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Hi, I am trying to link up with Emily Davison, she was the suffragett, she was also a cousin of my mother in law. I have tried both the LDS site and Ancestry (1881) and cant find them. Emily was born 1872

Emily Wilding Davison, the daughter of Charles Davison (1822–1893) and Margaret Caisley Davison (1848–1918), was born at at Roxburgh House, Vanbrugh Park Road, Greenwich on 11th October, 1872.

I dont seem to be able to find any of them in any census, I know there were a few siblings and half siblings but as yet I dont have their names. The census would help me locate them if only I could find them.

Both Charles and his wife (his second wife) Margaret were born in Northumberland. I dont know any details fron his first marriage.

If anyone can help me please try, I know its xmas and everyone is busy, I will leave this post on and nudge it up in a few days just in case anyone has time to do a lookup

Thanks all who have helped me, a merry xmas and a very good new year
Kathy

1891 England Census

Name: Emily W Davison
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Charles E Davison
Mother's name: Margaret Davison
Gender: Female
Where born: Blackheath, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Fulham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrews
County/Island: London

Registration district: Fulham
Sub-registration district: Fulham

Charles E Davison 68
Margaret Davison 41
Letitia C Davison 23 daughter Where born: Ryton Droyham, Durham, England
Emily W Davison 18
Susan E Wake 11
Lucy Abbey 25

WOW that was quick, thanks a lot, if you have any luck with other census I would be grateful, thanks again
Kathy

Well, the above birthplace is wrong I notice, but the parents both born Northumberland so must be them. They were a little tricky though! No luck 1881 as yet.
Jan

From 1891:

Name: Margaret Davison
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Charles E Davison
Gender: Female
Where born: Morpeth, Northumberland, England

Does this make any sense??

1881 England Census

Name: Margaret Davison
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Morpeth, Northumberland, England

Civil Parish: Morpeth
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Street address: Parsons Cottage
Condition as to marriage: Married

Occupation: Solicitors Wife

Registration district: Morpeth
Sub-registration district: Morpeth

Margaret Davison 31
Charles Cranston Davison 11
John Seaton Davison 5
Infant Davison
Elizabeth Thoburn 24
Mary Coxon 15

1881 pos
Name: Charles C. Davidson
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1823
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Civil Parish: Brighton
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England

Street address: 7 Marine Parade Albemarle Hotel
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Stock & Share Holder

Registration district: Brighton
Sub-registration district: Kemp Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 6

Where did Margaret die ?


1911?
DAVISON, Margaret Head Widow F 62 1849 Shop Keeper Groceries Morpeth Northumberland VIEW
WILKINSON, Emily Neice Visitor Single F 22 1889 None Ellington Northumberland VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
31003 Reference:
RG14PN31003 RG78PN1774 RD564 SD1 ED7 SN93

Registration District:
Morpeth Sub District:
Morpeth Enumeration District:
7 Parish:
Freeholders Quarter

Address:
Longhorsley Morpeth



1901?
Name: Margaret Davison
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Morpeth, Northumberland, England

Civil Parish: Freeholders Quarter
Ecclesiastical parish: Long Horsley St Helen
Town: Longhorsley
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Morpeth
Sub-registration district: Morpeth
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 62
Household Members: Name Age
Margaret Davison 51

Suffragettes boycotted the 1911 census, refusing to fill in the form and writing notes in the margins, reports the Times.

One suffragette taking part in the boycott arranged by the Women’s Freedom League wrote: “If I am intelligent enough to fill in this paper, I am intelligent enough to put a cross on a voting paper.”
Another glued a poster over the form stating: “No votes for women, no census.” A piece of paper stuck to the form suggests that the women stayed away from households where the census was taken to attend a protest in Trafalgar Square.

The public protest was reported in The Times on April 3, 1911, but its full extent remained hidden to the public.

1901 poss
Name: Emily W Davison
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Greenwich, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Spratton
Ecclesiastical parish: Spratton St Luke
Town: Spratton
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Brixworth
Sub-registration district: West Brixworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 173

A google search reveals that she is on the 1911 census!

On 2 April 1911, the night of the 1911 census, Davison hid in a cupboard in the Palace of Westminster overnight so that on the census form she could legitimately give her place of residence that night as the "House of Commons.
Tony Benn placed a plaque there to commemorate the event. The 1911 census documents that were uncovered state that Emily Wilding Davison was found 'hiding in the crypt' in the Houses of Parliament.

Thanks Katie

1911?
BATEMAN, Charlotte Mother Widow F 50 1861 Housekeeper Walworth RD VIEW
DAVISON, Emily Wilding Boarder Single F 38 1873 Political Secretary London VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
696 Reference:
RG14PN696 RG78PN24 RD9 SD2 ED13 SN374

Registration District:
St Pancras Sub District:
South St Pancras Enumeration District:
13 Parish:
St Pancras

Address:
31 Coram St St Pancras W C

Her father in 1861 with half siblings


DAVISON, Charles E Head Married M 38 1823 Landed And House Proprietor And Fund Holder Northumberland
DAVISON, Sarah S Wife Married F 39 1822 Calcutta East India
DAVISON, Charles C Son M 11 1850 Scholar East India
DAVISON, Henry J Son M 7 1854 Scholar East India
DAVISON, Sarah M Daughter F 5 1856 Scholar London Middlesex
DAVISON, Robert E Son M 4 1857 Scholar
DAVISON, William S Son M 2 1859 Warblington Hampshire
DAVISON, Anny S Daughter F 1 1860 Warblington Hampshire (Amy?)
WINDEBANK, Harriott Servant Unmarried F 21 1840 Domestic
Havant Hampshire
WINDEBANK, Eliza A Servant Unmarried F 19 1842 Domestic
New Brington Hampshire
STRILA, Sarah A Servant Unmarried F 22 1839 Domestic
Butleigh Somersetshire
RHODES, Rosetta V Servant Unmarried F 61 1800 Domestic
Harrow Middlesex
LEGGETT, William H Servant Married M 44 1817 Coachman Servant
East Whittering Sussex

RG number:
RG09 Piece:
631 Folio:
128 Page:
6

Registration District:
Havant Sub District:
1 Havant Enumeration District:
Ecclesiastical Parish:
St James

Civil Parish:
Warblington Municipal Borough:
Address:
Warblington House, Warblington Lane, Warblington, Emsworth County:
Hampshire

Dear Kathleen

Hello

Hope you are okay.

Found this on FindmyPast for 1891 census:

1891 census - household transcription
Person: DAVESON, Emily W
Address: 43, Fairholme Road, Fulham
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DAVESON, Charles E Head Married M 68
Born: 1823
Occ: Commission Agent
Born: Alnwick, Northumberland
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DAVESON, Margaret Wife Married F 41
Born: 1850 , Morpeth, Northumberland
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DAVESON, Letitia C Daughter Single F 23
Born: 1868
Occ: Teacher & Governess
Born: Ryton Dwyham
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DAVESON, Emily W Daughter Single F 18
Born: 1873, Blackheath, Kent

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WAKE, Susan E Visitor Single F 11
Born: 1880, Pitsford, Northamptonshire
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ABBEY, Lucy Servant Single F 25
Born: 1866
Occ: General Servant
Born: Morcott, Rutland
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RG number: RG12
Piece: 46
Folio:17
Page: 28

Registration District: Fulham
Sub District: Fulham

Enumeration District:
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Andrews

Civil Parish:
Fulham Municipal Borough:

Address:
43, Fairholme Road, Fulham County:
London

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Hope this helps

Best wishes
xx

Here they are in 1871

DAVISON, Charles E Head M 40 1831 Northumberland VIEW
DAVISON, Margaret Wife F 26 1845 Northumberland VIEW
DAVISON, Sarah M Daughter F 15 1856 Middlesex VIEW
DAVISON, Robert E Son M 14 1857 Scotland VIEW
DAVISON, William S Son M 12 1859 Hampshire VIEW
DAVISON, Amy S Daughter F 11 1860 Hampshire VIEW
DAVISON, Jessie Ward F 11 1860 London VIEW
DAVISON, Isabella G Daughter F 9 1862 Hampshire VIEW
DAVISON, John A Son M 7 1864 Hampshire VIEW
DAVISON, Letitia C Daughter F 2 1869 County Durham VIEW
DAVISON, Alfred N Son M 1 1870 Northumberland VIEW
CHISHOLM, Isabella E Niece F 17 1854 India VIEW
GILLETT, Elizabeth Servant F 45 1826 Gloucestershire VIEW
ANDERSON, Jane Servant F 30 1841 Essex VIEW
DOWNING, Elizabeth Servant F 21 1850 Devon VIEW
FORD, Ann Servant F 20 1851 Buckinghamshire VIEW
ANDREWS, George Servant M 18 1853 Middlesex VIEW

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RG number:
RG10 Piece:
1317 Folio:
110 Page:
27

Registration District:
Brentford Sub District:
Brentford Enumeration District:
5 Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Ealing Municipal Borough:
Address:
Mattock Lane Winton House, Ealing County:
Middlesex

Dear All

Hello

This is the cheeky entry for Emily from 1911 census:

1911 census - household transcription
Person: DAVIDSON, Emily Wilding
Address: Found Hiding in Crypt of Westminster Hall Westminster
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DAVIDSON, Emily Wilding Head Single F 35
Born: 1876
Occ: School Teacher
Born: Longhorsley, Northumberland
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RG number: RG14
Piece: 489

Reference:
RG14PN489 RG78PN16 RD5 SD3 ED24 SN74

Registration District: St George
Sub District: St Margaret and St John

Enumeration District: 24
Parish: St Margaret and St John

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Address:
Found Hiding in Crypt of Westminster Hall Westminster County:
London

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Hope this helps
Best wishes
xx

Hi, yes all the above seem to fit around the family, I am going to look around and see if I can find the marriage of Charles and Margaret. I am not sure how up to date free BMD are but will start there.

Emily was found hiding in a cupboard on census night I did find the census page during a search today. That was the 1911 census. Her father had died before then, in 1897 but her mother lived untill 1918, she may well have came back to her birthplace, which was the Morpeth area in Northumberland.

Here is a little part of what I found today

Davison was born in Blackheath, London, the daughter of Charles Davison (of Morpeth, Northumberland) and Margaret Davison (of Longhorsley, Northumberland), with two sisters and a brother, and many half-siblings (from her father's first marriage) including a half-brother, retired naval captain Henry Jocelyn Davison, who gave evidence at her inquest.

This is an early day search, there is still so much to look for.

Thanks for your help on this very cold xmas eve

Cheers
Kathy

This is Charles' 2nd marriage

Marriages Sep 1868
Caisley Margaret Greenwich 1d 999
Davison Charles Edward Greenwich 1d 999

?? Margaret in 1861

WOOD, Robt Head Married M 30 1831 Coal Miner
Newcastle
Northumberland
WOOD, Isa Wife Married F 19 1842
Morpeth
Northumberland
WOOD, Jno Son M 0 (2M) 1861
Widdington
Northumberland
CASLEY, Margt Servant Unmarried F 12 1849 General Servant
Morpeth Northumberland

RG number:
RG09 Piece:
3874 Folio:
98 Page:
18

Registration District:
Morpeth Sub District:
2 Bedlington Enumeration District:
15 Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Widdrington Municipal Borough:
Address:
Colliery Cottage, North Steads, Widdrington County:

And possibly in 1851

CAISLEY, John Head Married M 41 1810 Inn Keeper Doddington
Northumberland
CAISLEY, Elizabeth Wife Married F 34 1817 Northumberland
CAISLEY, Isabella Daughter F 9 1842 Scholar Morpeth Northumberland
CAISLEY, Dorothy Daughter F 7 1844 Scholar Morpeth Northumberland
CAISLEY, Thomas Son M 4 1847 Scholar Morpeth Northumberland
CAISLEY, Margaret Daughter F 2 1849 Morpeth
Northumberland
CAISLEY, Ann Daughter F 0 (1 MOS) 1851 Morpeth
Northumberland
ANDERSON, Isabella Servant Unmarried F 1 1850 House Servant Belford Northumberland

RG number:
HO107 Piece:
2418 Folio:
249 Page:
24

Registration District:
Morpeth Sub District:
Morpeth Enumeration District:
39D Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Municipal Borough:
Morpeth Address:
Bridge Street, Morpeth County:
Northumberland

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wdavison.htm

http://www.explore-parliament.net/nssMovies/09/0902/0902_.htm