| 1882 |
William Davidson and his
wife Janet (Arbuckle) move to Wadena from
Ontario, Canada where their two children Mary and
Robert were born, and begin farming. |
| 1882 |
Margaret Arbuckle,
daughter of Robert and Jean (McNiven), marries
William A. Bolden on the 16th of December. |
| 1883 |
Mary Arbuckle, daughter of
Robert and Jean (McNiven), marries Edwin Philo,
son of Charles and Hannah (Baldon) on the 21st of
March. |
| 1884 |
Isabella May
"Ella" Davidson, daughter of William
and Janet), is born in Wadena, in March. |
| 1884 |
On the 25th of August
Charles Philo, son of Mary (Arbuckle) and Edwin,
is born. he later moves to Whatcom county, WA and
marries Lean Spearin. |
| 1884 |
Agnes Arbuckle, daughter
of Robert and Jean (McNiven), marries Charles
Crabtree on the 3rd of December. They later live
in Whatcom county, WA. |
| 1885 |
William and Janet
(Arbuckle) Davidson are enumerated in the 1885 MN State Census, living in Wadena with their six
children. Janet's parents (Robert & Jean)
live next door with their three children younger
children: Isabella, Peter, and John; and Janet's
uncle Peter McNiven. |
| 1886 |
Mabel Davidson, daughter
of William and Janet, is born in Wadena on the
27th of September. She later marries Eugene
Marion Gillette, and lives in Wenatchee, WA. |
| 1889 |
Edna Davidson, the
daughter of William and Jeaanette (Janet), is
born in Wadena, Minnesota in November. |
| 1890 |
Jane McNiven-Arbuckle,
daughter of Daniel and Jean (Rennie) and wife of
Robert Arbuckle, dies on the 21st of June and is
buried in the Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1892 |
Charles Arbuckle, son of
Robert and Grace (Philo), dies on the 11th of
April at the age of three years and three months
and is buried in the Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1893 |
Charley Davidson, the son
of William and Jeaanette (Janet), is born in
Wadena on March 4th. |
| 1895 |
Robert Arbuckle, son of
William and Janet (Dyer) and husband of Jean
McNiven, dies on the 27th of February and is
buried in the Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1895 |
William and Janet
(Arbuckle) Davidson are enumerated in the 1895 MN State Census, living in Wadena with their nine
children: Alex, William, Margaret Jane, Mary,
Robert, Isabella, Mabel, Edna, and Charles. |
| 1895 |
Alexander Davidson, eldest
son of William and Janet (Arbuckle), dies on the
23rd of July and is buried in the Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1895 |
William John Davidson, son
of William and Janet, marries Elizabeth Moodie on
the 23rd of November. |
| 1898 |
Sometime between June of
this year and February of 1900, the family of
Frank and Ida Mae (Rand) Johnson move from
Cherokee county, Iowa to Wadena. |
| 1899 |
Margaret Jane Davidson,
daughter of William and Janet, marries Joseph J.
Blaha, son of Frank and Rosella, in Wadena on the
10th of January. |
| 1900 |
Census: Family
of William and Janet (Arbuckle) Davidson; Peter McNiven; Peter
Arbuckle; and family of Frank and Ida (Rand) Johnson. |
| 1901 |
Pearl Edna Johnson, the
daughter of Frank F. and Ida M. (Rand) marries
Robert Davidson, the son of William Davidson and
Janet (Arbuckle) on the 3rd day of January. |
| 1902 |
Lucille Davidson, daughter
of Robert and Pearl (Johnson), is born on 20 Feb
1902 in Wadena, MN. She later marries Charles
Anthony and removes to Ada, Norman county,
Minnesota. Her mother Pearl comes to live with
them in 1956 and dies there on the 11th day of
May 1965. |
| 1902 |
Roland William Blaha, son
of Margaret (Davidson and Joseph, is born on the
15th of July in nearby Otter Tail. |
| 1902 |
Dorothy Davidson, daughter
of William J. and Elizabeth (Moodie) is born in
Wadena on the 29th of July. |
| 1902 |
On September 14, William
Davidson who was born in Scotland in 1845, and
was husband of Janet Dyer Arbuckle, dies and is
buried in Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1903 |
Vivian Davidson, daughter
of Robert and Pearl, is born 18 March in Wadena.
She first marries Al Iverson who was a barber in
Valley City; and second Emil Strom. She removed
to Coos Bay, Oregon where in 1976, they were both
in a nursing home in North Bend. |
| 1904 |
Jay Blaha, son of Margaret
(Davidson) and Joseph, is born about this year. |
| 1904 |
Kenneth Davidson, son of
Robert and Pearl (Johnson) is born 05 December
and dies 03 Aug 1966. He never married. Removed
to Casselton, North Dakota. |
| 1904 |
The family of Robert
Davidson moves to Roseau, Roseau county, MN (due
south of Manitoba) where he and his brother
William are operating a mill and later work in a
lumber camp. |
| 1906 |
Isabella May Davidson,
daughter of William and Janet (Arbuckle), marries
Marion Ishewood in Wadena on the 10th of April. |
| 1906 |
Maurice Lee Blaha, son of
Margaret (Davidson) and Joseph, is born on the
22nd of November in Wadena. |
| 1908 |
Norman Joseph Blaha, son
of Margaret (Davidson) and Joseph, is born on the
23rd of May in Wadena. |
| 1909 |
On the 23rd of December,
Evelyn Janet, daughter of Margaret (Davidson) and
Joseph Blaha, is born on the 22nd of November in
Wadena. |
| 1910 |
Census: Widow
Janet (Arbuckle) Davidson; Family of Joseph and
Margaret (Davidson) Blaha. |
| 1913 |
Beatrice Birdenia Blaha,
daughter of Margaret (Davidson) and Joseph, is
born on the 16th of September in Wadena. |
| 1914 |
Janet Arbuckle-Davidson,
widow of William, dies on November 11 and is
buried next to her husband in the Wadena City
Cemetery. |
| 1915 |
Ruth Louise Blaha,
daughter of Margaret (Davidson) and Joseph Blaha,
is born on the 25th of August in Wadena. |
| 1917 |
Harold Dewitt Arbuckle,
son of Robert and Grace (Philo), dies on the 11th
of September in Amor Twp., Otter Tail, MN and is
buried in the Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1919 |
Robert Arbuckle, husband
of Grace (Philo), dies this year and is buried in
the Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1920 |
Census: |
| 1943 |
Grace Philo-Arbuckle, wife
of Robert, dies this year and is buried in the Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1952 |
Charles E. Davidson, son
of William and Janet (Arbuckle), dies in Wilmar,
Minnesota on the 7th of June and is buried in the
Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1955 |
Joseph J. Blaha, son of
Frank and Rosella and husband of Margaret Jane
(Davidson), dies on the 7th of April and is
buried in the Wadena City Cemetery. |
| 1955 |
Margaret Jane
Davidson-Blaha, daughter of William and Janet and
wife of Joseph Blaha, dies on the 7th of April
and is buried in the Wadena City Cemetery next to her husband. |
