Ethel Leslie (Robinson) Davidson (1861 - 1953)

Born 29 Sep 1861 in Notting Hill, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Died 4 Apr 1953 at age 91 in Nairn, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

Ethel was born in 1861. She was the daughter of James Douglas Robinson and Gertrude Fennell.

She was christened on 13 December 1861 at St John, Notting-Hill, Middlesex, England^[1].

In the 1881 Scotland Census she was recorded living with her parents, six siblings, and one servant at Rothesay Place, St George, Midlothian, Scotland. She was aged 19.

She married Henry Oliver Duncan Davidson at St Mary, Edinburgh, on 14 Jan. 1886.

England and Wales Census, 1901: Living with her husband Henry (aged 46) and six children Olive (11), Marjorie (11), Malcolm (9), Alastair (7), Angus (3), and baby Douglas at Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England. Aged 39.

Her husband died in 1915.

Ethel died in 1953 at the age of 91 and was buried in Nairn Cemetery, Highland, Scotland^[2].

Her will was proved on 1 September 1953 in London on the confirmation of Duncan Gordon Davidson, landed proprietor, and Alastair Davidson, captain RN.

Last address: Tarland, Nairn

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ8X-546 : accessed 11 January 2016), James Douglas Robinson in entry for Ethel Leslie Robinson, 13 Dec 1861; citing reference vol. P84 p. 195; FHL microfilm 597,797.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183005480/ethel-davidson : accessed 13 September 2021), memorial page for Ethel Leslie Davidson (29 Sep. 1861 – 4 Apr. 1953), Find a Grave memorial ID 183005480, citing Nairn cemetery, Nairn, Highland, Scotland ; maintained by David Bryant (contributor 47510263)

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2XV-93Z : 22 February 2021), Ethel L. Davison in household of Henry O.D. Davison, Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census", database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing RG 12, Kent, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X96T-VJT : 20 May 2019), Ethel L. Davidson in household of Henry O. D. Davidson, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census", database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Harrow subdistrict, RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW4C-JZB : 5 July 2019), Ethel Leslie Davidson in household of Henry Oliver Duncan Davidson, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census", database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.