Descendants of William Davison

Descendants of William DAVISON

1. William DAVISON b. 1787, Belfast, N. Ireland, m. BEF 1830, Mary GLASSEY, b. 1797, (daughter of George Glassey #6091) d. 15 Apr 1865, Rawdon, NS, Canada, buried: South Rawdon, NS, Baptist Cem. William died 19 Nov 1855, Rawdon, NS, Canada, buried: South Rawdon, NS, Baptist Cem. 1: Girls lived in St. Stevens, NB. 2: Information from writings of George W. Davison.

11. John DAVISON

12. Elizabeth DAVISON

13. Robert DAVISON b. 14 Jan 1842, Rawdon, NS, Canada, m. 3 Nov 1868, in Rawdon, NS, Sarah C. CREED, b. 5 Apr 1835, Halifax, NS, Canada, (daughter of George John Creed #2534 and Hannah Susan Wellner #2535) d. 1 Apr 1918, Woodville, Hants Co., NS, buried: Dimock/Parker Cem., Woodville, Hants Co. Robert died 28 Aug 1919, NS, Canada, buried: Dimock, Parker Cem., Woodville, NS. 1: Have the marriage licence from the Nova Scotia Archives (Hants, RG 32, M Rector Charles Bowman, St. Pauls, Rawdon. Davison, Watson and McCallums

Sam Clifton, the Wilsons, and Ross Cochrane were among those who lived across the river from the depot. In the summer they crossed the river in a boat to get the mail, in the winter, on the ice. Most of the community news was passed on at the depot.

Sarah: Obituary - 1 May, 1918 Mrs. Robert Davison There passed at Woodville, Hants Co., Sarah, wife of Robert Davison, aged 83 years. She was born at Halifax on Easter Sunday 1835 and her last day on earth was Easter Sunday 1908. She united with the Granville Street Baptist Church in early life in 1857 or previous to that. She leaves besides her husband four married sons. Two in Alberta; Charles on the homestead and Walter on the adjoining farm; also sixteen grandchildren, and one brother, R.H. Creed, of Ashdale, Hants Co. She was made a life member of the Red Cross Society by her friends and neighbors in Woodville. The ending of her beautiful, patient, loving life here was the beginning of the glorious eternal life beyond.

131. George William DAVISON b. 16 Apr 1870, Newport, Hants Co., NS, Canada, occupation School Teacher/Farmer, m. 24 Aug 1900, in Pembrook, NS, Canada, Ethel Outerbridge WILCOX b. 8 Sep 1880, Pembroke, Hants Co, NS, Canada, (daughter of Nathan Wilcox and Susan Louisa Rebecca Barber) d. 13 Sep 1953, Lone Pine, AB, Canada, buried: Topland, AB. George died 24 Dec 1938, Lone Pine, AB, Canada, buried: Topland, AB. Listed in McAlpine's NS Directory for 1896 as a teacher. 1) Marriage certificate (Hants, RG 32, M, #49/1900) 2) Death registration for Mary (Glassey) Davison (Hants RG 32 WB, Deaths #52/1865). Ethel: Birthdate from Wilcox family bible. Davison-Wilcox - At the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. N. Wilcox, on Aug. 24, 1900, Miss Ethel Onterbridge Wilcox, to Mr. Geo. W. Davison, of Woodville, Upper Newport. The ceremony was preformed by Rev. Mr. Whitman and assisted by Rev. W.M. Ryan. From "The Hants Journal's Birth, Marriages and Deaths - 1898-1903 Vol. One' US/CAN 971.635 V2bV1

132. Walter Edwin DAVISON b. 21 Apr 1872, Woodville, Hants Co., NS, m. 15 Apr 1914, Josephine UUDERWOOD, b. 8 Mar 1894, Wentworth, Hants Co., NS, d. 3 Dec 1970, St. John, NB, buried: Riverview Haven Cem, Brooklyn, Hants Co. Walter died 16 Dec 1929, Windsor, NS, buried: Brooklyn, Hants Co, Riverview Haven. Obituary - 1929 Walter E. Davison The community of Woodville, Hants Co., was saddened on Monday Dec. 16th, when it was learned that Walter Edwin Davison of that place had passed away that morning at the Payzant Memorial Hospital, where he had been taken for treatment, Nov. 11, just five weeks previously. Mr. Davison, who was 57 years of age was the son of the late Robert and Sarah (Creed) Davison of Woodville. He leaves to mourn their loss, a wife, formerly Miss Josephine Underwood of Mapleton, and four children, Ralph, Margaret, Ruth and Walter; also two brothers George of Topland, Albt., and Chas. of Woodville. The deceased was a member of the Newport United Church and P.W.

Josephine: Daughter of Robert Underwood & Dorothy Jane Caldwell.

133. Leander DAVISON b. 20 Sep 1875, NS, Canada, occupation Farmer, m. Jan 1910, Edith Pearl WATSON, d. 25 Mar 1924, Croydon, British Columbia, Canada. Leander died 10 Aug 1925, Croydon, BC, Canada, buried: Croydon, BC. 1: See the book Northland Echos. Davison, Watson and McCallums

Sam Clifton, the Wilsons, and Ross Cochrane were among those who lived across the river from the depot. In the summer they crossed the river in a boat to get the mail, in the winter, on the ice. Most of the community news was passed on at the depot.

Early one summer day a family by the name of Davison moved in. They brought a load of farm machinery, some horses and a cow down the river on a scow. They had four children, and were Sam Clifton's closest neighbours.

Leander Davison pitched a tent on his claim and moved his family into it for the summer. He had a good team and his wife, Edith, had a small roan mare. He felled trees for their log house and Edith and Robbie, their oldest boy, helped to clear the land. Hazel was the eldest girl and cared for the younger children. Ada, the baby, was a year old. In early March of the following year a son was born to the Davisons at their homestead. Edith had been warned at Ada's birth not to have any more children. Sadly, due to considerable complications at the birth, Edith died that day. The body was taken to McBride by Sam Clifton and Mrs. Wilson, who had been summoned by Robbie.

Edith was buried by the big rock along Davison Creek where she liked to go. It was a large rock that sat on the trail the scow-drivers had used when walking back to Tete Jaune.

When the baby was ready to be brought home, he was put in the care of Elizabeth (Tom) McCallum, who had no children of their own. Leander Davison named his new son Archie.

The following summer Leander was helping Frank Barker haying when he fell on a pitchfork, was stabbed in the groin and died before Frank could get help.

The Davison children were kept by neighbours for a month until their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Watson (Edith's parents) could come for them from Pouce Coupe', B.C. Archie remained in the care of the McCallums as the Wilsons felt, at their age, they could not properly care for a small baby.

Archie was legally adopted by the McCallums but it was not until after their death and he found his adoption papers, that he found he had brothers and sisters. Hazel had traced him and could visit but was not allowed to tell him she was his sister.

Edith died March 25, 1924, and Leander on August 10, 1925.

The story of the McCallums has been written in a book "Northland Echoes" by Doris Neeley Haralson and is available from her in Yarrow, B.C. We are indebted to Mrs. Haralson for this reprint permission. Mrs. Enid Colborne, Clearwater, adds:

Leander Davison and my maternal grandfather were cousins, and grew up a few miles apart in Hants County, Nova Scotia. Leander and a brother George homesteaded in Alberta, near Birch Lake, south of Innisfree. George wrote, "Soon after 1900, Leander had then been some years in Western Canada and California. In 1906 we moved to Birch Lake, Alberta, where Leander was then living."

Mrs. Colbourne continues:

My grandparents joined them in 1907 and were neighbours until Leander and his family left the district and came to the Croydon area in 1923.

Leander and Edith were married in January, 1910. Hazel married while living in Edmonton where she had worked for a number of years. They had one son, Allen. She died in the early 1970s.

Bob married and had three children; Robert Walter, Donald Laurence, and Edith Faye.

Roy drowned in the Fraser River in December, 1938.

Ada married and lived in the Tete Jaune area, later Edmonton. They had one daughter, Edith Louise.

Two years ago Bob was living at Houston, B.C. Archie was married but since separated.

Hazel and my mother were close friends. It was always fun time when Hazel came to visit. She used to make the most delicious fudge and doughnuts. When we could persuade her to do it, she could whistle and imitate birds, in fact imitate a lot of things with singing or speaking and facial expressions.

From the book "Yellowhead Pass and Its People" 1984 pages 329, 330 and 331. ISBN 0-88925-395-1

Edith: In August 1993 Art and Ruth Davison and Sherman and Enid Colborne went to Croydon to find the grave sites of the family. We found Walter Roy Davison as well as one marked Aaron Watson marked 1873 - 1932.

134. Charles Herbert Arnold DAVISON b. 2 Jul 1877, Woodville, NS, Canada, occupation Farmer/Lumberman, m. 15 Apr 1903, in Hants Co., NS, Canada, Margaret FORREST, b. 26 Mar 1883, d. 1981, buried: Windsor,Maplewood Cem.,Nova Scotia,Canada. Charles died 9 Jul 1961, NS, Canada, buried: Windsor, NS, Maplewood Cem.

14. Jane DAVISON

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