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.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 4,399,503 Historical Documents with Davidson on Ancestry
- 1,319,157 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,087,611 Census and Voter Lists
- 171,125 Military Records
- 167,282 Immigration Records
- 1,654,328 Member Trees
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Number of Davidson families
 925 - 1,847  309 - 924 |
 1 - 308  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Davidson families
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1,669 - 3,335 557 - 1,668 |
1 - 556 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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