Hi Ted,
Here's some info first published in the 1880s, mentions Hannah .... says James married her in England in 1837
Here's the source .... seems to be 2 volumes of submitted info : Victoria
and its Metropolis - Past and Present, by Alexander Sutherland, MA. Published in two volumes 1888 by McCarron, Bird & Co.,
James Davidson, Rosedale, was born in Manchester, England, in 1810. He was at school until he was thirteen years of age, and afterwards learned the trade of shipwright at Liverpool, where he lived for seven years. Taking to sea, he visited in succession Montreal, Quebec, the United States of America, and Russia. Setting out once more from Liverpool (to which he had returned) he sailed to Portland, New Hampshire, New York, St. John's, Halifax, Oporto and Hamburg, and in 1840 came to Australia, landing at Adelaide, S.A. There he worked at his trade at 8s. per day for three years. Prior to this he had undergone much hardship, having been wrecked in the brig Caroline Leslie in Lagoon Bay, and also on the Florida reef, Texas. Going to Gippsland in 1844; he worked on a station there for a time, and purchased 309 acres of land at £1 per acre. He also bought 10 acres of town allotments at Sale, 2½ acres of which are worth about £500 per acre. Mr. Davidson is now engaged in farming and grazing pursuits, and has real and personal estate to the amount of about £9000. He was married in England in 1837 to Hannah Ingram, a native of Yarmouth, and has a family of seven children. Submitted, so it needs checking/validating of course
but hopefully something to start off ....
JM
