davidson born 1829, Tipperary, Ireland. He married Cecelia McColl a Scots lass from Perth whilst in the army in India in 1863. On returning from India they settled in Glasgow in 1869. Robert Died in 1873 and the girls' mother died in 1880. The girls were orphaned aged 18,16 and 14, two became servants and the youngest was put in a workhouse. I have no record of them after 1881. Does anyone have emmigration/immigration records on them? Can anyone find out history on William Davidson in Tipperary? I am at a brick wall as regards information. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Ian Davidson

Bill, Thanks for the pointer. I forgot to check the DNA site. My bad... I think this is a match because - based on my census analysis - this is likely the only Richard Davidson born at this time frame, living in Tennessee at the appropriate times. And Richard has a son Richard (John) Davidson born at the appropriate time. I lost son Richard John Davidson in the 1860 census as his father had moved on to Missouri. With the data from the DNA site, I am now able to track Richard John Davidson and family in 1870, 1880, & 1900 census in Lauderdale county, TN. Still not identified in 1860. Nor have I been able to identify Nancy Rutherford Davidson, the cousin and wife of Richard John Davidson's son John William (William in 1900 census). That would be a clue to me of where more of the family went after 1860 or maybe to some of the other children of Richard, Sr., who were not living with him in 1850 census. The Davidson research site lists a likely marriage record for Richard John Davidson: Davidson, R. J. m Williams, Margaret J. m 06 Mar 1867 Lauderdale One correction to your note. Son Richard was born in 1837/38 to Richard and his first wife Elizabeth Toombs. They were married in Rutherford county, TN, in 1821 and she seems to have died by 1840 census. Richard married Margaret Nickson in 1842. Margaret has died by the 1860 census. john. At 07:05 AM 11/20/2006, Bill Davidson wrote: >John, > >The Richard Davidson in Gibson Co., TN in 1850 that you mentioned COULD be >the same Richard Davidson shown on your DNA website under member 22263 in >"Family 5." That Richard Davidson on the DNA website was also born in 1798 >(so he would have been about 52 in 1850), and he was also born in NC (and >his descendants were also in TN). Member 22263 does not list a known wife >for Richard Davidson, so Margaret Nickson could be "news" to him (IF this is >the same/correct Richard Davidson). I have included member 22263 as a >"blind copy" on this e-mail. >... >Bill Davidson

John, The Richard Davidson in Gibson Co., TN in 1850 that you mentioned COULD be the same Richard Davidson shown on your DNA website under member 22263 in "Family 5." That Richard Davidson on the DNA website was also born in 1798 (so he would have been about 52 in 1850), and he was also born in NC (and his descendants were also in TN). Member 22263 does not list a known wife for Richard Davidson, so Margaret Nickson could be "news" to him (IF this is the same/correct Richard Davidson). I have included member 22263 as a "blind copy" on this e-mail. Note: The last that I heard, no one in "Family 5" knows exactly how this particular Richard Davidson "ties into" that Davidson/Davison family. Several members of that overall family moved from Prince Edward Co., VA (PECo) to the Anson Co., NC area, and they eventually dispersed from there. There was also ANOTHER branch of this same family, however, that was still in the Spotsylvania/Orange/Culpeper Co., VA area, long after the above branch had moved from that area of VA to Amelia/PECo in the 1740s, and any descendants from this other branch of the family seem to be more "mysterious" than the ones who were in Amelia/PECo. I suspect that member 63007 in "Family 5" was from this more "mysterious" branch (based primarily on an association between that member's ancestor and the Abney family, as well as the "process of elimination"). I don't have anything to add at this point on the Mary Davidson in Gibson Co., TN who was age 76 in 1850 and who was also born in NC. The "PECo Davi(d)sons" were apparently not in NC nearly that early, so I would have to assume that this was NOT a branch of that family. If I think of any meaningful possibilities about her, I will let you know. Bill Davidson

Hi, I am trying to sort out the various Davidson families who lived in Gibson County, TN. Gibson county seems to have been a place where many Davidson families congregated. Some just seem to have passed through. Others have been there 150 years. I have tried to make sense of the data a couple of times before but with the re-use of the same names and such, my head hurts every time I try to make some progress. I am focused on this in part to attempt to sort out a couple of specific lines from the "Import John" family. Hopefully, some people have some genealogies where they have sorted out some of the families and thereby by process of elimination, I can reduce the number of families that are problems. If you have any data that you could share, please get in touch with me. From the 1850 census, I have found two families that I would like to sort out: p209a/1179/13th District Davidson, Mary 76 f w North Carolina Davidson, Anne 50 f w North Carolina Davidson, Margaret 44 f w North Carolina Davidson, Caroline 26 f w Tennessee I cannot connect this widow Mary to any of the families that I documenting. It seems from looking at the 1840 census, that she was not living in Gibson in 1840. p209b/1187/13th District Davidson, R. (Richard Davidson) 52 m w North Carolina Davidson, Margaret (Margaret Nickson) 35 f w Tennessee (m 10 Mar 1842 Rutherford Co Tn) Davidson, Ellen 20 f w Tennessee Davidson, Nancy 14 f w Tennessee Davidson, Richard 12 m w Tennessee Davidson, Robert 06 m w Tennessee Davidson, Joel (or Joseph Davidson) 04 m w Tennessee Davidson, Greenberry (or Granbury) 02 m w Tennessee (Davidson-L) (1850 Gibson Co Tn) (1860 Gibson Co Tn) It looks like from Mary's notes on the Research site that this data came from a list member. (Mary, please note that Richard was not in Gibson in 1860, but in Scott county, Missouri.) This again does not look like a member of the Import John family. He was in Rutherford county in 1830 and 1840. Thanks, john.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/3241.2 Message Board Post: I now note that Lawrence Co., AL marriage records show that a Jesse Davidson married a Catherine Davidson there on 30 Jan 1823. Was this the same Jesse Davidson who married Margaret Childs? Who was this Catherine Davidson?

Elizabeth Davidson of Limestone county AL. was given a land patent of 39.89 acres in April 1850 signed by Zachary Taylor if any relatives are interested, you can go to this address and download it. this site has thousands of land patents for the viewing or downloading. Bureau of land mgt. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Jesse Davidson, born c1801 VA, d in Texas c1879 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/3241.1 > > Message Board Post: > > The following may not mean anything, but Josiah Davidson (born about 1791) > from VA and then TN, died rather young in Limestone Co., AL around 1825. > His widow, Elizabeth (Hardiman) Davidson appeared on the 1840-1870 > Limestone censuses, but she did not appear on the 1830 Limestone census. > I do not see any Davidson man on the Limestone census in 1830 who seems to > have a wife plus another female of Elizabeth's age in his home. In > "next-door" Lawrence Co., AL, however, it appears that your Jesse Davidson > has two older females, one of whom could have been Jesse's wife and an > older one who COULD have been the widow Elizabeth Davidson. Do you have > any other explanation for the second adult women in Jesse's home in 1840? > Of course, there could have been a Hardiman relative (versus a Davidson) > in that area of AL who took Elizabeth in after her husband Josiah Davidson > died. > > Several of the Davidsons from VA (from the family that was in Buckingham > Co., VA, starting in 1761) eventually went to the Limestone, Madison, > Marshall and Morgan Co., AL area. I do not know, however, if the > Davidsons in Lawrence Co., AL were their relatives. Like you, I cannot > find "your" Jesse Davidson in 1850. Comments? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davidson, Cox, Fletcher,Boltman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FNR.2ACEB/1217.1 Message Board Post: Dear Stephen, I bought a memorial record for a Mary J. Davidson Cox, the wife of Frank S. Cox. She was born 22 Dec 1869 near Arcola, IL. She and her parents moved to Pawnee County, KS in 1876. She grew to young womanhood on a farm northeast of Larned. After attending grade school in Pawnee county, she went to Emporia Teacher's College, then taught school for several years. In 1908 the Moore G. and Malinda J. Davidson Cox family moved to Nickerson, KS where she lived until her marriage to Frank S. Cox on 6 Jan 1913. After their marriage, they went to Hindsboro, IL where she resided until the death of her husband in 1920. In 1933 she returned to Kansas to make her home and lived here until her death. Mary J. Davidson Cox died 28 Aug 1958 at the age of 88. She was buried in the Larned Cemetery. Mary J. Davidson Cox leaves to mourn her sister Susan, Mrs. Charles Fletcher, and many friends. The record says here brothers and sisters were the following: Roy-James, Edgar, Oliver, Wirt, Dora, and Susan. (Perhaps the others were already deceased?) I believe that this memorial record would be a great resource for a family member or family researcher of this Davidson/Cox line. Please contact me if you have an interest in this memorial record. I will sell it. Kathy Wieland in St. Louis, MO

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/3241.1.1 Message Board Post: CORRECTION: My sentence should have stated, "Do you have any other explanation for the second adult women in Jesse's home in 1830?" I incorrectly stated "1840" in my earlier post.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/3241.1 Message Board Post: The following may not mean anything, but Josiah Davidson (born about 1791) from VA and then TN, died rather young in Limestone Co., AL around 1825. His widow, Elizabeth (Hardiman) Davidson appeared on the 1840-1870 Limestone censuses, but she did not appear on the 1830 Limestone census. I do not see any Davidson man on the Limestone census in 1830 who seems to have a wife plus another female of Elizabeth's age in his home. In "next-door" Lawrence Co., AL, however, it appears that your Jesse Davidson has two older females, one of whom could have been Jesse's wife and an older one who COULD have been the widow Elizabeth Davidson. Do you have any other explanation for the second adult women in Jesse's home in 1840? Of course, there could have been a Hardiman relative (versus a Davidson) in that area of AL who took Elizabeth in after her husband Josiah Davidson died. Several of the Davidsons from VA (from the family that was in Buckingham Co., VA, starting in 1761) eventually went to the Limestone, Madison, Marshall and Morgan Co., AL area. I do not know, however, if the Davidsons in Lawrence Co., AL were their relatives. Like you, I cannot find "your" Jesse Davidson in 1850. Comments?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davidson/Davison/Davis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/3300 Message Board Post: Would like to contact a living male Davison from this line about participating in the DNA study. Parents: Crable + Sophia--Breckinridge Co, KY child: Jackson+Emily Horsley>William H. Davison 1831-? child: Anselm W.+ Teresa>Billy Davison 1864-? Thanks for any help. Diana

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DAVIDSON - WEAVER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/3299 Message Board Post: I am looking for James Davidson and Sarah "Sallie" Weaver. They were married in Upshur County, Texas on 6 Feb 1876. On the 1880 census they have three (3) children: Emma, Richard and John. Any information no matter how little will be greatly appreciated.