Adam Davidson (1851 - 1920)

Born 9 Mar 1851 in Harelawside, Par. of Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Son of John Davidson and Agnes (Fairbairn) Davidson

Husband of Isabella (Bain) Davidson — married 30 Apr 1880 in Mornington, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1920 at age 69 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

Adam DAVIDSON was born in 1851 to John Davidson and Agnes Fairbairn. He died in 1920.^[1]

Born 09 MAR 1851 Harelawside, Par. of Coldingham, BEW, SCT

March 9th 1851: Adam DAVIDSON, son of John DAVIDSON, farm servant, Harelawside and Agnes FAIRBAIRN, his wife, was born 9th March 1851 and baptized by Revd W DAVIDSON of Abbey St Bathans in the Church in Houndwood. ^[2]

Arrived about 1877^[1] Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Died 26 Sep 1920 939 Cumberland St, Dunedin

Adam Davidson, flour miller, aged 70 yrs of senile degeneration of heart and arteries of last 5 years, & sudden heart failure, last seen N Newlands (?) 3 Sep 1920 S/o John Davidson farm labourer and Agnes m.s. not known (Fairbairn)

Buried 29 Sept 1920, Andersons Bay by C Eaton, Methodist Minister. Born Berwickshire, Scotland, in NZ 43 years. Married at 29 to Isabella Bain. Survived by M: 33,39 and F 35 (Jack, Jim and Agnes) Informant, J Hope, Undertaker^[1]

Buried Andersons Bay Cem., Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand^[1]

Family

Adam Davidson and Hannah (O'Sullivan) Cooper were not married but DNA tells us they most definitely met.

Child:

Mary Ellen (Cooper) Svenson (abt.1879-1969)

Adam married in 1880:

Husband: Adam Davidson

Wife: Isabella Bain

Married 30 Apr 1880 Home of John Bain, Mornington, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand^[3]

MARRIAGES.

On the 30th April, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mornington, by the Rev. Lindsay Mackie, assisted by the Key. Mr Inglis, Adam Davidson, Berwickshire, to Isabella, eldest daughter of John Bain, Mornington. Home papers please copy.^[4]

Children:

John Sinclair Davidson (1881-1933)

Agnes Manson (Davidson) Henderson (1885-1955)

James Fairbairn Davidson (1887-1929)

Anecdote

Adam was apparently frequently followed home by the ranger who hoped to catch him out poaching trout from the Leith on his way home from the flour mill. He had a knack for tickling trout.^[5]

DNA

Paternal relationship to father John marked as confirmed by DNA because of Triangulated Group on Chr 01 between three "cousins", two descended from John's son Adam (3rd cousins) and one from John's son George

T087062 LIH to T203183 HD 12-20 mbp

T080762 LIH to FF (in process of uploading to GEDMatch) 12-20 mbp

T203183 HD to FF 15-23 mbp

This segment is presumed to be from John rather than wife Agnes Fairbairn as 20 appears to be a crossover point where a lot of Fairbairn cousins join in the fun

Maternal relationship to mother Agnes marked as confirmed by DNA because of Triangulated Group (TG) on Chr 01 between three "cousins", one descended from John and Agnes' son Adam, one from their son Walter, and one from Agnes' paternal uncle David. A fourth "cousin" in the TG cannot be compared with the descendant of David but is expected to also match.

T087062 LIH to T203183 HD 19-60 mbp

T080762 LIH to TMF 19-41 mbp

T203183 HD to TMF 22-40 mbp

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 1920 Death: Inspection photocopy of death cert. held.
2. ↑ 1851 Birth: Certified extract of parish register dated 18th April 1876, found in possession of grandson Leslie Henderson
3. ↑ 1880 Marriage: 30 Apr Adam Davidson & Isabella Bain, Wit.: Edward Neilson, Sally Anderson; certificate held.
4. ↑ Otago Witness, Issue 1488, 22 May 1880, Page 17, online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18800522.2.49
5. ↑ Family story from grandson Les Henderson, presumably from his mother

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