Yes, we descendants of Davidsons are still here. In fact, I'm wondering if any relatives of mine might be interested in meeting anywhere near Pepin County, Wisconsin about July 6-9 or 5th to 10th at the most. This is near Menomenie, Dunn County which is not too far from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. (I'm coming from near Seattle, Washington.) Are you a relatives? Here's my lineage: I am descended from Thomas and Catherine Davidson who currently reside in the E. Pepin Cemetery...and came to the US (or at least Thomas did) sometime before 1850 -- possibly as early as the early 1840s. Catherine (nee Walker) I believe came in 1849-1851. Thomas Davidson was born March 13,1828 in the town of Maghareagh, County Antrim (according to his obituary). This is in what is now "Northern Ireland". He died March 20, 1908 in the town of Albany (not really a town -- a township), Pepin County, Wisconsin. According to the obituary, "His youth and early manhood was spent in Scotland. When a young man, he emigrated to America and lived for several years in the states of New York and New Jersey". In 1854 he married Catherine Walker, possibly in New York. Their children were: #1 - Mary J. Davidson born August 11, 1855, possibly in New York or New Jersey, died in Eau Claire, Wisconsin #2 - Margaret Ann Davidson born January 1857 in Vernon Township, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, who married Thomas M. Huey and had four children whose descendants still live in Dunn County, Wisconsin and elsewhere; she died in Downsville, Dunn County on October 19, 1946. Their children were John William, Bertha M., Marjory A. and James Duncan Huey. I have some beautiful photos of Margaret, obituaries of her and Tom Huey, and have met with two of her grandchildren. I was told by my great-aunt that Marjory or Bertha wrote a history of the family and they were active in Eastern Star. I would very much like information about activities in this organization and who might have had a history passed on...??? Is there an Eastern Star retirement home in the area of Dunn County, Wisconsin or nearby? #3 - James Davidson born September 6, 1858 probably in Vernon Township, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, who never married. In 1899 he lived in Weyburn, Saskatchewan where he was a wheat farmer. He died in Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin on January 1, 1930. #4 - Frances Davidson born September 1860 in Vernon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin who married Levi Glidden Wallace known as Lew Wallace, and had a large family. Frances was known as "Fanny" and she and Lew had a family which included Inez Katherine Wallace who married Wallace Norrish, and their son was Lee Norrish, who lived in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Frances died in 1943. Other children included Leslie G., Carl Henry, Harold L., Oscar, Ethel M., Frances Lisbeth "Beth", Dorthey M., Madge Elenore, and two babies who died in infancy. #5 - Thomas Ford Davidson -- also know as Thomas Davidson Jr. - born July 9, 1863 in Vernon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, who married Alwilda "Wilda" Catt on April 13, 1892 in Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Tom and Wilda separated in the late 19-teens, never reunited, but never divorced. Wilda lived for the remainder of her life with her daughter Ruby May Davidson Harper (my grandmother), and she died in Seattle, Washington on January 21, 1942. Tom Davidson continued to live in the Rock Falls area of Dunn County, Wisconsin, close to the Dunn/Pepin county line, but in his old age his daughter Ruby went back to Wisconsin and brought him to live with her in Seattle where he died in 1954. Grandmother returned with his casket and he is buried in Rock Falls Cemetery, Dunn County, Wisconsin. Tom and Wilda's children were Ford Walker Davidson who married Josephine Wursing and lived in Milwaukee; Ruby May Davidson (my grandmother) who married Eugene O. Harper (also known as Edward O. Figg) and had children Jeanne Theresa Harper (also known during early childhood as Emma) and Edith Oriole Harper; Mattie Ethel who died in childhood, Margaret Ann Davidson who married George Dayton and had no children; Thomas Frank Davidson who went by "Frank" and never married or had no children and died in California; and Frances Alwilda Davidson, who died in early childhood. My great-grandfather Thomas Davidson is buried in Rock Falls Cemetery beside his daughters Mattie and Frances and his mother-in-law Anna Hoover Catt Haskell. #6 - Myra Davidson born July 9, 1863 and died the same day or shortly thereafter -- Tom Davidson's twin sister. #7 - Catherine Davidson also known as Katherine or Kate, born April 4, 1865 in Lucas Township, Dunn County, Wisconsin, died January 20, 1906 in Mondovi Buffalo County, Wisconsin. She was a popular school teacher and my great-grandfather Tom's favorite sister. She married Carl Edward Pabst and had a large family, but died of complications of childbirth. Her children were Harry, Julius Edward, Martha, Rosealine also known as Rosalie, Myra Wilhelmina, and Mary Evaline, who was only 2 when Kate died. I believe the older children went with Carl Edward Pabst to the area of Aberdeen in South Dakota but do not know what happened then. I'd really like to hear from his and Kate's descendants, as I have photographs of some of these children in the early 19-teens and I'd like to identify more -- and obtain a photograph of Kate or identify her in my grandmother's photo album if she is one of the unidentified people. #8 - Martha Davidson also known as "Mattie", born September 14, 1868 in Pepin County, Wisconsin, married Israel "Ike" Pabst July 27, 1904 in Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, died April 27, 1934. Her husband and her sister's husband were brothers. She had twins who died in infancy. She raised one or more of her sister Kate's children and also took care of her mother-in-law Wilhelmina Pabst in her old age. Mary Evaline, who was only 2 when Kate died, went to live with Mattie and Ike, and although she went out west to Montana and then California, she went back to Wisconsin and cared for Mattie before she died, according to a neighbor. I'd also like a photograph of her... #9 - Franklin Davidson known as "Frank" who was born in Albany Township, Pepin County, Wisconsin in 1872 and who lived the latter part of his life in the Boise, Idaho area. As of the 1930s when his father Tom Davidson made a trip by train "out west" Frank was said to be unmarried. It is not know that he ever married or had children. WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR: I have photos from the late 1800s and early 1900s -- many identified -- that came to my mother from my grandmother Ruby Davidson Harper and belonged to her parents originally. I'd like to know what happened to the rest of the family -- hear their version of the family history -- and perhaps exchange photos. I'd especially like to know more about my great-great-grandparents Thomas and Catherine Davidson. My great-aunt Margaret left an unpublished manuscript loosely based on the family history starting with the romance of Thomas and Catherine in their youth -- purporting that they met on the ship coming over to America -- and I'd love to find out what parts are true. I've spent a couple of decades researching and much of the book coincides with supporting documentation -- but not all. I will be visiting the graves of my great-great-grandparents in Pepin County, Wisconsin about July 7 and would like to know if there are relatives nearby who would like to meet?