Colin Davidson

[flashieboy]

I have found on Ancestry that he went to Canada ...........it says on his papers that he was married.....but I can't find her as I don't know her name.

Here are the deatails.

He was born in Edinburgh in abt 1891 to Andrew and Catherine Davidson.

His siblings are

Robert Davidson 1882
Alexandrina Davidson 1883
Catherine Davidson 1885




Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924 about Colin Davidson
Name: Colin Davidson
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
Age: 30
Date of Arrival: 20 Sep 1920
Port of Arrival: Quebec
Ship Name: Melita

[herky]

Hi,
You may be lucky in finding this if they were married in Scotland. Although Davidson is a common name, Colin is quite unusual for Scotland.
There are only 2 such marriages in the whole of Scotland for the period he could have married - say from 1908 (when he was about 16) and 1920 (when he departed).

1911 to a Dora Benson, in Morningside, Edinburgh
1908 to an Isabella Kemp, in Dundee (probably wrong as a bit young and wrong place)

So I wonder if the 1911 marriage was his - but he could have married outside of Scotland of course.
Was the ship's departure from a Scottish port?

[herky]

Sorry - but I couldn't resist - there is a death for a Dora Davidson MS Benson in 1920 in Edinburgh.
It looks as if he left Scotland after her death - oh how sad.
The certs would need to be checked for confirmation.

[flashieboy]

Thank you for looking that up.....that would explain why I could find possibly three children with Colin Davidson but no mother.