This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davidson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/3270 Message Board Post: We have a tintype photo in our family collection labeled Kate Davidson. Handwriting is that of Ethel Patterson Hopkins, whose mother would have been similar in age to Kate. That assumes the Kate I find in 1880 and 1860 is the same one as in the photo. Ethel and her mother grew up in Butler Township, Richland County, Ohio, and that is where I looked for a Davidson family. Though it is possible there's one in a nearby township, I offer as one possibility for Kate's identity as that of daughter of Peter Davidison and first wife Margaret (wife in 1880 is Elsie). P and M born Scotland. Children all born Ohio. In 1860: Peter is 50, Margaret 48 Children: John - 22, Sarah - 20, Catharine 15 - a seamstress and called Kate in 1880, William -13, James -10. I do not find any Davidsons as relatives to my husband's lines. However, it's possible there's a connection in Scotland. Many Scots came to this area from Aberdeenshire. Photo attached for the benefit of Davidson researchers.