HISTORY OF
THE FAMILY ROBINSON
A friend asked how I found all this.
I started before there were computers. I knew my grandparents names, and that my great grandfather had a farm in Bel Air, and that they came from Scotland through Ireland. And that I had an (great) Uncle Cal and Aunt Mary, and that’s about it.
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Years ago I found a mention of Roxburg NJ associated with WT Davison. I had been to all the local libraries, there were no Davisons to be found. So I got on the phone and started calling around. I got a nice lady at the County Clerks office, who knew.
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Years later, I got interested again, and started calling New Jersey all over. This time I was looking for that cemetery. (Somehow, I had lost the piece of paper with the location.) I got a nice historian eventually, who said an Eagle Scout who lived down the street from him was in the process of cleaning up the cemetery for his badge, and the wonderful Aran Matthews (he got the badge) gave me the coordinates. I drove down and took photos. By then, the web had caught up, and the internet got me back to Ireland.
"This is
Aunt Mary's ring;
I wear it as my
wedding ring."
JRN
SO I TELEPHONE THE
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
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“You are going
to think I am crazy.
I am looking for my ggrandfather’s grave, and all I know is that he’s buried somewhere near Roxburg New Jersey.”
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“That’s easy.
He’s buried on
my father’s farm.”
Ella and Elmer are buried: Plot 202D, Grave #1, Secton Elm, Block A.
Ray and Ruth:
Plot 203D, Graves 1 & 2, Elm Section, Block A. registerd 1966.
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"New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ, Brother - Albert, and sister Ruth buried there.
Here is a more detailed accounting of the Davison family.
I cannot find anything before 1675, when Patrick Davison was born in Ireland. Family history has them coming from Scotland.
"Dad's Father"
William Thomas Davison
"Mother Davison"
Elizabeth Gardner Davison
The above chart is everything I have found on the Davisons, with reference documentation attached. While it makes no sense here, it helps me keep track in my files, and keeps the record honest. I broke out William and Ellizabeth's family, below. JRN
HARMONY PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY
WHITE CEMETERY
IN
Memory of
ROBERT DAVISON
who departed this life
December 2? 180?
Aged 40 Year ? Months & 3 Days
Also MARY wife of
ROBERT DAVISON
who departed this life
July 25th
Aged 73 Years & 9 days
"Aran sent me maps. 'The house house in red is the original Davison house, the house your saw (green) is a house built by one of the kids, I think James maybe? The blue was originally the stable I think.' " JRN
