Lizzie (Watson) Davidson (1884 - 1977)

Born 29 Dec 1884 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 1977 at about age 92 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Lizzie Watson was a daughter of Joseph Watson and Mary (Masters) Watson.^[1][2]

Birth

She was born 29 December 1884 at Daventry, Northamptonshire, England and was baptised 5 February 1885 at the Parish Church of Daventry.^[1][3][4]

Marriage

Lizzie Watson and David Davidson were married 11 July 1914 at Park Avenue, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.^[5]

Residence

• 1885 to 1891 (with her parents) at Warwick Street, Daventry, Northamptonshire.^[1][3]
• 1901 (in service) at High Street, Daventry.^[6]
• 1911 to 1914 (in service) at East Park Parade, Northampton, Northamptonshire.^[7][5]

Occupation

From 1901 to 1914 she was a housemaid.^[6][7][8]

Death

The death of Lizzie Davidson was registered between January and March 1977 in the registration district of Carlisle (Cumbria), England.^[4]

Research Notes

• Precise location of marriage not determined. Record states "Park Avenue Dunferminline ... according to the forms of the United Free Church".^[5]
• An Ancestry Public Member Tree states that while working as a housemaid in Northampton Lizzie Watson would accompany the family to their house in Scotland and that is how she met David Davidson.^[8]
• Same tree asserts date of death as 26 January 1977 but no source cited for specific date.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Parish Church of Daventry (Northamptonshire, England), Register of Baptisms 1877-1906, p. 91, no. 721, 5 Feb 1885, Lizzie Watson; "Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 4 Dec 2021), path: "Daventry > Parish Registers > 1877-1906", image 92.
2. ↑ General Register Office (UK), Online Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/ : accessed 21 Nov 2021), births, 1885, Lizzie Watson.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Census returns of England and Wales, 1891, (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), district Daventry [Northamptonshire], ref. RG12/1205, fo. 147, p. 25, sched. 173, household of William Messenger; "1891 England Census", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 27 Jun 2020), path: Northamptonshire > Daventry > District 13, image 26.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} General Register Office (UK), England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index (London, England), 1977, Jan-Mar quarter, Lizzie Davidson, Carlisle district; digital image, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 2 Dec 2021), image 1977D1-D-0245.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "Statutory Register of Marriages", digital images, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/) : accessed 7 Dec 2021), Lizzie Watson married 1914.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Census returns of England and Wales, 1901, (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), district Daventry [Northamptonshire], ref. RG13/1434, fo. 74, p. 1, sched. 7, household of Jessie B Forster; "1901 England Census", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 26 Nov 2021), path: Northamptonshire > Daventry > ALL > District 14, image 2.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Census returns of England and Wales, 1911, (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), district Northampton [Northamptonshire], ref. RG14/8415, sched. 38, household of Samuel Peath Bennett; "1911 England Census", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 30 Nov 2021), path: Northamptonshire > Northampton > St Giles > 27, image 78.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Ancestry user: dpaterson187, "paterson Family Tree", public member tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 14 Dec 2021), Lizzie Watson.

See also:

• Source Abstracts for Lizzie (Watson) Davidson.
• Lizzie Watson in FamilySearch Tree