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Amy Florence Pope¹

(23 August 1870 - 3 January 1957)

Father

George Pope³ (cir. 1830 - )

Mother

Isabella Gillespie² (Feb 1831 - 1904)

BMDB data

     Amy Florence Pope was born on 23 Aug 1870 Ellesville, Leeds Co., ONT, CAN, cert. shows Amy Florence as dr of George POPE farmer and Isabella GILLESPIE; Inf. George POPE 7th concession Leeds.^4,3
     Amy Florence Pope married Walter Fairbairn Davidson, son of Walter Davidson and Jessie McIntyre, on 20 Mar 1901 Kenlis, SAS, CAN, Minister JA Haw, Wit: Amy's sister Alberta Pope and John L Fleming.¹
     Amy Davidson died on 3 Jan 1957 Regina, SAS, CAN, at age 86.¹ She was buried with Walter Fairbairn Davidson and Robert McIntyre Davidson Regina Cem, Regina, SAS, CAN, (Robert is Walter's brother, note that the h/stone erroneously shows Robert's birth date as 1886.)²

Census/Where lived/Occupations

     Amy Florence Pope appeared on the census of 1891 Leeds, Leeds Co., ONT, CAN, in the household of George Pope and Isabella Gillespie as daughter of George.⁵ By 1900 Amy Florence Pope was living with Isabella Gillespie Indian Head, NWT (now SAS), CAN, having moved west as a family. The "family" consisted of Amy, her mother (Isabella Gillespie Pope), her sister (Alberta), her brother (James) and her future husband Walter.²
     Amy appeared on the census of 1901 with Walter Davidson Fort Qu'Appelle, Assinobia East, NWT, CAN, enumerated as DAVIDSON: Walter 25 lodger b Scotland Jun 6 1876, emig. 1890 ?labourer?; Amy domestic 26 b ONT Aug 23 1875, the head of the hsehold being a 30 yr old Robt Jackson, single farmer b Ireland, emig. 1884.^6,2
     The census of 1906 showed Amy with her husband Walter, their son Hubert, their dtr Isabella Qu'Appelle, NWT, CAN, household enumerated as DAVIDSON: Walter F 29; Amy F 31 both b Scotland; Children: Hubert F 4; Isabella B 2 (and 2 horses 2 milch cows.)⁷
     Amy and Walter Davidson were not found in the census of 1911 CAN (the index certainly didn't want me to find them under any search conditions I could think of.)⁸ Fr 1912 - 1920 Walter and Amy Davidson were living McIntyre St (1816), Regina, SAS, CAN.^2,9
     Amy Davidson appeared on the census of 1921 Regina, SAS, enumerated as DAVIDSON: Amy 49 ; Children (all b. SAS F b. SCT M b. ONT): Herbert 19 salesman, Isabel 17 stenographer, Howard 14, Harold 12 both students; Lodgers: James CLARK 34 b. ENG, Charles HARRISON 25, Fred JEFFRIES 26 both b. ONT.¹⁰ After Walter's death Amy Davidson ran a boarding house (until the 1940s) in order to support her family Regina, SAS.²

Family

Walter Fairbairn Davidson (Jun 1877 - Oct 1920)

Children

Hubert Fairbairn Davidson² (Jun 1902 - May 1961)
Isabella Beryl Davidson² (Apr 1904 - May 1977)
Howard James Davidson² (Jan 1907 - Apr 1983)
Harold McIntyre Davidson¹ (Sep 1908 - May 1998)

Charts

FAIRBAIRN
John & Bessie (FFLINT) FAIRBAIRN
COLVIN
DAVIDSON

Last Edited

18 Nov 2018

Citations

Shirley Heaton (36523), "EM DAVIDSON/McINTYRE ex Shirley H," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, rcvd Dec 2003.
Shirley Heaton (36523), "EM DAVIDSON/McINTYRE ex Shirley H," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, rcvd Jan 2004.
(Ancestry/Family Search), Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913: Birth 23 Aug 1871 Amy Florence d/o George POPE & Isabella GILLESPIE, Leeds, ONT, extracted Nov 2018.
Shirley Heaton (36523), "EM DAVIDSON/McINTYRE ex Shirley H," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Rcvd Dec 2003.
1891 Census images, Canada, via Ancestry, Leeds Rear, Leeds South, Ontario; Roll: T-6350; Family No: 37, hsehold of George & Isabella POPE, extracted Nov 2018.
Census, CAN, 1901 Dist TT Assinobia East #203, Fort Qu'appelle N(1) Pg 8 Sched 1 M'film T-6552 hsehold 66, Robt JACKSON, copy d/loaded Feb 2006.
Census, CAN, 1906 Dist SK Qu'appelle #15 Sub dist 38,45,42, Pg 10 M'film T-18363 hsehold 32, Walter & Amy DAVIDSON, copy d/loaded Feb 2006.
Census image, Canada, via Ancestry.com, 1911, searched Feb 2006.
Misc. web searches and corres. re DAVIDSON http://www.archives.ca WWI attestation papers online, Robert McIntyre DAVIDSON, searched Jan 2004.
Census image, Canada, via Ancestry.com, 1921 RG 31; Folder Number: 159; Census Place: Regina (City), Regina, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 8, hsehold of Amy DAVIDSON, extracted May 2014.

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Amy Florence Pope

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Amy Florence Pope¹