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John
Cheyne
(John Cheyne)
Davidson
Born in Newboro, Rideau Lakes, Leeds and Grenville, Canada West
Ancestors 
Son of John Davidson
and Susanna Ferrar (Cheyne) Davidson
Brother of
Margaret Jane (Davidson) Ketchum
Husband of
Fanny Maud (Lewis) Davidson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Edith (Towsley) Davidson
— married
20 Apr 1897 in Morristown, St. Lawrence, New York, United States
Father of
Hellen J Davidson, John F Davidson, Margaret Stephanie (Davidson) Mason, Philip Cheyne Davidson and Margaret Davidson
Died
at age 70
in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Feb 2021
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Biography
John Cheyne Davidson was a Canadian Anglican priest in the 20th Century.[1]
Davidson was educated at Trinity College, Toronto and ordained in 1885. After a curacy in Teddington he went out to Colborne Parish, New Brunswick. After that he worked in the Peterborough area from 1888 until 1932: as curate, incumbent and Archdeacon from 1920.
He served in WW1 as a chaplain for the 93rd Bn and the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital. He was released medically unfit with Neurasthenia.[1]
Author of at least 2 books.[2]
Residence •
1881
Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Residence • 1911 Peterborough West Sub-Districts 1-31, Ontario, Canada
Burial • • Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
- Fact: Also Known As John Cleyne Davidson
- Fact: Residence (1881) Ontario, Ontario, Canada
- Fact: Residence (1911) Census Peterborough West Sub-Districts 1-31, Ontario, Canada
- Fact: Residence Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
- Fact: Burial Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Sources
- ↑ https://www.lettersfromvincent.ca/single-post/major-john-cheyne-davidson
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Books-John-Cheyne-Davidson/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AJohn+Cheyne+Davidson
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 February 2021, 18:01), entry for Archdeacon John Cheyne Davidson (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9V98-CJF ); contributed by various users.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #154449757
- FamilySearch profile
- Wikipedia
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