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Title: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: davcantray on Saturday 24 March 12 21:59 GMT (UK)
I would appreciate any information on the life of

John Duncan Davidson ( born 10  June 1892 ) in Forres. 

Thanks --  Dav
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: CaroleW on Saturday 24 March 12 22:04 GMT (UK)
What info do you already have - parents names etc??

There is a 1901 entry for a John S Davidson who fits your profile except for that initial S.

It may be a mistranscription so we need some info re: his parents to check
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: davcantray on Saturday 24 March 12 22:36 GMT (UK)
Thanks Carole

John's parents are William Davidson & Ann  ( nee Young )

Dav
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: CaroleW on Saturday 24 March 12 22:43 GMT (UK)
Right parents - you need to view the image on SP to check that middle initial

1901 4 North St Place Forres - all children b Forres

William Davidson 49 b Pitts (? Petty), Invernesshire  Railway servant
Annie   49 b Edinkillie, Morayshire
James   18
William   14
John S Davidson 9
Mary J Davidson 72 - shown as daughter?? Suspect she was 12
Forres ED 5 Page 9 Line 8
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: CaroleW on Saturday 24 March 12 22:48 GMT (UK)
1891 has 2 additional children - Maggie 12 b Petty, Invernessshire and Catherine 10 b Nairn

It also confirms that Mary J was then only 1yr old although she is indexed as Mary G in 1891

Forres ED 9 Page 17 Line 18
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: GR2 on Saturday 24 March 12 23:58 GMT (UK)
Have a look at the free Libindx site which allows you to search for information about folk from Moray. It will probably throw up something useful.

Graham
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: UNDERTAKER on Sunday 25 March 12 07:08 BST (UK)
do you know if the duncan family are related to any gillespie family in falkirk.?



T.
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: davcantray on Sunday 25 March 12 13:10 BST (UK)
Many  thanks to Carole & Graham

I will use all this information  to update  my family tree .

Alastair
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: Forfarian on Wednesday 11 April 12 20:27 BST (UK)
Quote from: UNDERTAKER on Sunday 25 March 12 07:08 BST (UK)
do you know if the duncan family are related to any gillespie family in falkirk.?

I don't quite understand why you posted this in this thread. The surnames mentioned in this thread are DAVIDSON and YOUNG. DUNCAN isn't mentioned except as a middle name, and all three are extremely common surnames. GILLESPIE isn't quite so common, but it isn't mentioned either, and Falkirk is over 160 miles from Forres.

Do you have some reason to think that there were Duncans in Forres who were related to Gillespies in Falkirk? If so, start a new thread with the information you have already, so that we have something to go on.

If not, start a new thread in the Stirlingshire forum, and tell the members of that forum what you know already and what you would like to know.
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: UNDERTAKER on Saturday 14 April 12 06:17 BST (UK)
i have both duncan and davidson family in my tree somewhere but only have direct route which is through gillespies.



T.
Title: Re: John Duncan DAVIDSON --- Forres
Post by: Forresian on Wednesday 26 December 12 00:15 GMT (UK)
Jock (John Duncan) Davidson's sister Catherine was my great grandmother.  I have put all the basic genealogical information I know about Jock's siblings and his parents into Libindx. I believe his sister Mary Jane married a Mr Large and moved to Canada but I have no more details. I can add details to the basics in Libindx such as transcriptions of obituaries etc.