DAVIDSON, Janet Eliza

Birth Name DAVIDSON, Janet Eliza
Gender female
Age at Death 57 years, 9 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1870-12-29 Albany, Albany, New York  
 
Death 1928-10-26    

Age: 57

 
Education     Jun1892 Wellesley College
 
Misc     Description: 30 MAY 2015 16:12:19 GMT -0500
 
Graduation 1892-06-00 Wellesley College  

Age: 21

 
Census 1910 Manhattan Ward 15, New York, New York, USA  

Age: 39-40

 
Census 1880 Albany, Albany, New York, USA  
 
Occupation     At School
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father DAVIDSON, George Graham
Mother GRISWOLD, Julia Elizabeth
         DAVIDSON, Janet Eliza

Families

    Family of TRAVELL, (John) Willard M.D. and DAVIDSON, Janet Eliza
Married Husband TRAVELL, (John) Willard M.D.
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1899-06-29 Albany, Albany, New York  
 
Marriage 1899-06-29    
 
  Children
  1. TRAVELL, Virginia MacQueen M.D.
  2. Travell, Janet Graham (Bobby)

Narrative

She was educated at the Albany High School and Wellesley

Narrative

From:
Woman's who's who of America: a biographical dictionary of contemporary ...
By John William Leonard, 1914.

Janet Davidson (Mrs. John Willard Travell). 27 E. Eleventh St., N.Y. City. Born Albany, N.Y., Dec. 29, 1S70; dau. George G., and Julia B. (Griswold) Davidson; ed. Albany High School and Wellesley Coll., A.B. (mem. Zeta Alpha); m. Albany, June 29, 1899, Dr. John Willard Travell; children: Virginia, Janet Graham. Interested in social settlement work, club work in Episcopal Church, Friendly Visiting Com. work. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Collegiate Suffrage League. Equal Franchise Soc., Woman Suffrage Party. Editor Wellesley Magazine, 1890-92. Episcopalian. Mem. Associate Amateur Comedy Club, Southern Industrial Educational Ass'n, N.Y. Wellesley Club. Recreations: Music, basketry, tennis, gardening.
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Narrative

From Google Books:

 

The Wellesley College Calendar, in the 'Degrees Conferred in 1892' section,
lists Janet Eliza Davidson as receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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Narrative

Janet Eliza Davidson (1870-1928), daughter of George Graham Davidson and Julia Griswold, who married John Willard Travell (Janet G. Travell, M.D.'s father) had two daughters, Virginia MacQueen Travell (b. 1900 - d. 1981 ) - who married Harold Eastman Weeks of New Jersey and Janet Graham Travell (1901-1997) - who married John W.G. Powell of Roxobel, Bertie County, North Carolina. Both Virginia and Janet became physicians.

(copied by Virginia P. Street from the Family Tree chart drawn by Celestia Linner which was later lost).

Pedigree

  1. DAVIDSON, George Graham
    1. GRISWOLD, Julia Elizabeth
      1. DAVIDSON, Janet Eliza
        1. TRAVELL, (John) Willard M.D.
          1. TRAVELL, Virginia MacQueen M.D.
          2. Travell, Janet Graham (Bobby)

Ancestors