Linda Davison
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Linda Davison

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Linda M. Davison
Born 1950s.
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Linda Davison was born in New South Wales, Australia
Linda Davison is a member of the Davison Name Study Project.
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Linda Davison has completed the England Project's Orphan Trail.
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Sir Robert Harley (1661-1724) Earl of Oxfordshire and Earl Mortimer, is the 6th Great Grandfather of Linda Davison right up to the 12th Great Grandfather, Richard Harley (1235-1260) and even earlier. That is 18+ direct Generations of the Harleys of Brampton Bryan through the male line until the first female Harley (Elizabeth) in Australia who married James Blackman (1760 - 1842). Elizabeth Harley and James Blackman came out free to Australia. James was first a Police Chief in Bathurst, New South Wales and then a notable Explorer in the Mudgee district of New South Wales.

Of the Cotter generations I can only source 6 Generations from the time the first Cotter was transported to Australia. The Davison line only goes back 6 Generations in Australia from my generation. After my generation there are three more generations, as I am a great grandmother now.
It seems that once both the Cotters and the Davisons left Ireland and England respectively, there seems to be no secure link existing publicly to their forebears. Davisons came from Essex, England. There are still Davisons that do live in Essex, and I have spoken to them, but they have no knowledge of past relationships. There is a link also to Deptford in London, but it is hard to follow it up without evidence. I haven't found any Davisons there now, even though I went to London, but populations nowadays are so mobile. Also Deptford was a very poor neighbourhood and much of the place has been demolished and rebuilt in the previous two centuries.


In England, the Davisons in the 1700 -1800's were originally farmers in Essex. As far as I can ascertain, the English Davisons came from Toppesfield, Essex. Barnes, Rev. H.B., The Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at St. Margaret's, Toppesfield Parish, Essex Co., England, 1659-1660 (Merrill Press, Topsfield, Mass., USA, 1905) I have spoken to a family of Davisons who are farmers, but they were not interested in Genealogy, no doubt too busy on the farm.
It was a common thing in those times, when a family member ran foul of the law and was sent to Australia, that the family seems to have wiped all knowledge of them out of the family history. Pre-Victorian and Victorian times were very much a time of "appearances matter above all else." This happened in Ireland as well.

I was born at Young, New South Wales, Australia in the Mercy Hospital run by the Mercy nuns. [1]

Unfortunately, Glen Roy Davison, the father of the children could not overcome his alcoholism throughout his life. He was a man with a great sense of humour when sober, who cooked great stews for the kids, but when he drank it was a different story involving neglect of his family. He was often on the wrong side of the law. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ articles: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

I spent my first years, from the age of almost 1 to 5 1/2 in Camperdown Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia. I sustained injuries in a fire when I was 11 months old and had multiple head, body and bone injuries which prevented me from standing up or walking, caused by violent treatment and neglect from both parents due to the curse of alcohol. I spent my 2nd year on a spinal board looking at toys in a box on the floor which the nurses put there for me to see. (All this information is in the nurses' notes which I obtained through Freedom of Information, after 1988- Australia's bi-centenary year.) Trove.com.au articles: [8] [9] [10] My natural parents had other children to look after, and were finding it difficult to cope with one more, especially one who needed full time care. They moved from New South Wales to South Australia to avoid further prosecution from the Child Welfare Department.

A nursing sister at Camperdown Hospital who had looked after me for the years I was there applied to permanently foster me as a daughter, and so I was brought up outside the family from then on until I was 20 years old.

I went to schools in Manly, New South Wales. Worked for some time after leaving school at 16 in a Bank in Manly, (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales) and then entered a Benedictine convent, Tyburn Priory, which at that time was in Manly near the Manly Hospital and St. Patricks Seminary. [11] It moved to Riverstone, a suburb of Sydney, in the Parramatta diocese then after 2020 the convent relocated again to a nearby property in the suburb of Kurmond. When I have visited London, I stayed in the guesthouse of Tyburn Convent, Hyde Park Place near Marble Arch.

Sayings of Mine

What others do to us, is their responsibility, - what we do with our lives is ours!
I always say "Be nice to people because one day you may find you are related to them!"
I will never call myself old, because I was born at Young, and so I am forever a Young girl.)

Music I like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8x8CTbXlVo Down Under by the Seekers.

My Wiki Will

Having experienced the difficulty of accessing in order to edit or add informtion to my brother's Geni.com family history account after he died, (even though I was on his "allowed" list) I would like to state that when I die sometime in the future, or after 1.1.2040, whichever comes first, that my wiki family history data will be "unlocked" where it is private, so that it is accessible to any generations following me. Linda Davison-Taylor 15th February, 2023


Cotter DNA

On my mother's side of the family, through her father Michael Gerald Cotter, the Cotter DNA Project is located at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/sonsofottar and has so far shown that all members have the Norse-Frisian R1b1a2 y-DNA which indicates our Norse origins in south-east Ireland.

Mothers do not have their father's Y-DNA, as females do not have the Y chromosome. Male humans have an X and a Y, but females have two X chromosomes and no Y chromosome (except for some very rare conditions). When you can, always choose folks from the older generation to test.

"Family Myths" persisted until I started researching documents and sources to prove or disprove them. I began in the Bi-Centenary of Australia (1988) when Freedom of Information was released to everyone.
Many families have these "myths" that often are incorrect, that is why FamilySearch sources are needed. I have found in the past that because "Ancestry" is filled in by people without valid sources, it can be very misleading. So be careful.


Foster Parents:

Sources

  1. Birth Certificate held by Linda Davison
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/249153711?searchTerm=Glen%20Roy%20Davison&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142448694?searchTerm=Glen%20Roy%20Davison&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142448088?searchTerm=Glen%20Roy%20Davison&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/132647588?searchTerm=Glen%20Roy%20Davison&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220749553?searchTerm=Glen%20Roy%20Davison&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220753185?searchTerm=Glen%20Roy%20Davison&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
  8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18213280?searchTerm=Glen%20Roy%20Davison&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
  9. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48645216?searchTerm=Glen%20Roy%20Davison&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
  10. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158793007?searchTerm=Glen%20Roy%20Davison&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
  11. (https://www.tyburnconvent.org.uk/site.php?id=216)
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Hi Linda,

We contacted you while ago about the England Project's annual check-in with project members and haven't heard back from you. I hope you are well.

One of the requirements for membership of the England Project is that each member responds to the project's annual check-in.

We have assumed that you no longer wish to participate in the England Project and have removed you from our list of members. You are welcome to re-apply to join the project at any time by signing-up on the project’s G2G welcome post.

Thank you for contributing to the England Project!

Best wishes,

Joan, on behalf of the England Project Leadership

Hi Linda,

I sent you a message a while ago as part of the England Project's annual check-in with project members. I haven't heard back from you. I hope you are well.

If you could send me a quick message to confirm whether you are still interested in the project and wish to remain an active member, that would be great. We ask all project members to reply to our annual check-in as a requirement of membership.

Thank you again for your contributions towards the England Project's goals!

Dave, on behalf of the England Project leadership

posted by Dave Welburn
Hi Linda,

Thank you for contributing towards the goals of the England Project! Over the past year, a staggering amount has been done to improve English profiles on WikiTree and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.

The England Project leadership like to check in with all our project members at least once a year.

Are you happy to stay in your current project team/s? Or is there another team you would like to join or become more active in?

Please reply to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you. Please also let us know if you have other feedback about the direction of the project.

Many thanks!

Dave, on behalf of the England Project leadership

posted by Dave Welburn
Hello Linda,

We recently left a message on your profile to check in with the Profile Improvement Project (PIP). We appreciate the thank you. Please be sure to respond and let us know if you would like to continue with the Project.

We would like to hear from you with any ideas or suggestions. If you do not wish to participate in the Project, please let us know. If we don’t hear from you within 14 days we will remove you from the Project, but we will welcome you back at any time.

Sincerely,

Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project

Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project

posted by Kay (Sands) Knight
Dear Linda,

The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing a check-in with project members. Please review the following and let us know if you are content where we have placed you or would like to be more involved.

The Project operates in a team structure. There are currently three participant PIP Teams -- The Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team. There is also the Voyage Team which guides new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team.

You’re currently identified as a member of the Unknowns Team. Are you working on a particular group of unknowns? Are you happy with the Team you are on? If you are interested in working with a different Team, please let us know.

If you have not already done so, we invite you to join the email GoogleGroup and text chat Discord channel for our project. (You will need your Wiki ID for both). Neither is required; we also use the Profile_Improvement tag in G2G for Project announcements.

We thank you for all you do to help the Profile Improvement Project meet its goals. We would like to hear about the successes you’ve had and would also appreciate any feedback you have to help improve the Project. Please share your thoughts in a reply to this comment or via private message to one of us.

Sincerely, Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project

posted by Kay (Sands) Knight
Hi Linda,

Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!

I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!

On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!

Best wishes,

Ian, England Project Leader

posted by I. Speed
Dear Linda,

On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!

The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.

Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?

Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.

We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.

On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!

Kind regards,

Steve, England Project Leader

posted by Steven Whitfield
Hi Linda,

On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!

I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.

The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.

On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.

Best wishes,

Ian, England Project Leader

posted by I. Speed

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