This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EMSkaggs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4786.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your response. I have a Davidson aunt and uncle still alive, and I will ask them if they are interested in DNA testing. Again, thanks for your quick response. Mike Skaggs Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tunnelm1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4786.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: UPDATE: I note that there was a younger Tyre Davidson in Warren Co., MS on the 1870 census. I can only guess that he was probably related to the older Tyre Davidson. See: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genea/Dms1870.html This transcription shows that Tyre (Tye?) lived near to Elisha J. Davidson (the same man who had been in Clark Co., AR in 1850, I suppose). I guess Elisha moved back to MS from AR. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tunnelm1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4786.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The link at the bottom of this post shows the Davidsons in Clark Co., AR in 1850. This shows Nathan (age 28) as being from MS, and as living in the Missouri District of Clark Co., AR in 1850 (and it shows his wife as Mary). I note that someone has shown this Nathan Davidson as Nathan C. Davidson on this transcription (but that middle initial was almost certainly not on the original census itself). I note that an Elisha J. Davidson (age 25) lived in the William Johnson household next-door to Nathan and Mary. Could that have been a brother/cousin/nephew of Nathan's? You will also see that some young Davidsons lived in the home of William Thetford in Clark County in 1850, and this transcription shows them as children of a William Davidson and his wife Mary Sturdivant. I do not know if this William Davidson was related to your Nathan C. Davidson. At the top of the 1850 Clark County information is a "Tyra" Davidson (male; age 40...the 1840 census in MS, however, shows his name "Tyre"). He was shown as having been born in MS, and he was also shown on the 1840 Newton Co., MS census (I wonder if your Nathan was also living in Newton in 1840)? The 1840 MS census (including Newton County) can be found here: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genea/Dms1840.html, and I note that both Tyra Davidson and one of the two William Davidsons had males in their homes who were age 15-20 in 1840 (and Nathan would have been about 18 in 1840). Here is the 1850 Clark Co., AR census transcription. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genea/Dar1850.html Do you know any living male Davidsons from your family who could join the Davidson DNA testing project? Such a test could very well "connect" your/this Davidson family back several more generations. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EMSkaggs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4786/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching for parents of my great grandfather, Nathan Chassen Davidson. I don't have much, but I believe he was born in Mississippi, about 1823. He died in Texas, but I'm not sure when. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Nancy, If you look at the IMDB page on the move and expand the cast at the end of the list, you will see that researchers have added lots of uncredited names to the cast list. Back then, unlike today, very few of the cast or crew actually got screen credit. However, extras would almost never get any credits. If you do find him and do see that he had a speaking role, then you should contact the IMDB people so they can update their records. The county for his death was Riverside county. There is no question about that from the CA Death record. You contact the county clerk or whomever does this in Riverside county and give them a credit card and you should have you death certificate in days. The reason I suggested looking for a death notice or an obit is that there should be more to his life that they might give. Those you may need to help with, but you know his date of death now so finding any newspaper record will be easier. I have no doubt that the 1938 voter record is him. I have less about the 1940 record. However, a voter record is going to be in his legal name which was John Calvin Emery Davidson. or some contraction of that. He could not use a stage or professional name on those records unless he legally changed the name. john. At 07:49 PM 8/25/2008, wgalkow wrote: >I think the part was so small that his name was not listed. The article >says he was a cadet in that movie but wound up on the cutting room floor on >another movie. I think he did a lot of "stand-in's". I did order the vhs >of the movie Rosalie just so I can try to find him given I know the scene he >is in according to the article. I am working with someone in Calif. and I >will ask the info about which County it is and do it that way. Thanks for >your help. Nancy > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Lisle" <davidson@tqsi.com> >To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:15 PM >Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > > > > Nancy, > > > > My experience in ordering California Death Certificates, if you are > > in a hurry, is to order them from the COUNTY and not the state. I > > have ordered a few from various counties and had a copy in a week. If > > I were to order from the State, I was looking at a 4-6 week turnaround. > > > > Also, I always check imdb.com about movies when I am looking for > > details. They have a LONG list of actors in the movie and none of > > them are John Calvin Davidson (There is a Max Davidson but that is > > someone else.) or Calvin Emery. > > > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029499/ > > > > There was a Calvin Emery, but it was not your person either. > > > > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256285/ > > > > And there is no record of anyone in their database being born on 31 > > Aug 1913 who fits your description. > > > > I did some searches on ancestry.com > > > > In 1938 voter rolls for Los Angeles County, John C. Emery Davidson, > > living at 716 N. Irving Blvd, was listed as an Actor and registered > > as a Democrat. > > > > In 1940, I found a John Davidson, actor, Democrat, at 1836 N Kingsley Dr > > > > I could not find anything afterwards that might match but the search > > engine for the voter rolls is not great. > > > > I could not find anything else obvious. > > > > I would suggest calling the LA Times or some large newspaper in > > Riverside county and so if you can find an obit or other article > > about his death or accident. > > > > john. > > > > At 04:35 PM 8/25/2008, wgalkow wrote: > >>Thank you so much. Nancy > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Eileen Sharp" <eilsharp@roadrunner.com> > >>To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> > >>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:11 PM > >>Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > >> > >> > >> > The California death index is on www.cagenweb.com/losangeles. If you > >> > search > >> > for Davidson you will find a listing for Calvin Emery Davidson born > >> > 8/31/1913, died 07/27/1957 in Riverside County, California. You can > >> > order > >> > the death certificate on that website. Hope this helps. > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com > >> > [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > >> > Behalf Of wgalkow > >> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:59 AM > >> > To: davidson@rootsweb.com > >> > Subject: [other] [DAVIDSON] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > >> > > >> > > >> > Would anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to find any > >> > info > >> > in > >> > California on this fellow? Background: He was the youngest of 6 > >> > children > >> > all born in Ohio. Their dad was a builder and when things were tough > >> > in > >> > Ohio in the late 30's dad took a job in New Orleans. As was his > >> > custom, > >> > dad > >> > took all 6 kids and his wife with him on all of his jobs. When in > >> > NOLA, > >> > one > >> > daughter (my grandmother) and two of her brothers stayed in NOLA. When > >> > the > >> > job was finished, only one daughter along with two brothers went back > >> > to > >> > Ohio with their parents as they were the youngest. The youngest of > >> > these > >> > brothers was John Calvin Davidson who was always called JC by the > >> > family > >> > to > >> > differentiate from his father John Calvin Davidson. When JC was only > >> > 20, > >> > he > >> > took off for California to become a "movie star". He had some success > >> > as > >> > he was in the movie "Rosalie" along with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor > >> > Powell. > >> > He > >> > may have been in more movies but the article that told me about the > >> > movie > >> > Rosalie o! > >> > nly listed that movie. His "stage" name was Calvin Emery which was his > >> > middle name and his mother's maiden name. Family lore says that he was > >> > killed in an auto accident in the mountains going to visit his Uncle > >> > Angus > >> > in July of 1957. JC was born in Aug of 1913. Any suggestions would be > >> > greatly appreciated as the senior member of this family is 88 (and in > >> > Ohio) > >> > and I would like to be able to give her this info before she passes > >> > over > >> > the > >> > rainbow bridge. This is the ONLY member of the family that we DO NOT > >> > have > >> > any info on. I'm fighting the clock on this one. Thanks for your > >> > suggestions. > >> > > >> > Nancy in NOLA > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > quotes > >> > in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. > >> > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > >> > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: > >> > 8/25/2008 > >> > 7:05 AM > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for your help, John. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lisle" <davidson@tqsi.com> To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > Nancy, > > If you look at the IMDB page on the move and expand the cast at the > end of the list, you will see that researchers have added lots of > uncredited names to the cast list. > > Back then, unlike today, very few of the cast or crew actually got > screen credit. > > However, extras would almost never get any credits. > > If you do find him and do see that he had a speaking role, then you > should contact the IMDB people so they can update their records. > > The county for his death was Riverside county. There is no question > about that from the CA Death record. You contact the county clerk or > whomever does this in Riverside county and give them a credit card > and you should have you death certificate in days. > > The reason I suggested looking for a death notice or an obit is that > there should be more to his life that they might give. Those you may > need to help with, but you know his date of death now so finding any > newspaper record will be easier. > > I have no doubt that the 1938 voter record is him. I have less about > the 1940 record. However, a voter record is going to be in his legal > name which was John Calvin Emery Davidson. or some contraction of > that. He could not use a stage or professional name on those records > unless he legally changed the name. > > john. > > At 07:49 PM 8/25/2008, wgalkow wrote: >>I think the part was so small that his name was not listed. The article >>says he was a cadet in that movie but wound up on the cutting room floor >>on >>another movie. I think he did a lot of "stand-in's". I did order the vhs >>of the movie Rosalie just so I can try to find him given I know the scene >>he >>is in according to the article. I am working with someone in Calif. and I >>will ask the info about which County it is and do it that way. Thanks for >>your help. Nancy >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "John Lisle" <davidson@tqsi.com> >>To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:15 PM >>Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) >> >> >> > Nancy, >> > >> > My experience in ordering California Death Certificates, if you are >> > in a hurry, is to order them from the COUNTY and not the state. I >> > have ordered a few from various counties and had a copy in a week. If >> > I were to order from the State, I was looking at a 4-6 week turnaround. >> > >> > Also, I always check imdb.com about movies when I am looking for >> > details. They have a LONG list of actors in the movie and none of >> > them are John Calvin Davidson (There is a Max Davidson but that is >> > someone else.) or Calvin Emery. >> > >> > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029499/ >> > >> > There was a Calvin Emery, but it was not your person either. >> > >> > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256285/ >> > >> > And there is no record of anyone in their database being born on 31 >> > Aug 1913 who fits your description. >> > >> > I did some searches on ancestry.com >> > >> > In 1938 voter rolls for Los Angeles County, John C. Emery Davidson, >> > living at 716 N. Irving Blvd, was listed as an Actor and registered >> > as a Democrat. >> > >> > In 1940, I found a John Davidson, actor, Democrat, at 1836 N Kingsley >> > Dr >> > >> > I could not find anything afterwards that might match but the search >> > engine for the voter rolls is not great. >> > >> > I could not find anything else obvious. >> > >> > I would suggest calling the LA Times or some large newspaper in >> > Riverside county and so if you can find an obit or other article >> > about his death or accident. >> > >> > john. >> > >> > At 04:35 PM 8/25/2008, wgalkow wrote: >> >>Thank you so much. Nancy >> >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >> >>From: "Eileen Sharp" <eilsharp@roadrunner.com> >> >>To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> >> >>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:11 PM >> >>Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) >> >> >> >> >> >> > The California death index is on www.cagenweb.com/losangeles. If >> >> > you >> >> > search >> >> > for Davidson you will find a listing for Calvin Emery Davidson born >> >> > 8/31/1913, died 07/27/1957 in Riverside County, California. You can >> >> > order >> >> > the death certificate on that website. Hope this helps. >> >> > >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> >> > From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com >> >> > [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com]On >> >> > Behalf Of wgalkow >> >> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:59 AM >> >> > To: davidson@rootsweb.com >> >> > Subject: [other] [DAVIDSON] John Calvin Davidson (JC) >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Would anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to find any >> >> > info >> >> > in >> >> > California on this fellow? Background: He was the youngest of 6 >> >> > children >> >> > all born in Ohio. Their dad was a builder and when things were >> >> > tough >> >> > in >> >> > Ohio in the late 30's dad took a job in New Orleans. As was his >> >> > custom, >> >> > dad >> >> > took all 6 kids and his wife with him on all of his jobs. When in >> >> > NOLA, >> >> > one >> >> > daughter (my grandmother) and two of her brothers stayed in NOLA. >> >> > When >> >> > the >> >> > job was finished, only one daughter along with two brothers went >> >> > back >> >> > to >> >> > Ohio with their parents as they were the youngest. The youngest of >> >> > these >> >> > brothers was John Calvin Davidson who was always called JC by the >> >> > family >> >> > to >> >> > differentiate from his father John Calvin Davidson. When JC was >> >> > only >> >> > 20, >> >> > he >> >> > took off for California to become a "movie star". He had some >> >> > success >> >> > as >> >> > he was in the movie "Rosalie" along with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor >> >> > Powell. >> >> > He >> >> > may have been in more movies but the article that told me about the >> >> > movie >> >> > Rosalie o! >> >> > nly listed that movie. His "stage" name was Calvin Emery which was >> >> > his >> >> > middle name and his mother's maiden name. Family lore says that he >> >> > was >> >> > killed in an auto accident in the mountains going to visit his Uncle >> >> > Angus >> >> > in July of 1957. JC was born in Aug of 1913. Any suggestions would >> >> > be >> >> > greatly appreciated as the senior member of this family is 88 (and >> >> > in >> >> > Ohio) >> >> > and I would like to be able to give her this info before she passes >> >> > over >> >> > the >> >> > rainbow bridge. This is the ONLY member of the family that we DO >> >> > NOT >> >> > have >> >> > any info on. I'm fighting the clock on this one. Thanks for your >> >> > suggestions. >> >> > >> >> > Nancy in NOLA >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------- >> >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> >> > the >> >> > quotes >> >> > in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> >> > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> >> > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: >> >> > 8/25/2008 >> >> > 7:05 AM >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------- >> >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> >> > the >> >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >> >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >>DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

P.S. I think he used Calvin Emery Davidson vice Calvin Emery. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lisle" <davidson@tqsi.com> To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > Nancy, > > My experience in ordering California Death Certificates, if you are > in a hurry, is to order them from the COUNTY and not the state. I > have ordered a few from various counties and had a copy in a week. If > I were to order from the State, I was looking at a 4-6 week turnaround. > > Also, I always check imdb.com about movies when I am looking for > details. They have a LONG list of actors in the movie and none of > them are John Calvin Davidson (There is a Max Davidson but that is > someone else.) or Calvin Emery. > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029499/ > > There was a Calvin Emery, but it was not your person either. > > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256285/ > > And there is no record of anyone in their database being born on 31 > Aug 1913 who fits your description. > > I did some searches on ancestry.com > > In 1938 voter rolls for Los Angeles County, John C. Emery Davidson, > living at 716 N. Irving Blvd, was listed as an Actor and registered > as a Democrat. > > In 1940, I found a John Davidson, actor, Democrat, at 1836 N Kingsley Dr > > I could not find anything afterwards that might match but the search > engine for the voter rolls is not great. > > I could not find anything else obvious. > > I would suggest calling the LA Times or some large newspaper in > Riverside county and so if you can find an obit or other article > about his death or accident. > > john. > > At 04:35 PM 8/25/2008, wgalkow wrote: >>Thank you so much. Nancy >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Eileen Sharp" <eilsharp@roadrunner.com> >>To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:11 PM >>Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) >> >> >> > The California death index is on www.cagenweb.com/losangeles. If you >> > search >> > for Davidson you will find a listing for Calvin Emery Davidson born >> > 8/31/1913, died 07/27/1957 in Riverside County, California. You can >> > order >> > the death certificate on that website. Hope this helps. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com]On >> > Behalf Of wgalkow >> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:59 AM >> > To: davidson@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: [other] [DAVIDSON] John Calvin Davidson (JC) >> > >> > >> > Would anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to find any >> > info >> > in >> > California on this fellow? Background: He was the youngest of 6 >> > children >> > all born in Ohio. Their dad was a builder and when things were tough >> > in >> > Ohio in the late 30's dad took a job in New Orleans. As was his >> > custom, >> > dad >> > took all 6 kids and his wife with him on all of his jobs. When in >> > NOLA, >> > one >> > daughter (my grandmother) and two of her brothers stayed in NOLA. When >> > the >> > job was finished, only one daughter along with two brothers went back >> > to >> > Ohio with their parents as they were the youngest. The youngest of >> > these >> > brothers was John Calvin Davidson who was always called JC by the >> > family >> > to >> > differentiate from his father John Calvin Davidson. When JC was only >> > 20, >> > he >> > took off for California to become a "movie star". He had some success >> > as >> > he was in the movie "Rosalie" along with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor >> > Powell. >> > He >> > may have been in more movies but the article that told me about the >> > movie >> > Rosalie o! >> > nly listed that movie. His "stage" name was Calvin Emery which was his >> > middle name and his mother's maiden name. Family lore says that he was >> > killed in an auto accident in the mountains going to visit his Uncle >> > Angus >> > in July of 1957. JC was born in Aug of 1913. Any suggestions would be >> > greatly appreciated as the senior member of this family is 88 (and in >> > Ohio) >> > and I would like to be able to give her this info before she passes >> > over >> > the >> > rainbow bridge. This is the ONLY member of the family that we DO NOT >> > have >> > any info on. I'm fighting the clock on this one. Thanks for your >> > suggestions. >> > >> > Nancy in NOLA >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes >> > in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: >> > 8/25/2008 >> > 7:05 AM >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I think the part was so small that his name was not listed. The article says he was a cadet in that movie but wound up on the cutting room floor on another movie. I think he did a lot of "stand-in's". I did order the vhs of the movie Rosalie just so I can try to find him given I know the scene he is in according to the article. I am working with someone in Calif. and I will ask the info about which County it is and do it that way. Thanks for your help. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lisle" <davidson@tqsi.com> To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > Nancy, > > My experience in ordering California Death Certificates, if you are > in a hurry, is to order them from the COUNTY and not the state. I > have ordered a few from various counties and had a copy in a week. If > I were to order from the State, I was looking at a 4-6 week turnaround. > > Also, I always check imdb.com about movies when I am looking for > details. They have a LONG list of actors in the movie and none of > them are John Calvin Davidson (There is a Max Davidson but that is > someone else.) or Calvin Emery. > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029499/ > > There was a Calvin Emery, but it was not your person either. > > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256285/ > > And there is no record of anyone in their database being born on 31 > Aug 1913 who fits your description. > > I did some searches on ancestry.com > > In 1938 voter rolls for Los Angeles County, John C. Emery Davidson, > living at 716 N. Irving Blvd, was listed as an Actor and registered > as a Democrat. > > In 1940, I found a John Davidson, actor, Democrat, at 1836 N Kingsley Dr > > I could not find anything afterwards that might match but the search > engine for the voter rolls is not great. > > I could not find anything else obvious. > > I would suggest calling the LA Times or some large newspaper in > Riverside county and so if you can find an obit or other article > about his death or accident. > > john. > > At 04:35 PM 8/25/2008, wgalkow wrote: >>Thank you so much. Nancy >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Eileen Sharp" <eilsharp@roadrunner.com> >>To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:11 PM >>Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) >> >> >> > The California death index is on www.cagenweb.com/losangeles. If you >> > search >> > for Davidson you will find a listing for Calvin Emery Davidson born >> > 8/31/1913, died 07/27/1957 in Riverside County, California. You can >> > order >> > the death certificate on that website. Hope this helps. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com]On >> > Behalf Of wgalkow >> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:59 AM >> > To: davidson@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: [other] [DAVIDSON] John Calvin Davidson (JC) >> > >> > >> > Would anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to find any >> > info >> > in >> > California on this fellow? Background: He was the youngest of 6 >> > children >> > all born in Ohio. Their dad was a builder and when things were tough >> > in >> > Ohio in the late 30's dad took a job in New Orleans. As was his >> > custom, >> > dad >> > took all 6 kids and his wife with him on all of his jobs. When in >> > NOLA, >> > one >> > daughter (my grandmother) and two of her brothers stayed in NOLA. When >> > the >> > job was finished, only one daughter along with two brothers went back >> > to >> > Ohio with their parents as they were the youngest. The youngest of >> > these >> > brothers was John Calvin Davidson who was always called JC by the >> > family >> > to >> > differentiate from his father John Calvin Davidson. When JC was only >> > 20, >> > he >> > took off for California to become a "movie star". He had some success >> > as >> > he was in the movie "Rosalie" along with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor >> > Powell. >> > He >> > may have been in more movies but the article that told me about the >> > movie >> > Rosalie o! >> > nly listed that movie. His "stage" name was Calvin Emery which was his >> > middle name and his mother's maiden name. Family lore says that he was >> > killed in an auto accident in the mountains going to visit his Uncle >> > Angus >> > in July of 1957. JC was born in Aug of 1913. Any suggestions would be >> > greatly appreciated as the senior member of this family is 88 (and in >> > Ohio) >> > and I would like to be able to give her this info before she passes >> > over >> > the >> > rainbow bridge. This is the ONLY member of the family that we DO NOT >> > have >> > any info on. I'm fighting the clock on this one. Thanks for your >> > suggestions. >> > >> > Nancy in NOLA >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes >> > in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: >> > 8/25/2008 >> > 7:05 AM >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Nancy, My experience in ordering California Death Certificates, if you are in a hurry, is to order them from the COUNTY and not the state. I have ordered a few from various counties and had a copy in a week. If I were to order from the State, I was looking at a 4-6 week turnaround. Also, I always check imdb.com about movies when I am looking for details. They have a LONG list of actors in the movie and none of them are John Calvin Davidson (There is a Max Davidson but that is someone else.) or Calvin Emery. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029499/ There was a Calvin Emery, but it was not your person either. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256285/ And there is no record of anyone in their database being born on 31 Aug 1913 who fits your description. I did some searches on ancestry.com In 1938 voter rolls for Los Angeles County, John C. Emery Davidson, living at 716 N. Irving Blvd, was listed as an Actor and registered as a Democrat. In 1940, I found a John Davidson, actor, Democrat, at 1836 N Kingsley Dr I could not find anything afterwards that might match but the search engine for the voter rolls is not great. I could not find anything else obvious. I would suggest calling the LA Times or some large newspaper in Riverside county and so if you can find an obit or other article about his death or accident. john. At 04:35 PM 8/25/2008, wgalkow wrote: >Thank you so much. Nancy > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Eileen Sharp" <eilsharp@roadrunner.com> >To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:11 PM >Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > > > > The California death index is on www.cagenweb.com/losangeles. If you > > search > > for Davidson you will find a listing for Calvin Emery Davidson born > > 8/31/1913, died 07/27/1957 in Riverside County, California. You can order > > the death certificate on that website. Hope this helps. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > > Behalf Of wgalkow > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:59 AM > > To: davidson@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [other] [DAVIDSON] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > > > > > > Would anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to find any info > > in > > California on this fellow? Background: He was the youngest of 6 children > > all born in Ohio. Their dad was a builder and when things were tough in > > Ohio in the late 30's dad took a job in New Orleans. As was his custom, > > dad > > took all 6 kids and his wife with him on all of his jobs. When in NOLA, > > one > > daughter (my grandmother) and two of her brothers stayed in NOLA. When > > the > > job was finished, only one daughter along with two brothers went back to > > Ohio with their parents as they were the youngest. The youngest of these > > brothers was John Calvin Davidson who was always called JC by the family > > to > > differentiate from his father John Calvin Davidson. When JC was only 20, > > he > > took off for California to become a "movie star". He had some success as > > he was in the movie "Rosalie" along with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell. > > He > > may have been in more movies but the article that told me about the movie > > Rosalie o! > > nly listed that movie. His "stage" name was Calvin Emery which was his > > middle name and his mother's maiden name. Family lore says that he was > > killed in an auto accident in the mountains going to visit his Uncle Angus > > in July of 1957. JC was born in Aug of 1913. Any suggestions would be > > greatly appreciated as the senior member of this family is 88 (and in > > Ohio) > > and I would like to be able to give her this info before she passes over > > the > > rainbow bridge. This is the ONLY member of the family that we DO NOT have > > any info on. I'm fighting the clock on this one. Thanks for your > > suggestions. > > > > Nancy in NOLA > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: 8/25/2008 > > 7:05 AM > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you so much. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen Sharp" <eilsharp@roadrunner.com> To: <davidson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] [other] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > The California death index is on www.cagenweb.com/losangeles. If you > search > for Davidson you will find a listing for Calvin Emery Davidson born > 8/31/1913, died 07/27/1957 in Riverside County, California. You can order > the death certificate on that website. Hope this helps. > > -----Original Message----- > From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > Behalf Of wgalkow > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:59 AM > To: davidson@rootsweb.com > Subject: [other] [DAVIDSON] John Calvin Davidson (JC) > > > Would anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to find any info > in > California on this fellow? Background: He was the youngest of 6 children > all born in Ohio. Their dad was a builder and when things were tough in > Ohio in the late 30's dad took a job in New Orleans. As was his custom, > dad > took all 6 kids and his wife with him on all of his jobs. When in NOLA, > one > daughter (my grandmother) and two of her brothers stayed in NOLA. When > the > job was finished, only one daughter along with two brothers went back to > Ohio with their parents as they were the youngest. The youngest of these > brothers was John Calvin Davidson who was always called JC by the family > to > differentiate from his father John Calvin Davidson. When JC was only 20, > he > took off for California to become a "movie star". He had some success as > he was in the movie "Rosalie" along with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell. > He > may have been in more movies but the article that told me about the movie > Rosalie o! > nly listed that movie. His "stage" name was Calvin Emery which was his > middle name and his mother's maiden name. Family lore says that he was > killed in an auto accident in the mountains going to visit his Uncle Angus > in July of 1957. JC was born in Aug of 1913. Any suggestions would be > greatly appreciated as the senior member of this family is 88 (and in > Ohio) > and I would like to be able to give her this info before she passes over > the > rainbow bridge. This is the ONLY member of the family that we DO NOT have > any info on. I'm fighting the clock on this one. Thanks for your > suggestions. > > Nancy in NOLA > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: 8/25/2008 > 7:05 AM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Would anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to find any info in California on this fellow? Background: He was the youngest of 6 children all born in Ohio. Their dad was a builder and when things were tough in Ohio in the late 30's dad took a job in New Orleans. As was his custom, dad took all 6 kids and his wife with him on all of his jobs. When in NOLA, one daughter (my grandmother) and two of her brothers stayed in NOLA. When the job was finished, only one daughter along with two brothers went back to Ohio with their parents as they were the youngest. The youngest of these brothers was John Calvin Davidson who was always called JC by the family to differentiate from his father John Calvin Davidson. When JC was only 20, he took off for California to become a "movie star". He had some success as he was in the movie "Rosalie" along with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell. He may have been in more movies but the article that told me about the movie Rosalie only listed that movie. His "stage" name was Calvin Emery which was his middle name and his mother's maiden name. Family lore says that he was killed in an auto accident in the mountains going to visit his Uncle Angus in July of 1957. JC was born in Aug of 1913. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as the senior member of this family is 88 (and in Ohio) and I would like to be able to give her this info before she passes over the rainbow bridge. This is the ONLY member of the family that we DO NOT have any info on. I'm fighting the clock on this one. Thanks for your suggestions. Nancy in NOLA

The California death index is on www.cagenweb.com/losangeles. If you search for Davidson you will find a listing for Calvin Emery Davidson born 8/31/1913, died 07/27/1957 in Riverside County, California. You can order the death certificate on that website. Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of wgalkow Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:59 AM To: davidson@rootsweb.com Subject: [other] [DAVIDSON] John Calvin Davidson (JC) Would anyone have any suggestions on how I might be able to find any info in California on this fellow? Background: He was the youngest of 6 children all born in Ohio. Their dad was a builder and when things were tough in Ohio in the late 30's dad took a job in New Orleans. As was his custom, dad took all 6 kids and his wife with him on all of his jobs. When in NOLA, one daughter (my grandmother) and two of her brothers stayed in NOLA. When the job was finished, only one daughter along with two brothers went back to Ohio with their parents as they were the youngest. The youngest of these brothers was John Calvin Davidson who was always called JC by the family to differentiate from his father John Calvin Davidson. When JC was only 20, he took off for California to become a "movie star". He had some success as he was in the movie "Rosalie" along with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell. He may have been in more movies but the article that told me about the movie Rosalie o! nly listed that movie. His "stage" name was Calvin Emery which was his middle name and his mother's maiden name. Family lore says that he was killed in an auto accident in the mountains going to visit his Uncle Angus in July of 1957. JC was born in Aug of 1913. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as the senior member of this family is 88 (and in Ohio) and I would like to be able to give her this info before she passes over the rainbow bridge. This is the ONLY member of the family that we DO NOT have any info on. I'm fighting the clock on this one. Thanks for your suggestions. Nancy in NOLA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: 8/25/2008 7:05 AM

Terry, The volume II was donated to the following and many of these also received volume I, but not all: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. 2906 Main St., PO Box 435, Glastonbury CT 06033 New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury St, Boston MS 02116 Clayton Genealogical Research Center, 5300 Caroline, Houston TX 77004 Genealogical Library of the Latter-Day Saints Church, 35 North West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150 Newberry Library, 60 W Walton, Chicago IL 60610 Illinois State Archives, Archives Bldg., Springfield IL 62756 Madison County Historical Society, Inc., 715 N Main St, Edwardsville, IL 62025 Oklahoma Historical Society, Historical Bldg, Lincoln Blvd at NE 19th, Oklahoma City OK 73105 Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen Co., 900 Webster, Fort Wayne IN 46802 Texas State Library, Family History Sec., 1201 Brazos St., Box 12927 Capital Station, Austin, TX 78711 Kansas State Historical Society, 120 West Tenth, Topeka, KS 66612 Dallas Public Library, Texas History and Genealogy Dept., 1954 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75201 Nacogdoches Genealogical Society<PO Box 46934, Nacogdoches TX 75962 Michigan State Library Family History Sec., 735 East Michigan Ave, Lansing MI 48933 Ohio Historical Society Library, 1-17 and 17th Ave, Columbus OH 43211 Missouri State Library Genealogy Division, 308 E High St, Jefferson City, MO 65101 Public Library, Genealogy Div., Sixth and Minnesota Sts, Kansas City, KS 66101 Heart of America Genealogical Soc c/o Public Library, 311 E 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64101 Iowa Historical & Genealogical Library, Iowa Dept. of History & Archives, East 12th St and Grand Ave, Des Moines IA 50319 New Jersey State Library Archives & History Bureau, 185 W State St, Trenton, NJ 06618 Monmouth County Historical Assoc, 70 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728 New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 122-126 E 58th St., New York, NY 10022 Onondaga County Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Dept, 335 Montgomery St, Syracuse NY 13202 Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua NY 14424 Wayne County Historical Society, 21 Butternut St, Lyons, NY 14489 Nebraska State Historical Society Library, 1500 R St., Lincoln NE 68508 Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield CT 06759 Yale University Libraries, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven CT 06520 Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St, Philadelphia PA 19107 I hope one of these is near you and that you locate a copy of volume 1. The addresses may not all be current as this was as of 1989. I haven't had the time to go to the Oklahoma Historical Society to see if they have Volume I and I live less than 30 minutes from their location. Are you part of the Treat/Davidson lineage? I would be very interested in knowing if you are. Sharon -----Original Message----- From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Terry Menck Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:34 PM To: davidson@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Updates to the Davidson DNA Project Hello, I would be interested in where to see a copy of the Vol. 1 Published in 1985. Thank you so much for your offer. Terry --- On Sat, 8/23/08, Sharon Goyette <okie_dragon@cox.net> wrote: > From: Sharon Goyette <okie_dragon@cox.net> > Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Updates to the Davidson DNA Project > To: davidson@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 5:21 PM > I am having some problems locating my line and I don't > have any male > Davidson relatives to submit to the DNA project. I do have > a family tree as > follows: > > According to our family tree (Volume 2 by Dorothy Davidson > Symmonds, > entitled "A History and Genealogy of the Families of > Howland, Brown, > Follett, Van Dyke, Lamb, Spaulding, and Davidson with > Related Lines of > Treat, Botsford, Parker, Burwell, Clark, Andrews, Symmonds, > Burnaman, > Ashbaugh, and Smith From Holland, England, Scotland, and > France to > Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, > Iowa, Indiana, > Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas From "The Mayflower" > pilgrims in 1620 to the > 1980s"), which came to me from my father Seemer Halley > Davidson, there was a > William Davidson who purchased land in Maryland in 1649. > This document is > in the Hall of records, Annapolis, Maryland, Lib. 6 Fol. > 118, Transfers - > 1649. I don't know if this is our ancestor or not. > > There is also a Volume 1, published in 1985, (now out of > print), entitled > "A history and Genealogy of the Pritchett, Rimmer, > Jacobs, Hamilton, > Eldridge, Etheridge, Smith, Brown, and Davidson Families > from North > Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas in the > early 1800s to > 1900s." > > I have a list of the libraries that received Volume 2 if > any one is > interested. > > The start of our line, in America, was James Davidson who > was born around > 1710 (DOD 28 March 1764). He married Elizabeth Treat > (granddaughter of > Territorial Governor Robert Treat) 2 Sept 1736 in Milford > Connecticut. Five > sons (James Jr., John, Andrew, Joseph, and Isaac) are > listed in her will. > > Their son, James (DOB 24 Aug 1737.DOD 6 April 1826) was in > the Rev. War. > The record is confusing as to whether he was a Sgt., Lt. or > Cap. He married > Ann (Anna) Hine Mar 1760. The direct line continues as > follows: > > Richard Treat Davidson known as Treat, (DOB unknown.DOD 10 > July 1858) > married Mary "Polly" Stowe 28 Aug 1791 in > Milford, New Haven, Ct. (9 > children) > > Jonah Treat Davidson also known as Treat, (DOB unknown.DOD > 3 Jan 1875, > Roxbury, Ct.) married Mehitable Botsford 30 Dec 1812 in > Milford or Roxbury, > Ct. (5 children) > > Rev. David Botsford Davidson, (DOB 19 May 1815 in Roxbury, > Ct.DOD 29 Aug. > 1886 in Aurora, Nebraska) married Susan Harriet Parker. (1 > child) > > David Treat Davidson (DOB 25 June 1847 in Delhi, > Michigan.DOD 2 Sept 1911 in > Almeda, Harris Co., TX) married Mary Louisa Lamb 23 Aug > 1871 in Grinnell, > Iowa. (11 children) > > Willis Herbert Davidson (DOB 29 Oct, 1884 Aurora or Grand > Isle, Nebraska.DOD > ? in Stillwater, OK) married Rosia Marshall 22 Jan 1908. > > Seemer Halley Davidson (DOB 19 May 1910.DOD 14 Dec. 1973) > married LaVerne > Williams Close date of marriage unknown. > > My father was born in Almeda TX but the family did live in > Cherokee County, > Kansas sometime in the early 1900's. > > >From the Semi-Centennial Historical and Biographical > Record of the Class of > 1841 at Yale University, published 1891, pp 74-75 regarding > David Botsford > Davidson (in part): > > "The year after his graduation he taught school in > Milford Conn. He then > studied three years (1842-5) in the New Haven Theological > Seminary; was > licensed to preach by the Litchfield South Association, > August 6, 1844; in > June,1846, received from the American Home Missionary > Society a commission > to the West, and in September of that year began to preach > in the > Presbyterian church in Paw Paw, Mich., where he remained > for several years; > February 9, 1847, was ordained to the Gospel ministry; > preached a while, it > is said, in Indiana, about 1850; supplied the > Congregational Church in > Streetsboro, Ohio, 1852-4. In the fall of 1854 he moved > to Iowa, and for > five years supplied Congregational churches in or near > Monona, some of which > he organized, his residence being a few miles from Monona. > In 1864-7 he was > preaching to the Congregational church at Danville, Iowa. > After 1868 he > lived on a farm of two hundred and forty acres, seven miles > north of > Grinnell, Iowa"..."D. B. D. removed from Grinnell > to the residence of his > youngest son, in Aurora, Neb., in 1884, and died there > August 29, 1886, at > the age of 71 years." > > His first wife Susan died in the summer of 1850. In the > fall of 1850, he > married Susan's sister, Jennette Parker Bronson. (3 > children) > > There is no information in my copy of the family tree as to > whether the > other sons of James Davidson and Elizabeth Treat Davidson > remained in > Connecticut or moved elsewhere. > > My father was the last male of this direct line. I would > be interested to > know if any DNA testing has been done. There may be some > surviving male > relatives since the children of two of the male children of > David Treat > Davidson (Charles Treat (9 children), George Alfred (9 > children), Arthur > Bertrand (?) may have had sons, who in turn had sons. > However, I don't have > any contact with any of my distant relatives. I would > really like to know > what group our line belongs to. > > Hoping to hear from some of you soon, Sharon Davidson > Goyette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of John Lisle > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 6:01 PM > To: davidson@rootsweb.com > Cc: davison@rootsweb.com; davisson@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DAVIDSON] Updates to the Davidson DNA Project > > Hi, > > The Davidson Surname DNA Project is now into its 5th year > of > operation. We cover the Davidson, Davison, and Davisson > surnames and > their variations. We have over 150 members who have been > tested, and, > so far, we have identified 18 different Davidson/etc > families with > two or more members. We still have many members for whom we > have not > yet found family matches. > > http://www.davidsongenes.org > > We have four VOLUNTEER administrators. I profoundly thank > Dave > Koester, Bill Davidson, and Sharon Morrison who give their > time so > generously to help everyone be successful in this project. > > The key principle that the project was founded on was that > DNA > results are meaningless without real "paper > trail" genealogy. From > the beginning we have insisted - sometimes with less > success than we > would like - that a member of the project needs to supply > the project > with, at least, their Davidson pedigree. > > We try to work with each of the members on their Davidson > pedigree to > assure that it can be confirmed both by reviewing > available research > data and by the DNA results. As the project is growing, the > > administrators are discovering that we cannot do this > ourselves. > > We had two choices. Either add more administrators or add a > "Project > Lead" for handling the genealogy of a specific family. > We may still > try to recruit another administrator this year to > accomplish some of > our outreach goals. But we have decided to create a new > role within > the Davidson DNA project called Family Coordinator. > > A Family Coordinator will be responsible for working with > the members > of their family to review each member's Davidson family > genealogy and > to help research to find out how each member connects into > the > Family. One of the Admins will also be assigned to each > family to > help and train and backup the Family Coordinator on DNA > science and > techniques as it relates to genealogy and their specific > Family. > > For Family Coordinators, we will be looking for special > individuals > who are interested in learning new techniques, who want to > increase > their genealogical research skills, and who are willing to > increase > their research focus beyond just their personal family. > They also > have to like working with others as they will need to work > with the > other members of their family and keep the admins apprised > of what is > going on in their family. It is not a JOB; there is no pay; > and I do > hope you will find it enjoyable. > > If you would like to volunteer, please contact the > administrators at > admin@davidsongenes.com, and we can start a conversation. > > In part to put this in place, I am in the process of a > major re-write > of the Davidson DNA web site software. As some of you may > know, the > pages are not simple HTML pages. The contents of the site > are dynamic > and are driven from what is becoming a fairly complex > database. > > If you have not visited the site - www.davidsongenes.org - > recently, > you should look at it now as it is much different. And will > be > evolving on a weekly basis until all of the necessary > changes are in > place. If you find it misbehaving, it may just be that I am > in the > middle of an update! > > Here are some of the changes: > > 1/ The Home Page is a now a Results Chart Selector. You can > select to > look at the results for a specific Family or Group or all > families or > groups. Groups are members who are not yet assigned to any > Family. > These are grouped by the Haplogroup they have had predicted > or measured. > > 2/ For Families, we have added a feature called a > "Predicted > Ancestral Haplotype" (PAH). In DNA jargon, the > Haplotype is the > collection of Y-DNA marker values for an individual. When > we test a > man's Y-DNA, the results are for the single individual. > The science > is that their male ancestors had the same Y-DNA with the > exception of > some mutations along through time. > > By seeing the results of several family members, we can > PREDICT what > the Haplotype COULD have been for their most recent common > ancestor. > And then we can highlight the differences between the > prediction > (PAH) and each of the members in hopes of looking for clues > for > family branches. Overtime, this should help us predict > which family > branch a new member, without a good paper trail, is part > of. > > 3/ We have added a contact form in place of email links for > sending > email to the Admins and to the Members. This will reduce > the risk of > having email addresses harvested by spam bots. Further, to > prevent > spammers from using forms to inject spam, we have added > Captcha > technology when sending a message when the user is not > signed in. > > 4/ To make life more convenient for members to be signed in > when > using the site, we have added an optional "Remember > Me" cookie. Sign > in once and for a year, you could be signed into the site > from your > personal computer. When you are signed in, your member page > becomes > your home page for our site. You will be easily able to > update your > Member Profile or Davidson Pedigree; send project messages > without > going through the Captcha step; and (if you have added your > FTDNA > password to your member profile...) be able to link > directly to your > FTDNA page. > > 5/ We will soon have a "Frequently Asked > Questions" page on the site > to help with how to use site, some DNA basics; etc. There > is now a > page of Resource links to help you with your research. And > from any > page on the site, you will be able to access the results > page to > check on any result. > > These are just the most visible changes to the site right > now. More > will be coming as I get them coded and tested. I still have > to add > more support for Family Coordinators but these changes were > the > beginning of the infrastructure needed to make that happen. > > We value your comments and suggestions. And any volunteers > who wish > to participate! > > Finally, if you are not a part of the DNA project, this is > a perfect > time to join. FTDNA has a big sale going on through the end > of August > 2008. We have already had several new members join as a > result of the > sale. The price of a 37 marker Y-DNA test is about 40% off > the normal price. > > thanks, > > john. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, I would be interested in where to see a copy of the Vol. 1 Published in 1985. Thank you so much for your offer. Terry --- On Sat, 8/23/08, Sharon Goyette <okie_dragon@cox.net> wrote: > From: Sharon Goyette <okie_dragon@cox.net> > Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Updates to the Davidson DNA Project > To: davidson@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 5:21 PM > I am having some problems locating my line and I don't > have any male > Davidson relatives to submit to the DNA project. I do have > a family tree as > follows: > > According to our family tree (Volume 2 by Dorothy Davidson > Symmonds, > entitled "A History and Genealogy of the Families of > Howland, Brown, > Follett, Van Dyke, Lamb, Spaulding, and Davidson with > Related Lines of > Treat, Botsford, Parker, Burwell, Clark, Andrews, Symmonds, > Burnaman, > Ashbaugh, and Smith From Holland, England, Scotland, and > France to > Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, > Iowa, Indiana, > Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas From "The Mayflower" > pilgrims in 1620 to the > 1980s"), which came to me from my father Seemer Halley > Davidson, there was a > William Davidson who purchased land in Maryland in 1649. > This document is > in the Hall of records, Annapolis, Maryland, Lib. 6 Fol. > 118, Transfers - > 1649. I don't know if this is our ancestor or not. > > There is also a Volume 1, published in 1985, (now out of > print), entitled > "A history and Genealogy of the Pritchett, Rimmer, > Jacobs, Hamilton, > Eldridge, Etheridge, Smith, Brown, and Davidson Families > from North > Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas in the > early 1800s to > 1900s." > > I have a list of the libraries that received Volume 2 if > any one is > interested. > > The start of our line, in America, was James Davidson who > was born around > 1710 (DOD 28 March 1764). He married Elizabeth Treat > (granddaughter of > Territorial Governor Robert Treat) 2 Sept 1736 in Milford > Connecticut. Five > sons (James Jr., John, Andrew, Joseph, and Isaac) are > listed in her will. > > Their son, James (DOB 24 Aug 1737.DOD 6 April 1826) was in > the Rev. War. > The record is confusing as to whether he was a Sgt., Lt. or > Cap. He married > Ann (Anna) Hine Mar 1760. The direct line continues as > follows: > > Richard Treat Davidson known as Treat, (DOB unknown.DOD 10 > July 1858) > married Mary "Polly" Stowe 28 Aug 1791 in > Milford, New Haven, Ct. (9 > children) > > Jonah Treat Davidson also known as Treat, (DOB unknown.DOD > 3 Jan 1875, > Roxbury, Ct.) married Mehitable Botsford 30 Dec 1812 in > Milford or Roxbury, > Ct. (5 children) > > Rev. David Botsford Davidson, (DOB 19 May 1815 in Roxbury, > Ct.DOD 29 Aug. > 1886 in Aurora, Nebraska) married Susan Harriet Parker. (1 > child) > > David Treat Davidson (DOB 25 June 1847 in Delhi, > Michigan.DOD 2 Sept 1911 in > Almeda, Harris Co., TX) married Mary Louisa Lamb 23 Aug > 1871 in Grinnell, > Iowa. (11 children) > > Willis Herbert Davidson (DOB 29 Oct, 1884 Aurora or Grand > Isle, Nebraska.DOD > ? in Stillwater, OK) married Rosia Marshall 22 Jan 1908. > > Seemer Halley Davidson (DOB 19 May 1910.DOD 14 Dec. 1973) > married LaVerne > Williams Close date of marriage unknown. > > My father was born in Almeda TX but the family did live in > Cherokee County, > Kansas sometime in the early 1900's. > > >From the Semi-Centennial Historical and Biographical > Record of the Class of > 1841 at Yale University, published 1891, pp 74-75 regarding > David Botsford > Davidson (in part): > > "The year after his graduation he taught school in > Milford Conn. He then > studied three years (1842-5) in the New Haven Theological > Seminary; was > licensed to preach by the Litchfield South Association, > August 6, 1844; in > June,1846, received from the American Home Missionary > Society a commission > to the West, and in September of that year began to preach > in the > Presbyterian church in Paw Paw, Mich., where he remained > for several years; > February 9, 1847, was ordained to the Gospel ministry; > preached a while, it > is said, in Indiana, about 1850; supplied the > Congregational Church in > Streetsboro, Ohio, 1852-4. In the fall of 1854 he moved > to Iowa, and for > five years supplied Congregational churches in or near > Monona, some of which > he organized, his residence being a few miles from Monona. > In 1864-7 he was > preaching to the Congregational church at Danville, Iowa. > After 1868 he > lived on a farm of two hundred and forty acres, seven miles > north of > Grinnell, Iowa"..."D. B. D. removed from Grinnell > to the residence of his > youngest son, in Aurora, Neb., in 1884, and died there > August 29, 1886, at > the age of 71 years." > > His first wife Susan died in the summer of 1850. In the > fall of 1850, he > married Susan's sister, Jennette Parker Bronson. (3 > children) > > There is no information in my copy of the family tree as to > whether the > other sons of James Davidson and Elizabeth Treat Davidson > remained in > Connecticut or moved elsewhere. > > My father was the last male of this direct line. I would > be interested to > know if any DNA testing has been done. There may be some > surviving male > relatives since the children of two of the male children of > David Treat > Davidson (Charles Treat (9 children), George Alfred (9 > children), Arthur > Bertrand (?) may have had sons, who in turn had sons. > However, I don't have > any contact with any of my distant relatives. I would > really like to know > what group our line belongs to. > > Hoping to hear from some of you soon, Sharon Davidson > Goyette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of John Lisle > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 6:01 PM > To: davidson@rootsweb.com > Cc: davison@rootsweb.com; davisson@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DAVIDSON] Updates to the Davidson DNA Project > > Hi, > > The Davidson Surname DNA Project is now into its 5th year > of > operation. We cover the Davidson, Davison, and Davisson > surnames and > their variations. We have over 150 members who have been > tested, and, > so far, we have identified 18 different Davidson/etc > families with > two or more members. We still have many members for whom we > have not > yet found family matches. > > http://www.davidsongenes.org > > We have four VOLUNTEER administrators. I profoundly thank > Dave > Koester, Bill Davidson, and Sharon Morrison who give their > time so > generously to help everyone be successful in this project. > > The key principle that the project was founded on was that > DNA > results are meaningless without real "paper > trail" genealogy. From > the beginning we have insisted - sometimes with less > success than we > would like - that a member of the project needs to supply > the project > with, at least, their Davidson pedigree. > > We try to work with each of the members on their Davidson > pedigree to > assure that it can be confirmed both by reviewing > available research > data and by the DNA results. As the project is growing, the > > administrators are discovering that we cannot do this > ourselves. > > We had two choices. Either add more administrators or add a > "Project > Lead" for handling the genealogy of a specific family. > We may still > try to recruit another administrator this year to > accomplish some of > our outreach goals. But we have decided to create a new > role within > the Davidson DNA project called Family Coordinator. > > A Family Coordinator will be responsible for working with > the members > of their family to review each member's Davidson family > genealogy and > to help research to find out how each member connects into > the > Family. One of the Admins will also be assigned to each > family to > help and train and backup the Family Coordinator on DNA > science and > techniques as it relates to genealogy and their specific > Family. > > For Family Coordinators, we will be looking for special > individuals > who are interested in learning new techniques, who want to > increase > their genealogical research skills, and who are willing to > increase > their research focus beyond just their personal family. > They also > have to like working with others as they will need to work > with the > other members of their family and keep the admins apprised > of what is > going on in their family. It is not a JOB; there is no pay; > and I do > hope you will find it enjoyable. > > If you would like to volunteer, please contact the > administrators at > admin@davidsongenes.com, and we can start a conversation. > > In part to put this in place, I am in the process of a > major re-write > of the Davidson DNA web site software. As some of you may > know, the > pages are not simple HTML pages. The contents of the site > are dynamic > and are driven from what is becoming a fairly complex > database. > > If you have not visited the site - www.davidsongenes.org - > recently, > you should look at it now as it is much different. And will > be > evolving on a weekly basis until all of the necessary > changes are in > place. If you find it misbehaving, it may just be that I am > in the > middle of an update! > > Here are some of the changes: > > 1/ The Home Page is a now a Results Chart Selector. You can > select to > look at the results for a specific Family or Group or all > families or > groups. Groups are members who are not yet assigned to any > Family. > These are grouped by the Haplogroup they have had predicted > or measured. > > 2/ For Families, we have added a feature called a > "Predicted > Ancestral Haplotype" (PAH). In DNA jargon, the > Haplotype is the > collection of Y-DNA marker values for an individual. When > we test a > man's Y-DNA, the results are for the single individual. > The science > is that their male ancestors had the same Y-DNA with the > exception of > some mutations along through time. > > By seeing the results of several family members, we can > PREDICT what > the Haplotype COULD have been for their most recent common > ancestor. > And then we can highlight the differences between the > prediction > (PAH) and each of the members in hopes of looking for clues > for > family branches. Overtime, this should help us predict > which family > branch a new member, without a good paper trail, is part > of. > > 3/ We have added a contact form in place of email links for > sending > email to the Admins and to the Members. This will reduce > the risk of > having email addresses harvested by spam bots. Further, to > prevent > spammers from using forms to inject spam, we have added > Captcha > technology when sending a message when the user is not > signed in. > > 4/ To make life more convenient for members to be signed in > when > using the site, we have added an optional "Remember > Me" cookie. Sign > in once and for a year, you could be signed into the site > from your > personal computer. When you are signed in, your member page > becomes > your home page for our site. You will be easily able to > update your > Member Profile or Davidson Pedigree; send project messages > without > going through the Captcha step; and (if you have added your > FTDNA > password to your member profile...) be able to link > directly to your > FTDNA page. > > 5/ We will soon have a "Frequently Asked > Questions" page on the site > to help with how to use site, some DNA basics; etc. There > is now a > page of Resource links to help you with your research. And > from any > page on the site, you will be able to access the results > page to > check on any result. > > These are just the most visible changes to the site right > now. More > will be coming as I get them coded and tested. I still have > to add > more support for Family Coordinators but these changes were > the > beginning of the infrastructure needed to make that happen. > > We value your comments and suggestions. And any volunteers > who wish > to participate! > > Finally, if you are not a part of the DNA project, this is > a perfect > time to join. FTDNA has a big sale going on through the end > of August > 2008. We have already had several new members join as a > result of the > sale. The price of a 37 marker Y-DNA test is about 40% off > the normal price. > > thanks, > > john. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Hi again... Based on a question that I got, I need to amplify one of my comments about the Family Coordinator role. 1/ The Family Coordinator does not need to be a Member. It could be the Contact Person for a kit. A Member is the Davidson man whose DNA sample was tested. For each kit there is also a Contact (who could be the Member) who is the genealogist interested in this DNA and is the "contact" point for other genealogists interested in that family line. 2/ The Family Coordinator could also be a Secondary Contact whose family line connects to a Member's line, but is not the contact for a kit. You will see a few of them in the results as XD prefixed kits. In fact, my own kit is an XD kit. We do not have many of these now. These XD kits do not have a separate DNA sample associated with them but the DNA kit number that they are associated with is embedded in the XD number. 3/ A Family Coordinator might be someone who has a paper trail that connects to a particular family, but there is no reasonable DNA kit yet for this Secondary Contact. We will need to figure out how this will be setup if the need comes up. 3/ I am investigating Guest accounts. This may become useful later. As of now, a Guest account would not be eligible to be an FC. I hope this clarifies this issue. Questions??? john. At 07:01 PM 8/23/2008, John Lisle wrote: >Hi, > >The Davidson Surname DNA Project is now into its 5th year of >operation. We cover the Davidson, Davison, and Davisson surnames and >their variations. We have over 150 members who have been tested, and, >so far, we have identified 18 different Davidson/etc families with >two or more members. We still have many members for whom we have not >yet found family matches. > >http://www.davidsongenes.org > >We have four VOLUNTEER administrators. I profoundly thank Dave >Koester, Bill Davidson, and Sharon Morrison who give their time so >generously to help everyone be successful in this project. > >The key principle that the project was founded on was that DNA >results are meaningless without real "paper trail" genealogy. From >the beginning we have insisted - sometimes with less success than we >would like - that a member of the project needs to supply the project >with, at least, their Davidson pedigree. > >We try to work with each of the members on their Davidson pedigree to >assure that it can be confirmed both by reviewing available research >data and by the DNA results. As the project is growing, the >administrators are discovering that we cannot do this ourselves. > >We had two choices. Either add more administrators or add a "Project >Lead" for handling the genealogy of a specific family. We may still >try to recruit another administrator this year to accomplish some of >our outreach goals. But we have decided to create a new role within >the Davidson DNA project called Family Coordinator. > >A Family Coordinator will be responsible for working with the members >of their family to review each member's Davidson family genealogy and >to help research to find out how each member connects into the >Family. One of the Admins will also be assigned to each family to >help and train and backup the Family Coordinator on DNA science and >techniques as it relates to genealogy and their specific Family. > >For Family Coordinators, we will be looking for special individuals >who are interested in learning new techniques, who want to increase >their genealogical research skills, and who are willing to increase >their research focus beyond just their personal family. They also >have to like working with others as they will need to work with the >other members of their family and keep the admins apprised of what is >going on in their family. It is not a JOB; there is no pay; and I do >hope you will find it enjoyable. > >If you would like to volunteer, please contact the administrators at >admin@davidsongenes.com, and we can start a conversation. > >In part to put this in place, I am in the process of a major re-write >of the Davidson DNA web site software. As some of you may know, the >pages are not simple HTML pages. The contents of the site are dynamic >and are driven from what is becoming a fairly complex database. > >If you have not visited the site - www.davidsongenes.org - recently, >you should look at it now as it is much different. And will be >evolving on a weekly basis until all of the necessary changes are in >place. If you find it misbehaving, it may just be that I am in the >middle of an update! > >Here are some of the changes: > >1/ The Home Page is a now a Results Chart Selector. You can select to >look at the results for a specific Family or Group or all families or >groups. Groups are members who are not yet assigned to any Family. >These are grouped by the Haplogroup they have had predicted or measured. > >2/ For Families, we have added a feature called a "Predicted >Ancestral Haplotype" (PAH). In DNA jargon, the Haplotype is the >collection of Y-DNA marker values for an individual. When we test a >man's Y-DNA, the results are for the single individual. The science >is that their male ancestors had the same Y-DNA with the exception of >some mutations along through time. > >By seeing the results of several family members, we can PREDICT what >the Haplotype COULD have been for their most recent common ancestor. >And then we can highlight the differences between the prediction >(PAH) and each of the members in hopes of looking for clues for >family branches. Overtime, this should help us predict which family >branch a new member, without a good paper trail, is part of. > >3/ We have added a contact form in place of email links for sending >email to the Admins and to the Members. This will reduce the risk of >having email addresses harvested by spam bots. Further, to prevent >spammers from using forms to inject spam, we have added Captcha >technology when sending a message when the user is not signed in. > >4/ To make life more convenient for members to be signed in when >using the site, we have added an optional "Remember Me" cookie. Sign >in once and for a year, you could be signed into the site from your >personal computer. When you are signed in, your member page becomes >your home page for our site. You will be easily able to update your >Member Profile or Davidson Pedigree; send project messages without >going through the Captcha step; and (if you have added your FTDNA >password to your member profile...) be able to link directly to your >FTDNA page. > >5/ We will soon have a "Frequently Asked Questions" page on the site >to help with how to use site, some DNA basics; etc. There is now a >page of Resource links to help you with your research. And from any >page on the site, you will be able to access the results page to >check on any result. > >These are just the most visible changes to the site right now. More >will be coming as I get them coded and tested. I still have to add >more support for Family Coordinators but these changes were the >beginning of the infrastructure needed to make that happen. > >We value your comments and suggestions. And any volunteers who wish >to participate! > >Finally, if you are not a part of the DNA project, this is a perfect >time to join. FTDNA has a big sale going on through the end of August >2008. We have already had several new members join as a result of the >sale. The price of a 37 marker Y-DNA test is about 40% off the normal price. > >thanks, > >john. > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am having some problems locating my line and I don't have any male Davidson relatives to submit to the DNA project. I do have a family tree as follows: According to our family tree (Volume 2 by Dorothy Davidson Symmonds, entitled "A History and Genealogy of the Families of Howland, Brown, Follett, Van Dyke, Lamb, Spaulding, and Davidson with Related Lines of Treat, Botsford, Parker, Burwell, Clark, Andrews, Symmonds, Burnaman, Ashbaugh, and Smith From Holland, England, Scotland, and France to Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas From "The Mayflower" pilgrims in 1620 to the 1980s"), which came to me from my father Seemer Halley Davidson, there was a William Davidson who purchased land in Maryland in 1649. This document is in the Hall of records, Annapolis, Maryland, Lib. 6 Fol. 118, Transfers - 1649. I don't know if this is our ancestor or not. There is also a Volume 1, published in 1985, (now out of print), entitled "A history and Genealogy of the Pritchett, Rimmer, Jacobs, Hamilton, Eldridge, Etheridge, Smith, Brown, and Davidson Families from North Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas in the early 1800s to 1900s." I have a list of the libraries that received Volume 2 if any one is interested. The start of our line, in America, was James Davidson who was born around 1710 (DOD 28 March 1764). He married Elizabeth Treat (granddaughter of Territorial Governor Robert Treat) 2 Sept 1736 in Milford Connecticut. Five sons (James Jr., John, Andrew, Joseph, and Isaac) are listed in her will. Their son, James (DOB 24 Aug 1737.DOD 6 April 1826) was in the Rev. War. The record is confusing as to whether he was a Sgt., Lt. or Cap. He married Ann (Anna) Hine Mar 1760. The direct line continues as follows: Richard Treat Davidson known as Treat, (DOB unknown.DOD 10 July 1858) married Mary "Polly" Stowe 28 Aug 1791 in Milford, New Haven, Ct. (9 children) Jonah Treat Davidson also known as Treat, (DOB unknown.DOD 3 Jan 1875, Roxbury, Ct.) married Mehitable Botsford 30 Dec 1812 in Milford or Roxbury, Ct. (5 children) Rev. David Botsford Davidson, (DOB 19 May 1815 in Roxbury, Ct.DOD 29 Aug. 1886 in Aurora, Nebraska) married Susan Harriet Parker. (1 child) David Treat Davidson (DOB 25 June 1847 in Delhi, Michigan.DOD 2 Sept 1911 in Almeda, Harris Co., TX) married Mary Louisa Lamb 23 Aug 1871 in Grinnell, Iowa. (11 children) Willis Herbert Davidson (DOB 29 Oct, 1884 Aurora or Grand Isle, Nebraska.DOD ? in Stillwater, OK) married Rosia Marshall 22 Jan 1908. Seemer Halley Davidson (DOB 19 May 1910.DOD 14 Dec. 1973) married LaVerne Williams Close date of marriage unknown. My father was born in Almeda TX but the family did live in Cherokee County, Kansas sometime in the early 1900's. >From the Semi-Centennial Historical and Biographical Record of the Class of 1841 at Yale University, published 1891, pp 74-75 regarding David Botsford Davidson (in part): "The year after his graduation he taught school in Milford Conn. He then studied three years (1842-5) in the New Haven Theological Seminary; was licensed to preach by the Litchfield South Association, August 6, 1844; in June,1846, received from the American Home Missionary Society a commission to the West, and in September of that year began to preach in the Presbyterian church in Paw Paw, Mich., where he remained for several years; February 9, 1847, was ordained to the Gospel ministry; preached a while, it is said, in Indiana, about 1850; supplied the Congregational Church in Streetsboro, Ohio, 1852-4. In the fall of 1854 he moved to Iowa, and for five years supplied Congregational churches in or near Monona, some of which he organized, his residence being a few miles from Monona. In 1864-7 he was preaching to the Congregational church at Danville, Iowa. After 1868 he lived on a farm of two hundred and forty acres, seven miles north of Grinnell, Iowa"..."D. B. D. removed from Grinnell to the residence of his youngest son, in Aurora, Neb., in 1884, and died there August 29, 1886, at the age of 71 years." His first wife Susan died in the summer of 1850. In the fall of 1850, he married Susan's sister, Jennette Parker Bronson. (3 children) There is no information in my copy of the family tree as to whether the other sons of James Davidson and Elizabeth Treat Davidson remained in Connecticut or moved elsewhere. My father was the last male of this direct line. I would be interested to know if any DNA testing has been done. There may be some surviving male relatives since the children of two of the male children of David Treat Davidson (Charles Treat (9 children), George Alfred (9 children), Arthur Bertrand (?) may have had sons, who in turn had sons. However, I don't have any contact with any of my distant relatives. I would really like to know what group our line belongs to. Hoping to hear from some of you soon, Sharon Davidson Goyette -----Original Message----- From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Lisle Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 6:01 PM To: davidson@rootsweb.com Cc: davison@rootsweb.com; davisson@rootsweb.com Subject: [DAVIDSON] Updates to the Davidson DNA Project Hi, The Davidson Surname DNA Project is now into its 5th year of operation. We cover the Davidson, Davison, and Davisson surnames and their variations. We have over 150 members who have been tested, and, so far, we have identified 18 different Davidson/etc families with two or more members. We still have many members for whom we have not yet found family matches. http://www.davidsongenes.org We have four VOLUNTEER administrators. I profoundly thank Dave Koester, Bill Davidson, and Sharon Morrison who give their time so generously to help everyone be successful in this project. The key principle that the project was founded on was that DNA results are meaningless without real "paper trail" genealogy. From the beginning we have insisted - sometimes with less success than we would like - that a member of the project needs to supply the project with, at least, their Davidson pedigree. We try to work with each of the members on their Davidson pedigree to assure that it can be confirmed both by reviewing available research data and by the DNA results. As the project is growing, the administrators are discovering that we cannot do this ourselves. We had two choices. Either add more administrators or add a "Project Lead" for handling the genealogy of a specific family. We may still try to recruit another administrator this year to accomplish some of our outreach goals. But we have decided to create a new role within the Davidson DNA project called Family Coordinator. A Family Coordinator will be responsible for working with the members of their family to review each member's Davidson family genealogy and to help research to find out how each member connects into the Family. One of the Admins will also be assigned to each family to help and train and backup the Family Coordinator on DNA science and techniques as it relates to genealogy and their specific Family. For Family Coordinators, we will be looking for special individuals who are interested in learning new techniques, who want to increase their genealogical research skills, and who are willing to increase their research focus beyond just their personal family. They also have to like working with others as they will need to work with the other members of their family and keep the admins apprised of what is going on in their family. It is not a JOB; there is no pay; and I do hope you will find it enjoyable. If you would like to volunteer, please contact the administrators at admin@davidsongenes.com, and we can start a conversation. In part to put this in place, I am in the process of a major re-write of the Davidson DNA web site software. As some of you may know, the pages are not simple HTML pages. The contents of the site are dynamic and are driven from what is becoming a fairly complex database. If you have not visited the site - www.davidsongenes.org - recently, you should look at it now as it is much different. And will be evolving on a weekly basis until all of the necessary changes are in place. If you find it misbehaving, it may just be that I am in the middle of an update! Here are some of the changes: 1/ The Home Page is a now a Results Chart Selector. You can select to look at the results for a specific Family or Group or all families or groups. Groups are members who are not yet assigned to any Family. These are grouped by the Haplogroup they have had predicted or measured. 2/ For Families, we have added a feature called a "Predicted Ancestral Haplotype" (PAH). In DNA jargon, the Haplotype is the collection of Y-DNA marker values for an individual. When we test a man's Y-DNA, the results are for the single individual. The science is that their male ancestors had the same Y-DNA with the exception of some mutations along through time. By seeing the results of several family members, we can PREDICT what the Haplotype COULD have been for their most recent common ancestor. And then we can highlight the differences between the prediction (PAH) and each of the members in hopes of looking for clues for family branches. Overtime, this should help us predict which family branch a new member, without a good paper trail, is part of. 3/ We have added a contact form in place of email links for sending email to the Admins and to the Members. This will reduce the risk of having email addresses harvested by spam bots. Further, to prevent spammers from using forms to inject spam, we have added Captcha technology when sending a message when the user is not signed in. 4/ To make life more convenient for members to be signed in when using the site, we have added an optional "Remember Me" cookie. Sign in once and for a year, you could be signed into the site from your personal computer. When you are signed in, your member page becomes your home page for our site. You will be easily able to update your Member Profile or Davidson Pedigree; send project messages without going through the Captcha step; and (if you have added your FTDNA password to your member profile...) be able to link directly to your FTDNA page. 5/ We will soon have a "Frequently Asked Questions" page on the site to help with how to use site, some DNA basics; etc. There is now a page of Resource links to help you with your research. And from any page on the site, you will be able to access the results page to check on any result. These are just the most visible changes to the site right now. More will be coming as I get them coded and tested. I still have to add more support for Family Coordinators but these changes were the beginning of the infrastructure needed to make that happen. We value your comments and suggestions. And any volunteers who wish to participate! Finally, if you are not a part of the DNA project, this is a perfect time to join. FTDNA has a big sale going on through the end of August 2008. We have already had several new members join as a result of the sale. The price of a 37 marker Y-DNA test is about 40% off the normal price. thanks, john. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, The Davidson Surname DNA Project is now into its 5th year of operation. We cover the Davidson, Davison, and Davisson surnames and their variations. We have over 150 members who have been tested, and, so far, we have identified 18 different Davidson/etc families with two or more members. We still have many members for whom we have not yet found family matches. http://www.davidsongenes.org We have four VOLUNTEER administrators. I profoundly thank Dave Koester, Bill Davidson, and Sharon Morrison who give their time so generously to help everyone be successful in this project. The key principle that the project was founded on was that DNA results are meaningless without real "paper trail" genealogy. From the beginning we have insisted - sometimes with less success than we would like - that a member of the project needs to supply the project with, at least, their Davidson pedigree. We try to work with each of the members on their Davidson pedigree to assure that it can be confirmed both by reviewing available research data and by the DNA results. As the project is growing, the administrators are discovering that we cannot do this ourselves. We had two choices. Either add more administrators or add a "Project Lead" for handling the genealogy of a specific family. We may still try to recruit another administrator this year to accomplish some of our outreach goals. But we have decided to create a new role within the Davidson DNA project called Family Coordinator. A Family Coordinator will be responsible for working with the members of their family to review each member's Davidson family genealogy and to help research to find out how each member connects into the Family. One of the Admins will also be assigned to each family to help and train and backup the Family Coordinator on DNA science and techniques as it relates to genealogy and their specific Family. For Family Coordinators, we will be looking for special individuals who are interested in learning new techniques, who want to increase their genealogical research skills, and who are willing to increase their research focus beyond just their personal family. They also have to like working with others as they will need to work with the other members of their family and keep the admins apprised of what is going on in their family. It is not a JOB; there is no pay; and I do hope you will find it enjoyable. If you would like to volunteer, please contact the administrators at admin@davidsongenes.com, and we can start a conversation. In part to put this in place, I am in the process of a major re-write of the Davidson DNA web site software. As some of you may know, the pages are not simple HTML pages. The contents of the site are dynamic and are driven from what is becoming a fairly complex database. If you have not visited the site - www.davidsongenes.org - recently, you should look at it now as it is much different. And will be evolving on a weekly basis until all of the necessary changes are in place. If you find it misbehaving, it may just be that I am in the middle of an update! Here are some of the changes: 1/ The Home Page is a now a Results Chart Selector. You can select to look at the results for a specific Family or Group or all families or groups. Groups are members who are not yet assigned to any Family. These are grouped by the Haplogroup they have had predicted or measured. 2/ For Families, we have added a feature called a "Predicted Ancestral Haplotype" (PAH). In DNA jargon, the Haplotype is the collection of Y-DNA marker values for an individual. When we test a man's Y-DNA, the results are for the single individual. The science is that their male ancestors had the same Y-DNA with the exception of some mutations along through time. By seeing the results of several family members, we can PREDICT what the Haplotype COULD have been for their most recent common ancestor. And then we can highlight the differences between the prediction (PAH) and each of the members in hopes of looking for clues for family branches. Overtime, this should help us predict which family branch a new member, without a good paper trail, is part of. 3/ We have added a contact form in place of email links for sending email to the Admins and to the Members. This will reduce the risk of having email addresses harvested by spam bots. Further, to prevent spammers from using forms to inject spam, we have added Captcha technology when sending a message when the user is not signed in. 4/ To make life more convenient for members to be signed in when using the site, we have added an optional "Remember Me" cookie. Sign in once and for a year, you could be signed into the site from your personal computer. When you are signed in, your member page becomes your home page for our site. You will be easily able to update your Member Profile or Davidson Pedigree; send project messages without going through the Captcha step; and (if you have added your FTDNA password to your member profile...) be able to link directly to your FTDNA page. 5/ We will soon have a "Frequently Asked Questions" page on the site to help with how to use site, some DNA basics; etc. There is now a page of Resource links to help you with your research. And from any page on the site, you will be able to access the results page to check on any result. These are just the most visible changes to the site right now. More will be coming as I get them coded and tested. I still have to add more support for Family Coordinators but these changes were the beginning of the infrastructure needed to make that happen. We value your comments and suggestions. And any volunteers who wish to participate! Finally, if you are not a part of the DNA project, this is a perfect time to join. FTDNA has a big sale going on through the end of August 2008. We have already had several new members join as a result of the sale. The price of a 37 marker Y-DNA test is about 40% off the normal price. thanks, john.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: crlrus Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4785/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for any info on John Young Davidson born 1822 in Virginia. He was married to (Mary) Jane Smith in Lumpkin County Georgia in 1845. Their children were Emeline, Mitchell Cass, Edwin, Mary, Charles Long, Willie Lee and Martha. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t42FlowerM_DenCoTX Surnames: DAVIDSON Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4784/mb.ashx Message Board Post: DAVIDSON Harold 1937 2005 home David Strickland photographed this gravestone in the Flower Mound Cemetery, Flower Mound, Denton Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 193,541 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com If you know more about this person please reply here. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t42FlowerM_DenCoTX Surnames: DAVIDSON Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4783/mb.ashx Message Board Post: DAVIDSON Jessie May 1919 1973 David Strickland photographed this gravestone in the Flower Mound Cemetery, Flower Mound, Denton Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 193,541 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com If you know more about this person please reply here. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.