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Hugh Davidson

• Birth*: 1814; Ireland; Per Burial. 1816 Per 1851 Census. Per The Moreland Family, by Russell Moreland Albers, Oct 5, 1994; obtained from Harry & Jean (Moreland) Chase.
• Marriage*: before 1842; Principal=Amelia Ann McConnell
• Marriage*: 1850; Ontario; Per The Moreland Family, by Russell Moreland Albers, Oct 5, 1994; obtained from Harry & Jean (Moreland) Chase.; Principal=Margaret Moreland
• Death*: 26 November 1896; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.: Name: Hugh Davidson; Died: Nov 26, 1896; Age: 82y; Born: Ireland; Status: widower; Occupation: retired farmer; Cause: old age; Dr.: Dr. D. Fraser; Inf.: J. Hudson, undertaker, Lakefield; Reg'd.: Dec 4, 1896; Religion: Pres.; Reg'r.: J. W. Bell¹
• Burial*: 28 November 1896; Lakefield Cemetery, Lakefield, Peterborough Co., Ontario; Memorial Transcription: Davidson, Hugh; 26 Nov 1896; Age 82yrs; Wife; Margaret Moreland; 30 Oct 1879; Aged 63 yrs; James; Feb 1846; Aged 13 mo.; Son of Hugh & Amelia Ann; child stillborn; John; 3 Nov 1857; Age 2 yrs 9mo; Children of Hugh & Margaret; Amelia Ann; McConnell; 12 JUly 1849; Aged 29 yrs; Wife of Hugh (Lakefield Cemetery, Lakefield Village, Conc 7 Lot 24, Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Cemetrey Transcription at Ontario Archives)

• Note*: 12 July 1849; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Hugh's first wife, Amelia Ann McConnell, died JUly 12, 1849. She is buried in the plot with Hugh and Margaret at Lakefield so she apparently died after they moved to Smith Twp. It also is apparent that they were married before coming to Canada since a daughter, Mary, is shown to be born in 1843.
• Census*: 1851; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 35 at 1851 Census: Davidson, Hugh, 35, b. Ireland, farmer, F. Pres., married; Margaret, 30, b. Ireland, F. Pres., married; Mary, 8, b. U.C.; Isabella, 4, b. U.C.;²
• Residence*: 1851; Conc 9 Lot 22, Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; 1851 Agricultural Census: Conc 9, Lot 22, 100 acres.
• Census: April 1871; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 56 at 1871 Census: Davidson, Hugh, 56, b. Ireland, C. Pres., Irish, farmer, married; Margaret, 54, b. Ireland, C. Pres., Irish, married; Hugh M., 18, b. Ontario, C. Pres., Irish, farmer; Moreland?, Maggie, 18, b. Ontario, C. Pres., Irish³
• Residence: April 1871; Conc 9 Lot 22, Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Per 1871 Census
• Census: April 1881; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 66 at 1881 Census: Davidson, Hugh, 66, b. Ireland, C. Pres., Irish, farmer, widower; Hugh M., 28, b. Ontario, C. Pres., Irish, farmer, married; Sarah A., 20, b. Ontario, married; Gertrude M. A., 1⁴
• Census: April 1891; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 77 at 1891 Census: see Hugh M. Davidson, son⁵

Hugh Moreland Davidson

• Father*: Hugh Davidson b. 1814, d. 26 Nov 1896
• Mother*: Margaret Moreland b. 5 Jun 1823, d. 30 Oct 1879

• Birth*: 1853; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Per 1871 Census. Hugh Moreland Davidson is the only child of Hugh Davidson and Margaret Moreland. The daughters, Mary and Isabella, were by Hugh's first wife, Amelia Ann McConnell, who died in 1849.
• Marriage*: before 1879; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; ?? Census records show Sarah A. to be Hugh M. Davidson's wife. Russell Alber's The Moreland Family shows Margaret Quinn as his wife??; Principal=Sarah A. ?

• Census*: April 1871; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 18 at 1871 Census: see Hugh Davidson¹
• Note*: 1878; Ontario; Margaret Quinn is shown as the wife of Hugh M. Davidson in The Moreland Family document. I found no information to support this in any other documents. The census records clearly show Sarah A. to be the wife of the family. I wonder who Margaret Quinn is? The name is in the Smith Twp. census although I have not looked in detail.
• Census: April 1881; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 28 at 1881 Census: see Hugh Davidson²
• Census: April 1891; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 38 at 1891 Census: Davidson, Hugh M., 38, b. Ontario, parents b. Ireland, Pres., farmer, married; Sarah A., 30, b. Ontario, parents b. Ireland & Ontario, married; Gertrude M., 11, b. Ontario, parents b. Ontario; Edith J., 9; Howard B., 7; Hugh, 77, b. Ireland, parents b. Ireland, Pres., farmer, father, widower³
• Residence: after 1900; NW 28 26 28 W2, Davidson, Saskatchewan; Western Land Grant Database: Hugh M. Davidson; Part: NW; Section: 28; Township: 26; Range: 28; Meridian: W2 (found on ArchiveNet, a database of land grants for the western provinces, from the National Archives of Canada)
  Note: YahooMaps shows the town of Davidson, Saskatchewan to be on Highway 11, half way between Saskatoon and Regina. Several Davidsons are mentioned in Saskatoon history.
• Residence*: after 1900; NW 28 26 28 W2, Davidson, Saskatchewan; "Hugh Davidson (I believe his middle name was Moreland) married Margaret Quinn and settled at Lakefield. He and his son Howard went to Alberta, Canada and homesteaded near Medicine Hat, but finding it not to their liking, they moved to Saskatuan, to Finnsbury,later to be renamed Davidson, after Hugh's cousin, Colonel A. D. Davidson, a wealthy land speculator. The Colonel made his money in railway building and land speculation in Western Canada. The two are connected, since a common way to finance railways was to hand out land grants to the builders, which land could be sold to settlers. Hugh and Margaret had three children." Per The Moreland Family, by Russell Moreland Albers, Oct 5, 1994; obtained from Harry & Jean (Moreland) Chase.
• Note: 1902; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; "In the spring of 1902 the Saskatchewan Valley Land Company was formed, headed by Col. Davidson of Duluth. This Company secured from the Dominion Government a large tract of land extending from Lumsden north to Hanley contiguous to Canadian National Railway. This Company proved to be a very energetic colonization agency. As a result of Its activities a great flow of settlers from the North Western States and Eastern Canada, and the entire tract was settled in a couple of years with a first-class lot of farmers." from Saskatchewan Genealogy Society web site, re History of Saskatoon.
• Note: after 1902; Davidson, Saskatchewan; Homestead records can be obtained from the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society in Regina. These records would show when Hugh M. Davidson took up his homestead at Davidson, where he came from and may some info re his family. The records are on microfilm and there would be a fee to have them printed and mailed.
  Saskatchewan Genealogical Society: 2nd Floor, 1870 Lorne Street, P.O. Box 1894, Regina, SK S4P 3E1, Canada, Telephone: 1-306-780-9207; Fax: 1-306-781-6021
  
  

Howard Bunad Davidson

• Father*: Hugh Moreland Davidson b. 1853
• Mother*: Sarah A. ? b. 1861

• Birth*: 1884; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Per 1891 Census
• Marriage*: after 1904; Principal=Elizabeth Templeton
• Death*: 1928; Per The Moreland Family, by Russell Moreland Albers, Oct 5, 1994; obtained from Harry & Jean (Moreland) Chase.

• Census*: April 1891; Smith Twp., Peterborugh Co., Ontario; Age 7 at 1891 Census: see Hugh M. Davidson¹

Elizabeth Templeton

• Birth*: before 1884; Per The Moreland Family, by Russell Moreland Albers, Oct 5, 1994; obtained from Harry & Jean (Moreland) Chase.
• Marriage*: after 1904; Principal=Howard Bunad Davidson
• Death*: 1964; Per The Moreland Family, by Russell Moreland Albers, Oct 5, 1994; obtained from Harry & Jean (Moreland) Chase.

• Married Name: Davidson

Edith Janet Davidson

• Father*: Hugh Moreland Davidson b. 1853
• Mother*: Sarah A. ? b. 1861

• Birth*: 1882; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Per 1891 Census. "Edith Janet Davidson - a. Robert Fells of Girvin, Saskatuan" Per The Moreland Family, by Russell Moreland Albers, Oct 5, 1994; obtained from Harry & Jean (Moreland) Chase.

• Census*: April 1891; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1891 Census: see Hugh M. Davidson¹

Gertrude Ann Davidson

• Father*: Hugh Moreland Davidson b. 1853
• Mother*: Sarah A. ? b. 1861

• Birth*: 1880; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Per 1871 Census. Per The Moreland Family, by Russell Moreland Albers, Oct 5, 1994; obtained from Harry & Jean (Moreland) Chase.

• Census*: April 1881; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 1 at 1881 Census: see Hugh Davidson¹
• Census: April 1891; Smith Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 11 at 1891 Census: see Hugh M. Davidson²

James Reid

• Birth*: before 1810; Per IGI Record.
• Marriage*: before 1831; Ireland; Principal=Margaret "Peggy" May
• Death*: 1847; Kingston, Ontario; "Jane's parents, James and Peggy Reid, came from Northern Ireland. James Reid had been a gardener on the estate of Lord Templeton in County Antrim before worsening conditions drove him to seek a new life in Canada. For him there was to be no future; he became ill on the voyage over and died at Kingston. He was buried among the other fourteen hundred victims of typhus on the site of the General Hospital. In 1966 the remains were reinterred in Kingston's St. Mary's Cemetery. Peggy Reid and her family were left destitute. Fortuntately, they had Irish friends on Amherst Island in the St. Lawrence and there they settled near the village of Stell." from page 93 of "Inheritance: Ontario's Century Farms Past & Present" by John & Monica Ladell, 1979.¹

Margaret "Peggy" May¹

• Birth*: 1805; Ireland; Per 1891 Census. 1811 per 1861 Census. Per IGI Record.
• Marriage*: before 1831; Ireland; Principal=James Reid
• Death*: before April 1901; Storrington Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; She is not on the 1901 Census.

• Married Name: before 1831; Reid
• Immigration*: 1847; Stella, Amherst Island, Ontario; "Jane's parents, James and Peggy Reid, came from Northern Ireland. James Reid had been a gardener on the estate of Lord Templeton in County Antrim before worsening conditions drove him to seek a new life in Canada. For him there was to be no future; he became ill on the voyage over and died at Kingston. He was buried among the other fourteen hundred victims of typhus on the site of the General Hospital. In 1966 the remains were reinterred in Kingston's St. Mary's Cemetery. Peggy Reid and her family were left destitute. Fortuntately, they had Irish friends on Amherst Island in the St. Lawrence and there they settled near the village of Stell." from page 93 of "Inheritance: Ontario's Century Farms Past & Present" by John & Monica Ladell, 1979.²
• Census*: April 1861; Amherst Island Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Age 50 at 1861 Census: see James Moreland - son-in-law³
• Census: April 1871; Storrington Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Age 65 at 1871 Census: see James Moreland⁴
• Census: April 1891; Storrington Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Age 86 at 1891 Census: see James Moreland⁵

Daniel Hugh Toland

• Birth*: before 1840; Per IGI Record.
• Marriage*: before 1860; Principal=Mary McMillan

Mary McMillan

• Birth*: before 1840; Per IGI Record.
• Marriage*: before 1860; Principal=Daniel Hugh Toland

• Married Name: before 1860; Toland

Ruth Eliza Moreland

• Father*: Hugh James Moreland b. 31 Jul 1862, d. 10 Mar 1938
• Mother*: Ruth Ann Duff b. 1867, d. 10 Mar 1889

• Birth*: 2 December 1888; Storrington Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.: Name: Ruth Eliza Moreland; Born: Dec 2, 1888; Place: Storrington Twp.; Parents: Hugh J. Moreland & Ruth Ann Duff; Occupation of father: farmer; Inf.: Hugh J. Moreland; Dr.: Dr. Dupuis; Reg'r.: Alex Ritchie
  Per IGI Record.¹

John Arthur

• Birth*: before 1855; Per IGI Record.
• Marriage*: before 1875; Principal=Eliza Hern

Eliza Hern

• Birth*: before 1855; Per IGI Record.
• Marriage*: before 1875; Principal=John Arthur

• Married Name: before 1875; Arthur

Ellis A. Durant

• Birth*: 1899; Per Burial
• Marriage*: after 1925; Principal=Lelia Aletha Moreland
• Death*: 1961; Per Burial

Mae Lisa Glasford^1,2

• Birth*: 1903; Per Carolyn O'Neil's Ames/Bowen Doc, from Boyd Ames, New Liskeard, July 20, 2001.
• Marriage*: after 1920; Ontario; Principal=Claude Walter Bowen
• Death*: 1986; Timiskaming District, Ontario; Per Burial
• Burial*: 1986; Pioneer Cemetery, New Liskeard, Timiskaming District, Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) May E. Bowen; 1903 - 1986; Mother (Pioneer Cemetery, New Liskeard, July 1, 2005)
  Cemetery Transcription: May E. Bowen; 1903-1986; Mother (New Liskeard Pioneer Cemetery, Part D, Row 1, #8)²

• Married Name: after 1920; Bowen

Wilfred Richard Bennett

• Birth*: 1900; Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.
• Marriage*: after 1940; Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.; Principal=Della May Bowen
• Death*: 1956; Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.

Beverly Dianne Scott

• Father*: Garfield Freeman Scott b. 1905
• Mother*: Lola Erma Bowen b. 1912, d. 1982

• Birth*: 1942; Timiskaming District, Ontario; Per Burial. Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.
• Death*: 1945; Timiskaming District, Ontario; Per Burial. Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.
• Burial*: 1945; Pioneer Cemetery, New Liskeard, Timiskaming District, Ontario; Cemetery Transcription: Scott; Husband; Garfield; 1905 - ; Wife; Lola; 1912-1982; Daughter; Beverley; 1942-1945 (New Liskeard Pioneer Cemetery, Part D, Row 1, #11)

Duncan Merle Bowen

• Father*: Walter Bowen b. 7 Jan 1868, d. 8 May 1945
• Mother*: Christina McChesney b. 11 Feb 1874, d. 23 Mar 1961

• Birth*: 1914; New Liskeard, Timiskaming District, Ontario; Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.
• Death*: 1914; New Liskeard, Timiskaming District, Ontario; Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.

Maud Lillian Bowen^1,2

• Father*: Walter Bowen b. 7 Jan 1868, d. 8 May 1945
• Mother*: Christina McChesney b. 11 Feb 1874, d. 23 Mar 1961

• Birth*: 20 May 1896; Denbigh Twp., Llennox & Addington Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#502242: Name: Maud Lillian Bowen; Date: May 20 1896; Parents: Walter Bowen & Christina McChesney; Inf.: Maud Lillian Laffrere, Orillia; Reg'd.: Apr 13 1961 (Ontario Late Birth Registration, ancestry.com, #502242-1961)
  Birth Reg'n.#020519: Name: Lillian Maud Bowen; Date: May 20 1896; Parents: Walter Bowen & Jennie McChesney; Occ.: farmer, Denbigh; Phys.: None; Inf.: Samuel McChesney, Postmaster, Hartsmere; Reg'd.: Aug 14 1896 (Ontario Birth Registration, ancestry.com, #020519-1896) Date per 1901 Census. Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.^3,4
• Marriage*: 30 October 1918; Roman Cathothic Church, Haileybury, Timiskaming Dist., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#017341: Groom: Patrick William Lafreniere; Age: 19; Res.: North Cobalt; Born: Ardoc, P. Q.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: mining; Rel.: Roman Catholic; Parents: Isaac Lafreniere & & Elmira Gosselin; Bride: Mary Maud Bowen; Age: 22; Res.: New Liskeard; Born: Hasty Twp., Ont.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Roman Catholic; Parents: Walter Bowen & Christina McChesney;
  Wit.: Cloie Duval, Haileybury & Alcide St. Cyr, North Cobalt; Date: Oct 30 1918; Place: Haileybury; Performed by: Rev. Fred J. Deschenes (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.com, #017341-1918); Principal=Patrick William Laffrenere⁵

• Residence*: 1897; New Liskeard, Timiskaming District, Ontario; " ... she came north to New Liskeard at the age of six years with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bowen." Per Obituary of Maggie (Ames) Bowen.
• Census*: April 1901; Dymond & Hudson Twp., Nipissing District, Ontario; Age 4 at 1901 Census: see Walter Bowen⁶
• Married Name: 30 October 1918; Laffrenere⁵
• Note*: circa 1925; Ontario; "Aunt Maud adopted my mother as a young girl, as her mother Maggie Lula Bowen was not well. I'm fortunate to have had Aunt Maud and her husband Uncle Pat (Patrick William Laffrenere) as grandparents, although I had met my mother's parents 3 or 4 times on visits to their home in Matachewan, Ontario." email from Nattolie Caldwell, Sep 5 2006.⁷
• Residence: 14 February 1963; Mara Twp., Atherly, Simcoe Co.; Per Obituary of her sister, Maggie (Bowen) Ames.

Patrick William Laffrenere^1,2,3

• Father*: Isaac Laffrenere⁴ b. 2 May 1849
• Mother*: Almira ?⁴ b. 1872

• Birth*: 9 March 1899; Palmerston Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#013197: Name: William Patrick Laffrenere; Date: March 15(9) 1899; Parents: Isaac Laffrenere & Mary Goston; Occ.: Farmer; Inf.: Isaac Laffrenere; Reg'd.: Mar 30 1899; Div. Palmerston NOB Canonto?, Mississippi, Frontenac Co.(Ontario Birth Registration, ancestry.com, #013197-1899)
  Date Mar 9 1899 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.^4,5
• Marriage*: 30 October 1918; Roman Cathothic Church, Haileybury, Timiskaming Dist., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#017341: Groom: Patrick William Lafreniere; Age: 19; Res.: North Cobalt; Born: Ardoc, P. Q.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: mining; Rel.: Roman Catholic; Parents: Isaac Lafreniere & & Elmira Gosselin; Bride: Mary Maud Bowen; Age: 22; Res.: New Liskeard; Born: Hasty Twp., Ont.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Roman Catholic; Parents: Walter Bowen & Christina McChesney;
  Wit.: Cloie Duval, Haileybury & Alcide St. Cyr, North Cobalt; Date: Oct 30 1918; Place: Haileybury; Performed by: Rev. Fred J. Deschenes (Ontario Marriage Registration, ancestry.com, #017341-1918); Principal=Maud Lillian Bowen⁶

• Census: April 1901; Oso Twp., Addington Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1901 Census: see Isaac Laffrenere⁴
• Note*: after 1920; Tamiskaming District, Ontario; " ... they raised Christina Eileen Ames ... " Per Carolyn O'Neil's Doc/Tree, July 22, 2001.