Brief Life History of Robert L
When Robert L Davidson was born in 1865, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, James Harvey Davidson, was 35 and his mother, Sarah J Gillam, was 29. He lived in DeKalb District, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1870.
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- Robert Davidson in household of James Davidson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Robert L Davidson in household of James H Davidson, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · Appomattox Campaign
Appomattox Campaign
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Scottish, northern English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name David + -son. As a Jewish name, the last element comes from German Sohn ‘son’.
Irish (Down) and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt .
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Davidsson: patronymic from the personal name David .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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