Our Davidson family began in Australia with the arrival of Alexander Walker Davidson
and his wife Jane Simpson and their children from Aberdeen, Scotland in 1842. After a
short period in Sydney they moved to Eden on the South Coast of New South Wales 
where they owned and operated the Davidson Whaling Station at Eden on Twofold Bay 
near the Kiah Inlet. Alexander and his sons and their sons operated the whaling 
station until its closure in 1930. 

Our Davidson side includes the Collie, Collins, Naughton, Lyons, Stephens, Walker, 
Bryant, Sinclair, Russell, Faith, Golab, de Iongh familes and many others. Our 
mother's side are the Freeman family which incorporates Dawson, Ronan, Ryan, White 
and all the families that have joined those families to become part of a much bigger 
family. Our family has become joined to the Moore family which includes Flynn, 
Minter, Fitzgibbon, and Sheehan families.  

We would like all our family members and extended family members to find this tree a 
useful resource for our children and our children's children. We welcome 
contributions from all arms of our family. We appreciate each and everyone of you.

I would like to pay special tribute to the work of Rene Davidson who passed away in 
2008. Rene had already done a great amount of work on parts of the Davidson tree 
before his passing and that work is incorporated here. I also acknowledge the work of 
Donald Davidson and his work 'Davidson of Kiah'.

Please feel free to sign our guest book. We would love to hear from all our extended 
family members.

Cheryl Davidson