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Record #3891

Name :: : Elizabeth DAVIDSON (1887 - )
aka : Betty
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1887 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Durham, Gateshead

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 18 Mar 1910
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Tunisian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

Notes(Parents: Henry Davidson and Caroline Graham.)

In 1891, Elizabeth Davidson, 4 years of age, was shown residing at the West Side of Road, Flint Hill, Dipton, Collierly, Durham, England. Other family members included: Caroline Davidson, 37; Caroline Davidson, 2; Henry Davidson, 38, general laborer; Henry Davidson, 6; James Davidson, 8; John J. Davidson, 16, brick yard laborer; Mary A. Davidson, 11; Pearce Davidson, 1 month; and Rubert Davidson, 13. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 4088; Folio 141; Page 52; GSU roll: 6099198.)

Her niece, Fay Braithwaite, relates (in Pier 21 - Canada's Immigration Museum {website}pier21.ca/research/collections/the-story-collection/online-story-collection/british-home-children/):

First of all, I am the daughter of Caroline Davidson and had three brothers. We grew up in a small town near Edmonton, Alberta and our Father died when I was six years old. I knew names of my mother's brothers and sister. James and Elizabeth remained in Ontario, while my mother and her brother Henry came to Alberta, so I met my farm cousins; Alec, Jane, and another brother. I knew my Davidson grandparents had died while the children were young and all my mother would say, the family came to stay with an uncle but would not give a name, other than they lived in Ontario.

Since the work of my husband took us to many areas of Canada and when we lived in Brampton, Ont. In the 1960's, I started to locate my aunt Elizabeth's family. She had been married twice, Culp and Hamilton, and had run the Post Office in the now ghost town of Ballycroy, about 10 miles north of Brampton. History buffs there were able to point me in the direction of finding two cousins, one from each family. Elizabeth's eldest daughter also had a daughter living in Brampton, and her children and my two daughters went to the same high school. It was about this time that I first heard of Home Children and thought my mother might have been one of them, but did not start inquiries until 1997.

I received this information from Barnardo Homes, London , England in 1998:

These four orphan children were admitted temporarily to our Newcastle - Ever Open Door - on an application by the Rev. G. R. Taylor, Vicar of Byker. After a report on the case by our local inspector, they were granted permanent admission to the Homes. James and Henry are thirteen and ten years of age, respectively. Elizabeth and Caroline eight and six.

The facts of the case are few and simple, but sad enough. The parents, Henry and Caroline Davidson were steady, respective working people, who brought up their children well. On 9th January, 1892, the Father, a labourer, died at St. Cuthbert St., Gateshead of bronchitis. The mother and children then went to two rooms at 115, Harvey Street in Byker, and received out-door relief from the parish: the mother, in addition, goes out to work at washing and charring. About two years ago, the mother's health began to fail, and owing to an internal malady, and after getting worse she entered the workhouse infirmary in January last. An operation was preformed, and a tumor removed, and the mother remaining two months in the infirmary was taken home. The operation proved unveiling to save her, and after lingering for a few weeks, she died. The death occurred on the 9th at the above mentioned address. The little home was sold to defray the funeral expenses, and to save from entering the workhouse, Mr. Taylor asked that he might bring these children to our shelter.

Of the six children left surviving, the eldest (Robert) is able to support himself. The next (Mary) is in a very weak state, consequently on long privation and attendance upon her mother. She is about to be sent away by the local Country Holiday Committee for a month, and a situation will probably be found for her afterwards. For the children now admitted no home, or the workhouse was available. They have no relatives, save an aunt and a cousin. Both these persons have done what they could for mother and children in the past, but were not prepared to offer a home to any of the orphans. The aunt declined to do so, and did not even attend the funeral. The cousin has five children of his own. All the children are delicate, but not ailing. They are respectful and well behaved.

Relatives:

Brother, Robert-17, apprentice at a ship yard, 114-Harboy Street, Byker, Newcastle
Sister, 14, at present sheltered by a neighbour
Aunt (maternal) Maria Phillips, wife of a carpenter, New Road, Walker,
Newcastle

The 5th Sept. 1895 - on this date James and Henry were sent to Canada, to Hazelbrae Home, Pererborough, Ont.

The 14th July, 1898 --- on this date Elizabeth and Caroline, aboard the SS Labrador, arriving in Quebec on 23rd(or 25th) July 1898. They also went to Hazelbrae Homes.

(EDITORS NOTE: In 1898, Elizabeth Davidson, 11 (along with her sister, Carolina Davidson, 9), arrived in Quebec, Canada, with a group of 127 Barnardo girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario. In 1901, Elisa Davidson, 15, was shown as a lodger with Louisa Pilgrim and family at Richmond, Richmond and Wolfe, Quebec, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as April 26, 1885, and her immigration year as 1899.)

ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-14 10:27:34 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-07-30 09:43:05 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
20888	ALDERSON, Arthur	1912	ENG, DUR	Jan 1924 : Baradine	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5047	ALDERSON, Ernest Henry	1914	ENG, DUR, Bishop Auckland	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5601	ALLENDER, Samuel	1892	ENG, DUR, Gateshead	Sep 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5210	ALSOP, Benjamin H.	1929	ENG, DUR, Darlington	Sep 1935 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Fairbridge Homes
5212	ALSOP, James	1927	ENG, DUR, Darlington	Sep 1935 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Fairbridge Homes
5211	ALSOP, Norman Frederick	1923	ENG, DUR, Dunsdale	Sep 1935 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Fairbridge Homes
9711	ANDERSON, Julia	1879	ENG, DUR, Sunderland	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
5496	ARNOTT, Anthony Robert	1923	ENG, DUR, Darlington	May 1934 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5497	ARNOTT, Michael	1925	ENG, DUR, Darlington	May 1934 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
9065	ASLAGSEN, Edward	1915	ENG, DUR, Sunderland	Jul 1928 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Barnardos
9066	ASLAGSEN, Norman	1916	ENG, DUR, Sunderland	Jul 1928 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Barnardos
3132	ATKINSON, Albion Ramsey	1886	ENG, DUR, South Shields	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
7364	ATKINSON, Mary E	1900	ENG, DUR, South Shields	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
10015	AYRE, David	1891	ENG, DUR, Durham	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
10915	BARTON, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Gateshead	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	Jennie1964
20942	BATTY, John Bernard	1924	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
20940	BATTY, Lawrence Francis	1927	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
27037	BEADLE, John William Avery	1916	ENG, DUR, Houghton le Spring	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
7368	BELL, Ann Clementine	1902	ENG, DUR, Gateshead	Mar 1914 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
12137	BENSON, Ellen Frances	1916	ENG, DUR, Hartlepool	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4411	BREARLEY, Eliza	1897	ENG, DUR, Gilesgate Moor	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
26871	BRUCE, George Raffan	1924	ENG, DUR, South Shields	Jan 1937 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
12115	BUIST, Benjamin C	1914	ENG, DUR, Lanchester	Dec 1928 : Bendigo	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5366	BURGESS, Walter	1910	ENG, DUR, Hartlepool	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
26418	BURT, Doreen	1932	ENG, DUR, Morpeth	Aug 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4722	BUSBY, William	1894	ENG, DUR, Durham St.Oswald	May 1908 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
14988	CAMPBELL, Thomas	1874	ENG, DUR, Darlington	Sep 1884 : Sarmatian	CAN	Colonization Fund, London
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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