Edward and Mary Frances are my maternal Great
Grandparents. Their daughter, Pearl is my maternal grandmother.
Edward Halstead Davison:
B: 16 Jul 1852 in Jefferson City, Cole Cty, Missouri, USA
M: 10 Sep 1879 in Gilliam, Missouri, USA to Mary Frances Land.
D: 18 Jan 1941 in Bozeman, Montana, USA
Father: William Armstrong MD Davison
Mother: Anne Alexander Caldwell
Mary Frances Land:
B: 21 Oct 1858 in Gilliam, Missouri, USA
D: 31 Aug 1922 in Ojai, California, USA
Father: William Henry Land
Mother: Mary Woodson Gilliam
Children of Edward and Mary Davison:
Mary Alexander Davison:
B: 10 May 1880 in Cambridge, Saline Co., Missouri, USA
M: 29 Apr 1909 to George Mallory
D: Unknown
Elbert Halstead Davison:
B: 04 June 1882 in Missouri, USA
D: 20 Apr 1962 in flathead, Montana, USA
Lester Land Davison:
B: 17 Jul 1886 in Missouri, USA
D: Dec 1965 in Wyoming, USA
Rena Davison:
B: 1888 in Missouri, USA
Pearl Davison: My maternal Grandmother
B: 29 May 1892 in Gilliam, Missouri, USA
M: 29 Aug 1912 in Bozeman, Montana, USA to Thomas Henry Bohart
D: 01 Jan 1988 in Richmond, BC, CA
Don Braxton Davison:
B: 05 Apr 1897 in Bozeman Gallatin, Montana, USA
D: 20 July 1977 in Yellowstone, Montana, USA
The following 3 children died in infancy.
Robert Dixon Davison
Norah Davison
Charles Davison
Pearl Davison was born in Gilliam, Missouri. Her father and mother with their family moved to Bozeman, Montana prior to the birth of Don Braxton in 1897. I remember Grandma telling me about some of the adventures of their trip across the United States in a covered wagon when she was 5 years old.
Pearl Davison as a teenager
Pearl Davison
Pearl Davison in pastels by Audrey Bohart Woodruff 1991
Davison Family: picture dated about 1930, Bozeman, Montana.
From left to right: Pearl (1892), Rena (1888), Mary Frances, Edward
Halstead, Elbert Halstead (1882), Lester Land (1886) and don Braxton
(1897). Missing is Mary Alexander.
From left to right: Edward Halstead Davison, Pearl, Helen, Thomas Bohart, Harold; in front are Harry and Alice. This picture would have been taken prior to 1928.
Edward Davison (10 Sep 1936) is digging potatoes 13 miles SW of Bozeman, Montana, USA.
This page was updated March 25, 2006