Bertha Elizabeth (Bush) Davidson (1865 - 1947)

Born 16 May 1865 in Unionville, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Ulysses Grant Davidson — married 24 Dec 1882 in Milesburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1947 at age 82 in Halfmoon Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Bertha was born in 1865. She was the daughter of Peter Bush (1823-1900) and Hannah Spotts (1840-1917).

She married Grant Davidson (1862-1926) in 1882. They were the parents of the following children:

1. Willis Grant Davidson 1881-1957
2. Ida B. Davidson 1883-1970
3. Peter Bush Davidson b 1894
4. Harry Davidson b 1897 (he is listed on the 1900-1920 censuses)
5. Frederick Davidson 1902-2000
6. Edith Davidson b 1904
7. Emma Davidson b 1907

She passed away in 1947. She is buried in Center Line Lutheran Cemetery, Centre, PA.

Sources

• FamilySearch
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZG3-VZW : 29 May 2021), Bertha Bush in entry for Peter H Bush, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXF-1QW : 28 November 2021), Bertha Bush in household of Peter H. Bush, Union Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 220, sheet 132B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,112.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39N-ZST : 2 December 2021), Bertha Davidson in entry for Grant Davidson, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGQK-6MH : accessed 5 December 2021), Bertha E Davidson in household of Grant Davidson, Half Moon, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 5A, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1325; FHL microfilm 1,375,338.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTT-NVV : 3 February 2021), Bertha E Davison in entry for Grant Davison, 1920.
• Find a Grave