davison

[rat]

searching for my Davison ancester and the family of today.
 Joseph R.Davison came to U.S. abt.1891 he was b.abt.
 1871 Durham-Lumley-sixth Pit. His father was Martin
  Davison ,last living in 1901 Westgate.The names of
   Joseph siblings are, William,Hannah,John,Annie,Andrew,
   Robert.Would like to get in touch with someone to
   e-mail or write to, find out about my g. and gg.etc.
   grandparents and the history.
   Thanks for any help.
                                               Franklin Davison

[Michael Dixon]

Franklin,

Let's hope someone is this area can make a connection with your Davisons.

In the meantime you could via message boards and the internet attempt to get bits of info on te family.


For example, below  is a record which is a candidate for your Martin Davison..i.e
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Death Registration, Newcastle Register Office, Oct/Nov/Dec Quarter 1916.
Martin Davison aged 73 years.
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Michael Dixon
Newcastle

[peter brownlee]

Hello Franklin,
This is probably your family in the1881 census;
County Durham, Great Lumley, No20 Seventh pit Woodhouse
Martin Davidson Head married 37 Coal miner b Durham Gt Lumley
Mary wife 35                                                            ditto
William 14 letter carrier                                            ditto
Hannah 12 scholar                                                   ditto
Joseph R 10 scholar                                                 ditto
John 7                                                                      ditto
Annie 5                                                                    ditto
Andrew 2                                                                 ditto
With or without the d can make a great difference in looking up the census. The enumerators sometimes used their own spelling.

[peter brownlee]

The family are living in the same house in 1871 when Joseph R is 2 months old, the name is spelt Davison and the village is given as 6th pit. 6th pit was the last one in Lumley colliery to be closed in 1966 so 7th was probably a mistake. The latest pit to be sunk that I know of was just across the river on the Chester le St side in 1860.
Hope this is some use
Peter