Catherine Doran Davison^[1]

1910 - 2008  (97 years)

• Name	Catherine Doran Davison  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	13 Feb 1910	Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada   [4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Living in	2004	Halifax, NS   [2]
  FindAGrave URL	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127788562
  FindAGrave ID	127788562
  FamilySearch ID	L2TF-NXZ
  FamilySearch URL	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2TF-NXZ
  Death	2008	Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada   [6]
  Burial	Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I2669	Main
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Archibald Foster Davison,   b. 20 Jan 1875, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1927, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Lena Jane Benjamin,   b. 19 May 1878, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada d. 26 Jun 1965, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1904	Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
  Family ID	F1092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William Allyne Rooke,   b. 17 Nov 1917, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Mar 1943, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	10 Sep 1937	Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada   [5, 8]
  Children	+ 1. P.A. Rooke
  Family ID	F1622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2005

  
  

  Family 2	John Frederick Leavitt,   b. 12 Dec 1912, New Glasgow, Pictou, NS d. 15 Jul 1985, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1953	Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada   [9]
  Family ID	F1621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2005

  
  

• Event Map

  Living in - 2004 - Halifax, NS  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Davison Cousins - 1934 Group Photo (hover mouse over person to see name, click for more details) Hal Lathrop notes: "From a small 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 photo. Very yellowed! Taken to the right of the porch at aunt Lou and Allie's Red Top [in Bridgewater, NS]. Mum puts her age at 18 - therefore Hal is 16. The picture can then be dated summer of 1934." Individuals identified by Margaret Helen Lathrop in 2007. Hal Lathrop Collection.
  		Catherine Doran Davison 1934 photo identified by Margaret Helen Davison Lathrop in 2007. (m1 Rooke, m2 Leavitt) Hal Lathrop collection.

  
  

  Headstones

  Catherine Davison Leavitt 1910-2008

  
  

• Notes

  Dad, Claire, Susan and I visited with Catherine at her home in Halifax - July 2005.  She remembered Nellie Davison Howell as "a very beautiful woman".  Catherine recalled a dinner party at Frank Davison's house in Bridgewater where Nellie attended with her husband "The Baron" (Grunnburger probably).  The Baron apparently made quite a fuss over the fact that the table was set for 13 people, and would not sit down until a 14th was found.  Catherine's mother ran home to get her brother as the 14th. [10]

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com). [S957] Stuart Davison, (correspondence with John S. Howell, Jr.), email to JSHJr. 3 Jun 2004. [S1735] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Jan 2021), entry for Catherine Doran Davison, person ID L2TF-NXZ. [S1078] Jack Manning, Jack Manning, (cobequid@gmail.com - RootsWeb database jmann. Related to our Davison line via Lena J. Benjamin, (Archie Foster Davison's wife)), http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmann49&id=I630. His source listed as Charles Donald Davison [S1210] Charles Donald Davison, Charles Donald Davison's Tree, (Copy of tree provided to John Howell by Stuart Davison upon our visit at his home on 23 Jul 2005.), Chart page "G". [S1701] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Jan 2021), entry for Catherine Doran Davison, person ID L2TF-NXZ. ;Contributor: Jack Manning [S1656] Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127788562/catherine-leavitt. [S1212] Catherine Doran Davison, (Interviews and corrsepondence with JSHJr.), "I was married in 1937". [S1078] Jack Manning, Jack Manning, (cobequid@gmail.com - RootsWeb database jmann. Related to our Davison line via Lena J. Benjamin, (Archie Foster Davison's wife)), http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmann49&id=I1053. His source listed as Charles Donald Davison [S1212] Catherine Doran Davison, (Interviews and corrsepondence with JSHJr.), Discussion at her home in Halifax - July 2005.