Born 4 July 1856 in Philadelphia, United States of America [30: item 1507349]
Son of Edgar DAVIESON [30]
Departed America by ship and arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 4 May 1876 [30]
Resided in Sydney, New South Wales for five years before shifting to Western Australia in about 1882 [30]
Married Annie MCMAHON [15]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Fremantle for about 19 years and then in the Perth suburb of Maylands for about 11 years [30]
In 1913 he was living on Crawford Road in the Perth suburb of Maylands [39: 23-Aug-1913]
Resided in Carnamah C.1913 until 1924 [19] [30]
During his sojourn in Carnamah he gave his profession as Machinist, Farmer and then Retired [19] [50]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1915 [9: 10-Dec-1915]
Won both Stepping 100 Yards and Tilting the Ring at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Attended Miss May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
He had a new weatherboard house erected in the Carnamah townsite in late 1921 [31: 23-Nov-1921]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Left Carnamah and moved to the Perth suburb of Inglewood C.1925 [30]
Became an Australian Citizen through Naturalisation on 22 December 1927 [30]
Prior to his death in 1930 he was living at 46 Subiaco Road in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2] [6]
Father of Juanita, Winifred and Theodore [15]
Died 25 July 1930; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, OA, 57) [2]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Edgar Davieson' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 15 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/edgar-davieson [reference list] |
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