| 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. |
| 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. |
