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Phillip James Davidson

Phillip James Davidson

Male 1916 - 1998  (82 years)

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  • Name Phillip James Davidson 
    Born 14 Jun 1916  Patterson Heights, Beaver Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Name James Johnston Davidson 
    Name Change From Between 1920 and 1930 
    James Johnston Davidson 
    1920 Census 14 Jan 1920  Beaver, Beaver Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ward 2, ED 11, sheet 10B
      625 First Street  
      Davidson, Marion S      Head  F  W  25         Wd   PA  PA  PA
      ---, James J.                  Son  M  W    3 6/12  S     PA  PA  PA
      ... 3 servants

      690 First Street
      Davidson, Emma E        Head   F  W  57        Wd   PA  PA  PA
      May, Sara                      Dau    F  W  27        Md    PA  PA  PA
      ---, Herbert A.    Son-in-Law  M  W  28         Md   WI   US  US   Salesman - Union Trust Bank
      ---, Herbert Jr.             GSon   M  W      3/12  S      PA  WI  PA
      ... 4 servants
    1930 Census 2 Apr 1930  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ward 14, ED 220, sheet 1A
      Park Mansion Apartments, 5023 Frew Street
      Smith, Theodore F.      Head    M  W  36  Md  28   PA  OH  OH   Broker - Brokerage
      ---, Marion M.                Wife    F  W  35  Md  20   PA  PA  PA
      ---, Marion Diane           Dau    F  W    7   S           PA  PA  PA
      ---, Sally Anne              Dau    F  W    3   S           PA  PA  PA
      ---, Philip J. D.               Son    M  W  13   S           PA  PA  PA
      ... 4 servants
    Newspaper Article 10 Sep 1936  New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    New Castle News 
    • Seek to Change Guardians For Wealthy Youth
      Philip James Davidson, Ordered to Pay 11-Day Bride Summ of $500 Monthly

      (International News Service)
      BEAVER, Pa., Sept. 10.-- A petition asking for a change of guardians for 20-year-old Philip James Davidson, wealthy society youth, paying his estranged wife $500 a month for support, was filed in Beaver county court today.

      A custodian of Davidson's estate, estimated at about $1,500,000, the Commonwealth Trust Company petitioned for the dismissal as guardians of Theodore F. Smith, Davidson's step-father, and Herbert A. May, his uncle.

      Smith, secretary of the Oliver Iron and Steel Company, and May, a wealthy Pittsburgh socialite, were appointed by orphans court after Davidson's father died in action in the World War. The Commonwealth Trust alleged the guardians have not filled bond as directed. The guardians have until September 21 to file answers.

      Davidson eloped with Dorothy Logan Moore, daughter of an Eminence, Ky., dry goods store proprietor last March. After an 11-day honeymoon, the couple separated and early this month Davidson was ordered to pay his 11-day bride $500 a month for support.
    Newspaper Article 31 Jan 1938  New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    New Castle News 
    • Philip Davidson Will Marry Again
      Young Pittsburgh Heir to Vast Fortune, Will Wed Cleveland Girl
      First Marriage Went on Rocks

      (International News Service)
      PITTSBURGH, Jan. 31 -- Philip James Davidson, heir to a fortune in steel, who was rpeported to have settled $200,000 on his first wife, today was altar bound again.

      Davidson, 22, who will inherit $700,000 when he is 30, is engaged to marry Lora Margaret Weidner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Charles Weidner of the exclusive Moreland courts residential district of Cleveland, O.

      No wedding date has been set.

      Davidson, who lives in Lark mansion and the Davidson mansion in Patterson Heights, Beaver Falls, was divorced last August from Dorothy Logan Moore Davidson, 21. They were married after a "love-at-first-sight" romance on the campus of the University of Kentucky, where both were students. The marriage went on the rocks after only 11 days, after the two had eloped to "keep down any fuss."

      Left in Huff

      Then young Mrs. Davidson, whose father J. C. Moore was a storekeeper in Eminence, Ky., with an income of about $1,000 a year charged that Davidson left her in a huff.

      "I had taken him home," she testified ina divorce hearing. "Mother met him with open arms. After we had supper, he announced he was going to Lexington and then told me he didn'y love me and never had."

      Dorothy came to Pittsburgh to attend the University of Pittsburgh and when she filed for divorce Davidson was ordered to pay her $500 a month until the divorce was granted and the settlement arranged.

      Davidson inherited $400,000 when his father, an aviator, was killed in the World War. His grandmother, Mrs. J. J. Davidson, was made his guardian.
    Newspaper Article 14 Feb 1938  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Pittsburgh Press 
    • Cupid Foils Traffic Court as Steel Heir is Married

      Phillip James Davidson's name was called in Traffic Court today but the heir to a million-dollar steel fortune when he becomes 30 (in eight years) didn't answer.

      Patrolman William Rothrauth, the cause of young Davidson's scheduled appearance, told Magistrate Anthony Lucas he wasn't surprised at his absence.

      "He was parked in front of a jewelry store at Sixth and Wood last Friday with a 1937 inspection sticker on the car." said the officer, "but when I told him to show up her Monday he said he was going to be married Saturday and wouldn't be able to make it.

      Magistrate Lucas obligingly marked the case postponed until Mr. Davidson can get back from his honeymoon.

      The youth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F Smith of Park Mansions and Beaver Falls, was married in Cleveland Saturday to Lora Margaret Weidner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Charles Weidner.

      He was divorced last August by his first wife, with whom he eloped after an 11-day romance in the University of Kentucky campus. His first wife Dorothy Moore herself a Kentucky belle was reported given a settlement of $200,000.
    1940 Census 30 Apr 1940  Riverview, Beaver Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Patterson Twp., ED 4-116, sheet 62A
      Davidson, Philip J.     Head  M  W  23  Md  ----   1935: Same Place   Salesman - Investment Banking
      ---, Lora W                 Wife  F  W  24  Md  ----            "
    Died 20 Dec 1998  Rector, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5590  Pennsylvania Davidsons
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2013 

    Father 1st Lt. Phillip James Davidson,   b. 26 May 1891, Beaver, Beaver Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1918, Fismes, ____, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Mother Marion M. Smith,   b. 11 Oct 1894, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1974, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married Bef 1916 
    Family ID F5255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dorothy Logan Moore,   b. Abt 1917, ____, ____, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown 
    Married Mar 1935 
    Divorced Yes, date unknown 
    Divorce Announcement 4 Aug 1937  Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Daily News Standard 
    • Romance Lasts Only 11 Days

      A brief romance lasting only 11 days led Dorothy Moore Davidson... to the Pittsburgh courts in a suit for divorce from her husband Philip James Davidson, heir to a million dollars. Married in 1935, Mrs. Davidson obtained last fall a $500 monthly maintenance order, and now asks final divorce.
    Divorced 1 Oct 1937  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 10 Aug 2013 
    Family ID F5175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lora Margaret "Peggy" Weidner,   b. 12 Mar 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1976, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Engagement Announcement 31 Jan 1938  Beaver, Beaver Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Daily Times 
    • Betrothal of Lora Margaret Weidner to Philip James Davidson Announced

      Mr. and Mrs. Harry Charles Weidner of Moreland Courts, Cleveland, O., announce the engagement of their daughter, Lora Margaret, to Philip James Davidson, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Theodore Fell Smith, Park Mansions, Pittsburgh, and Patterson Heights.

      Miss Weidner attended the King-Smith Studio School at Washington, D. C. Mr. Davidson is a graduate of the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N. J.
    Married 12 Jun 1938  Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973
      Name:      Philip J Davidson
      Marriage Date:      12 Jun 1938
      Form Type:      Marriage
      Age:      21
      Gender:      Male
      Birth Year:      abt 1917
      Birth Place:      Beaver, Pennsylvania
      Father's Name:      Philip J Davidson
      Mother's Name:      Marian M Smith
      Spouse's Name:      Lora Margaret Weidner
      Spouse's Age:      21
      Spouse's Birth Year:      abt 1917
      Spouse Father's Name:      Philip J Davidson
      Spouse Mother's Name:      Emma L Sheets
    Marriage Record - Philip J. Davidson and Lora Margaret Weidner
    Marriage Record - Philip J. Davidson and Lora Margaret Weidner
    Children 
     1. W.J.". Davidson
     2. P.J. Davidson, III
    Last Modified 10 Aug 2013 
    Family ID F5088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Jun 1916 - Patterson Heights, Beaver Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1920 Census - 14 Jan 1920 - Beaver, Beaver Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1930 Census - 2 Apr 1930 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper Article - New Castle News - 10 Sep 1936 - New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorce Announcement - Daily News Standard - 4 Aug 1937 - Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorced - 1 Oct 1937 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper Article - New Castle News - 31 Jan 1938 - New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEngagement Announcement - The Daily Times - 31 Jan 1938 - Beaver, Beaver Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper Article - Pittsburgh Press - 14 Feb 1938 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Jun 1938 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1940 Census - 30 Apr 1940 - Riverview, Beaver Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Dec 1998 - Rector, Westmoreland Co., PA Link to Google Earth
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