Davidson Family History
Davidson Name Meaning
Scottish, northern English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic
from the personal name David. As a Jewish name, the last
element comes from German Sohn ‘son’.Americanized
spelling of Norwegian and Danish Davidsen or Swedish
Davidsson, patronymics from the personal name
David.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Davidson
Name Distribution of Davidson Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Davidson families
 925 - 1,847  309 - 924 |
 1 - 308  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Davidson families
|
1,669 - 3,335 557 - 1,668 |
1 - 556 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Davidson census records
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Davidson Family Origin
Davidson Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Davidson Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Davidson Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Davidson census records
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Military Service by Davidson
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