Joseph
James
Davison
Born in Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Son of Joseph Davison
and Jane (Marson) Davison
Brother of
Ivy May (Davison) Unsworth
Husband of
Florence Minnie (McCleland) Davison
— married
14 Jan 1920 in New Zealand
Father of
Ronald Keith Davison GBE CMG QC
Died
at age 89
in Auckland, New Zealand
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Biography
On 9 November 1889 Joseph James Davison was born to Jane Marson and Joseph Davison. [1]
His parents: On 14 August 1879 Jane Marson and Joseph Davison were married. [2]
The siblings born to Jane Marson and Joseph Davison [3]
- 1880/9568 George
- 1882/14570 Alice Annie
- 1886/15984 William Arthur
- 1889/1571 Joseph James
- 1898/13252 Ivy May (m. 1922 Percy Henry Mafeking Unsworth in Kaponga)
Occupation: In 1914 he was a grocer in Levin.
War Service
- Service Number: 23086
- Employer A. E. Anderson, Otaki
- Description: 5 ft 9 1/2 in, 146 lb, tan complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Methodist
- Next of kin: Mrs J. Davison, (mother), Winchester St, Levin
- 18/1/1916 Trentham enlistment
- 31/5/1916 embarked from Wellington
- 26/7/1916 disembarked Devonport, A. Company
- 15/11/1916 embarked for France, Etaples
- 3/12/1916 In the field with B Company
- 22/12/1916 hospital with bronchitis
- 28/12/1916 rejoined unit
- 12/6/1917 Lance corporal
- 1/9/1917 promoted to corporal
- 21/10/1917 promoted to sergeant
- 24/11/1917 gun shot wound, left shoulder, hospitalised to 13/4/1918
- 7/6/1918 nominated for commissioned officer, posted to Balliol College, 2nd lieutenant, NZ Rifle Brigade
- Highest rank: 2nd Lieutenant
- 2/10/1919 Returned on SS Adolph Woermann
- End of service: 30 Oct 1919, kept on Reserves.
On 14 January 1920 Florence Minnie McCleland and Joseph James Davison were married. [4]
On 16 November 1920 their first son Ronald Keith Davison was born in Kaponga.
In November 1928 he reported his address as Kuri St, Kaponga, Taranaki.
In the 1935 Electoral Roll, Joseph James Davison, grocer, and Minnie Florence, married, are at Jennings St, Te Kuiti.
In the 1938 Electoral Roll, Joseph James Davison, grocer, and Minnie Florence, married, are at Hill St, Te Kuiti.
In the 1946 Electoral Roll, Joseph James Davison, farmer, and Minnie Florence, married, are at Lincoln Road, Henderson, also in Lincoln Road are Ronald Keith, soldier and Bernie, spinster.
In the 1949 Electoral Roll, Joseph James Davison, farmer, and Minnie Florence, married, are at Lincoln Road, Henderson
In the 1957 Electoral Roll, Joseph James Davison, manager, and Minnie Florence, married, are at 70 Gardner Ave, New Lynn, Auckland
In the 1963 Electoral Roll, Joseph James Davison, retired, and Minnie Florence, married, are at 70 Gardner Ave, New Lynn, Auckland
On 8 April 1979 Joseph James Davison passed away aged 89. [5]
Research
Father's Obituary [6]
MR JOSEPH DAVISON.
There passed away suddenly yesterday afternoon at his residence, Winchester Street, Levin, a very old resident of the town in the person of Mr Joseph Davison. The deceased, who was 79 years of age, was born at Hogsthorpe, Lincoln, England, arrived in New Zealand !by the ship Halcione in 1875, landing at New Plymouth, where he resided for two years, afterwards taking up residence in Wanganui, where he married and lived for eleven years, prior to coming to Levin, where he has resided for nearly 45 years. For sixteen years he was engaged as engine driver by Messrs Prouse Bros., saw millers. He was a very old member of the Foresters' Lodge, having joined Court Roderick Dhu (Wanganui) fifty years ago. He passed through all the offices of the Lodge. He was also a foundation member of the local Lodge (Court Pride of Levin). He is survived by his widow and family of two daughters, Mrs J. Kehaly (Cambridge), and Mrs P. Unsworth (Wellington), and two sons, George (Northcote, Auckland), and Joe (Te Kuiti), to whom the sympathy of a wide circle of friends will be extended in their bereavement. The funeral will take place at the Levin cemetery on Sunday, leaving deceased's late residence at 2.30 p.m.
Apparently unrelated. The obituary for Mrs Mary Elizabeth Hardwick, born as Dale, married Edward Davison, 10 children [7]
Sources
- ↑ NZBDM births 9/11/1889 1889/1571 Davison, Joseph James, Jane, Joseph
- ↑ NZBDM marriages 14/8/1879 1879/1808 Jane Marson, Joseph Davison
- ↑ New Zealand Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online search
- ↑ NZBDM marriages 14/1/1920 1920/3375 Florence Minnie McCleland, Joseph James Davison
- ↑ NZBDM deaths 8/4/1979 1979/31581 Davison, Joseph James, 9 November 1889
- ↑ Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 February 1935, Page 4
- ↑ Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 19 August 1935, Page 6
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