Virginia Woodbury Davidson

1919 - 1982  (62 years)

• Name	Virginia Woodbury Davidson
  Born	4 Sep 1919	Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
  Gender	Female
  Birth Announcement	5 Sep 1919	Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA
  	Daily Courier
  	Girl at Davidson Home. Mr. and Mrs. William Davidson of Point Marion are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, Virginia Davidson, born early yesterday morning at the Uniontown hospital. Little Virginia is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davidson of North Pittsburg street, and Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Sidwell Hackney of Uniontown.
  Died	22 May 1982	Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA
  Buried	Aft 22 May 1982	Hill Grove Cemetery, Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA
  Person ID	I5594	Pennsylvania Davidsons
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	William Johnston Davidson,   b. 22 Apr 1885, Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA ,   d. 3 Apr 1961, Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Hackney,   b. 13 Jan 1894, Allegheny, Allegheny Co., PA ,   d. 27 Jan 1975, Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	11 Dec 1918	Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
  Marriage Announcement	11 Dec 1918	Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA
  	Daily Courier
  	A wedding of interest is that of Miss Mary Elizabeth Hackney, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Black Hackney, of Uniontown, and Lieutenant William Johnston Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davidson of North Pittsburg street, solemnized this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Third Presbyterian chuuch of Uniontown. Rev. E. A. Hodil, the pastor, officiated. Only the immediate families and a few intimate friends of the bride and bridegroom were included in the guest list. There were no attendants. The bride wore her traveling suite of darl blue cloth and a corsage bouguet of yellow orchids and roses. Immediately after the ceremony an informal reception was held in the home of the bride in Church street. Mrs. Davidson was educated at the Kent School place, Summit, N. J., and is a prominent member of the younger social set of Uniontown. She is also well known in Connellsville. Lieutenant Davidson is one of the most widely known young men of Connellsville. He was graduated from Princeton, a member of the class of 1908 and previous to entering military service he was chief engineer for the Davidson Coal and Coke company, near Port Marion. Within the last week he was discharged from the United States Army, having been stationed at Camp Humphries, Va., with the Second Engineers' Training regiment which has just been mustered out. Lieutenant and Mrs. Davidson left this afternoon for a two weeks' honymoon trip, returning home before Christmas. Among the out of town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davidson, parents of the bridegroom, Mrs. James B. Hogg and Mrs. Eastman Hackney of Connellsville and Mrs. Harry Mitchell of Pittsburg, a sister of Lieutenant Davidson. Today's is the thrid wedding in the bride's family within the year. December 1, 1917, Captain Eastman Hackney of the 327th Regiment of the 82nd Division, stationed in France, was married to Miss Elizabeth Pendleton of this city, and on February 11, 1918, Miss Virginia Hackney was married in Uniontown to Lieutenat William Wright Tanney, a member of the 28th Aero Squadron and, since his capture by the Germans, has been in an unknown prison camp. In addition to her elder brother and brother-in-law, Mrs. Davidson has in service overseas her younger brother, Sergeant Sidwell Hackney.
  Family ID	F5262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Dickinson Shields, Jr.,   b. 19 Oct 1918, Edgeworth, Allegheny Co., PA ,   d. 21 Dec 2003, Sarasota, Sarasota Co., FL  (Age 85 years)
  Married	27 Jun 1942	Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Marriage Announcement	29 Jun 1942	Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA
  	Daily Courier
  	Virginia W. Davidson Wed at Home Ceremony to Lieutenat William D. Shields, Jr., Sewickley The lovely setting was a blue and white color motif predominating Miss Virginia Woodbury Davidson, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. William Johnston Davidson of 107 West Fayette street became the bride of Lieutenant William Dickinson Shields, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dickinson Shields of Sewickley, Saturday afternoon in the home of the bride. Rev. Harry R Roach, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, read the ring service at 4:30 o'clock before the living room fireplace which was blanketed with huckleberry and flanked with staely cibotium ferns. Bouquets of white larkspur carnations, pompon asters and baby breath decorated the mantel. Blue delphinium and other summer flowers were arranged throughout the house. John Kiferle, violinist, and Henry Ruill, pianist, played Wagner's wedding march from Lohengrin and the bridal party came into the living room. Given in marriage by her father, the attractive bride wore a white eyelet embroidered gown styled with a fitted bodice, a sweetheart neckline three-quarter length sleeves and an extremely full ruffled skirt which terminated in a slight train. Her fingertip veil of tulle was draped from a heart-shaped halo to match her gown, and she carried an all-white old-fashioned Colonial bouquet of larkspur carnations and stephanotis centered with an orchid, and encircled with frills of net. Miss Margaret Davidson, her sister's maid of honor, was gowned in white organdy embroidered in pink eyelets and the brides, Miss Amelia Shields, sister of the bridegroom and Miss Carolyn Dick were attired in white organdy embroidered in pastel blue eyelets. All of the full-skirted gowns were fashioned alike, with tight bodices, square necklines edged with narrow ruffling and short puffed sleeves. Their white organdy off-the-face hats harmonized with their gowns and their bouquests were designed like the bride's Miss Davidson's flowers were pink larkspur and pink roses, edged with blue net friills. Leet Shields of Sewickley was his brother's best man. A reception supplemented the ceremony. Beautiful all-white appointments were carried out at the bridal table which was centered with a three-tiered wedding cake embellished with a diminutive bride and bridegroom. On either side were white Colonial baskets filled with white flowers. About eighty guests attended. A member of one of Connellsville's prominent families, the bride is well known socially. She was graduated from Shipley School at Bryn Mawr and Connecticut College for Women at New London, Conn. The bridegroom who was graduated from Mercersburg Academy and Lehigh University at Bethlehem is with the Ordnance Department at Pittsburgh. Lieutenant and Mrs. Shields left for a short wedding trip. For travelling, the bride chose a yellow print dress with accessories to correspond, and an orchid corsage. The couple will reside for the present with Lieutenant Shields' grandmother Mrs. Arthur L. Wagner of Male Lane, Shields.
  Divorced	Bef 1959
  Children	1. M.". Shields   2. J.P. Shields   3. W.D. Shields, III
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F5261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 4 Sep 1919 - Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA Birth Announcement - Daily Courier - 5 Sep 1919 - Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA Married - 27 Jun 1942 - Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA Marriage Announcement - Daily Courier - 29 Jun 1942 - Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA Died - 22 May 1982 - Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA Buried - Aft 22 May 1982 - Hill Grove Cemetery, Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth