Re: the children of Ann Nancy Hodgson and John Davis In addition to the Davis siblings that are usually identified in the records (Nancy, Matilda, Frances, Catherine and George), the David records at the Archives of Manitoba indicate that there was also another sister, Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a bit ...

Re: Joseph Finlayson -- I've done more work in the Davis papers since I wrote this original post, and there are letters in the collections directly from Joseph Finlayson to Matilda Davis, addressing Davis as "sister." I've found no evidence in the family papers of another daughter. Re: chi...

There is a letter in the Matilda Davis School Collection, from William Mason to Miss Davis, dated 29th June 1871, and sent from 6 Thorne Road, South Lambeth, London. Mason writes in response to news that his daughter, Janet, (seemingly a student at the Davis school) has "suffered a relapse"...

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Hi Erin; nice to hear from you! Confusing – Are you concluding that Joseph FINLAYSON (b-1830) was a child of Nichol FINLAYSON and Nancy DAVIS (b-1816), daughter of Nancy HODGSON and John DAVIS (1785-1824)?? My apologies for the delayed reply. I am concluding that sometime after John Davis's death i...

I am currently doing some research on the Davis family for my doctoral dissertation. Today I was reading the Davis family files, and came across a couple of letters that might clarify which Nancy is the mother of Joseph Finlayson. In the Davis Family Fonds at the Archives of MB (P2342/21, Finlayson ...