John Davidson (1844 - 1915)

Born 14 May 1844 in Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Ford) Davidson — married 3 Aug 1866 in Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 16 Jun 1915 at age 71 in Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 14 MAY 1844

Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: John, lawful son of John DAVIDSON, labourer, Chirnside, and of Agnes FAIRBAIRN his spouse, was born May 14th 1844 and baptized by the Revd James WILSON Minister of the Parish.

See also entry after birth registration for Walter in Edrom OPR^[2][3]

Death

Death:

Date: 16 JUN 1915

Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: 71, 9am, dyspepsia 9 mths and congestion of kidneys, 4mths. Inf. son Benjamin of Kirkgate, Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland^[4]

Reference

Reference: 12279

Occupation

Occupation: mill worker

Date: AUG 1866

Place:  ?Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland^[5]

Occupation: general labourer

Date: 1881

Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland^[6]

Census

Date: 1871

Place: Linden, Par. of Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland

Note: DAVIDSON: John 26 paper mill worker b Chirnside; wife Isabella 26 b Chirnside; Son John 1 b Lasswade, Edinburgh^[7]

Date: 1881

Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: John, head, general labourer, 38 b Chirnside, Isabella, wife, 37 b Chirnside. Children: Margaret, 13 b Chirnside; John, 11; Agnes, 9; Isabella 6, all b Lasswade; all scholars; Benjamin, 3 b Chirnside. Lodger: Benjamin FORD, 19, unm, millworker b Chirnside.^[8]

Date: 1891

Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: John, head, mar, 47, game keeper, b Chirnside, Isabella wife, 47, b Chirnside. Agnes, dtr, unm, 19, Millworker (paper), b Lasswade; Benjamin, son, un, 13, scholar b Chirnside^[9]

Date: 1901

Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: DAVIDSON: John 56 gamekeeper, dom; wife Isabella 55 both b Chirnside; Son Benjamin F, 21 paper mill worker^[10]

Date: 1911

Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: DAVIDSON: John 68 wid. gen lab.; Son Benjamin unm 30 loader paper factory; Both b Chirnside, BEW^[11]

Marriage

Husband: John Davidson

Wife: Isabella Ford

Child: Margaret Grieg Davidson

Child: John Davidson

Child: Agnes Davidson

Child: Isabella Davidson

Child: Benjamin Ford Davidson

Marriage:

Date: 03 AUG 1866

Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: John Davidson bachelor, mill worker,22, s/o John Davidson (labourer) & Agnes Fairbairn MARRIED Isabella Ford spinster, mill worker, 23 d/o Benjamin Ford (gravedigger) & Margaret Greig (dec) at Chirnside Manse (Church of Scotland), Chirnside, Berwickshire on August 3, 1906 (assumed to be typo for 1866!)^[12][13][14]

Sources

1. ↑ Davidson-3676 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of DavidsonDesc4WTMay2014.ged on May 20, 2014and merged with Davidson-1678
2. ↑ Source: #S684
3. ↑ Source: #S721 p145, 1st entry on page FORD/HASTIE 1827
4. ↑ Source: #S333 Dth 16 Jun 1915 John DAVIDSON, Chirnside, Berwickshire, sighted 1994/5
5. ↑ Source: #S333 Page: Marriage 1866 John DAVIDSON/Isabella FORD trans. Robert McC Dec 2002
6. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224029 GRO Ref Volume 730 EnumDist 2 Page 4
7. ↑ Source: #S803 Page: Lasswade, MLN Reg 691 ED 7 Pg 4 Sched 19, hsehold John & Isabella DAVIDSON, extracted Jan 2008
8. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224029 GRO Ref Volume 730 EnumDist 2 Page 4
9. ↑ Source: #S954
10. ↑ Source: #S214 Page: Chirnside, BEW Reg. 730 ED 4 Pg 17 Sched 85, hsehold of John & Isabella DAVIDSON, extracted Jun 2007
11. ↑ Source: #S820 Page: 1911 Chirnside, Berwickshire, 730/00 002/00 001 Sched. 5, hsehold of John DAVIDSON, copy d/loaded Mar 2012
12. ↑ Source: #S333 Page: Marriage 1866 John DAVIDSON/Isabella FORD trans. Robert McC Dec 2002
13. ↑ Source: #S525
14. ↑ Source: #S1721 Page: Birth cert 1867 Margaret Greig DAVIDSON (saved as html in Borders Sources), rcvd Aug 2003

• WikiTree profile Davidson-1678 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by L and others.

• Source: S210 Title: 1881 Census transcripts for UK via Family Search/LDS CDs
• Source: S333 Title: BDMs, Scotland death indices, & researcher extracts, Compiler Address: GRO, SCT
• Source: S684 Title: OPR: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Subject: Baptisms, Marriages, Location: Chirnside, BEW Repository: #R56
• Repository: R56 Name: Selkirk Archives Address: St Mary's Mill City: Selkirk Country: Scotland
• Source: S721 Title: OPR: Edrom Berwickshire, Subject: Baptism, Location: Edrom, BEW Repository: #R56
• Source: S820 Title: Scotland: Census images ex GRO Repository: #R146
• Repository: R146 Name: Scotlands People (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/) Address: City: Edinburgh State: Midlothian Country: Scotland