Davidson Genealogy

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The Davidson Family Tree


(copied by Virginia P. Street from the Family Tree chart drawn by Celestia Linner which was later lost).


The Davidson family tree starts with John Davidson (b.1690) and his son Roderick Davidson (1723-1822) who married first Unknown and second Ann Fraser (1738-1808). The child of Roderick's marriage with Unknown was John (1762-1839) who married McQueen. Their three children were: Roderick (b. abt. 1794), William (b. 1795) who married Gillies, and Catherine who married Donald Calder. Of that group, only William had any children, a daughter, Mary (b. 1822). The children of Roderick's second marriage to Ann Fraser were: Alexander (1772-1801) and George (1773-1856).

Alexander (1772-1801) married Margaret MacQueen. Their four children were: Roderick (1793-1829) who married Margaret Adam, George (1795-1859) who married Janet Andrew, Ann, and Alexander (1799-1801).

His brother George (1773-1856) married first Unknown and second Janet Murray. With Unknown, he had Alexander and George. With his second wife, Janet Murray, he had: Ann (b. 1817) who married John Ross, John F. (b. 1821) who married Agnes MacDonald, Charles, and Jane (b. 1825) who married William Carter.

The child of Roderick (1793-1829) and Margaret Adam was: Ann (b. 1813) who married James Haig. Ann and James had: John (b. 1838) and George (b. 1842) who both settled in Australia, Ann (b. 1843) who married Alfred Weller and settled in Toronto, Barbara (b. 1846) who settled in Edinburgh, and Thomas (b. 1856) who settled in Australia.

Janet G. Travell comes from the line of the next son of Alexander (1772-1801). He married Margaret MacQueen. Their second child, George, (1795-1859) married Janet Andrew. Their seven children were: Roderick (1825-1840), Christina (1827-1882) - she married Benjamin Burton, Margaret, Jane (1832-1916) - she married William H. Haskell, Eliza (1839-1919) - she married Isaac V.W. Grant, George Graham (1841-1928) - he married Julia Elizabeth Griswold, JGT's grandmother, and William Alexander (1844-1859). More information about this group is next:

Roderick (1825-1840) - no information. Christina (1827-1882) and Benjamin Burton had two children: George (1849-1879) - he married Alice Wright and Christina (1860-1900) - she married Edward Ransom. Margaret - no information. Jane (1832-1916) - she married William H. Haskell. Jane and William had five children: George, Mary, Grace, Harriet who married Frank Combs, and William. Eliza (1839-1919) - she married Isaac V.W. Grant (no more information). George Graham Davidson (1841-1928) - he married Julia Elizabeth Griswold. George and Julia had four children: Elizabeth (1869-1899), Janet Eliza (1870-1928) - she married John Willard Travell, M.D. of Troy, New York, George Griswold (1872-1953) - he married Ada S. Prentice, and Alexander (1874-1945) - he married Helen Rohr and had one son, Alexander. William Alexander (1844-1859) (no more information).

The George above (1849-1879) who married Alice Wright had two children: George (1878-1898) and Harriet (b. ? - d. 1949) - who married James Lees Laidlaw and had one child, Louise, who married Dana Converse Backus of New York City, Port Washington, Long Island, New York, and Hillsdale, NY. The Christina above (1860-1900) who married Edward Ransom, had one child, Edward.

Janet Eliza Davidson (1870-1928), daughter of George Graham Davidson and Julia Griswold, who married John Willard Travell (Janet G. Travell, M.D.'s father) had two daughters, Virginia MacQueen Travell (b. 1900 - d. 1981 ) - who married Harold Eastman Weeks of New Jersey and Janet Graham Travell (1901-1997) - who married John W.G. Powell of Roxobel, Bertie County, North Carolina. Both Virginia and Janet became physicians.

George Griswold (1872-1953), son of George Graham and Julia Griswold, who married Ada S. Prentice, had three children: Celestia who married Edward Linner, George Graham, known as Graham, who married Lucia Van Allen, and Jerome who married Elizabeth Oswath.