Mrs Orian Davidson (née Hays)
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| Name: Mrs Orian Davidson
(née Hays) Born: Tuesday 18th November 1884 Age: 27 years Married to Thornton Davidson. Last Residence: in Calgary Alberta Canada 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 12750 , £52 Cabin No.: B71 Rescued (boat 3) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Thursday 3rd May 1979 |
Orian Davidson
(Courtesy: Orian B. Hallor / Alan Hustak, Canada)
Mrs Thornton Davidson (Orian Hays), 27, was born November 18, 1884 the daughter of Charles Melville Hays and Clara Jennings Gregg, She and her husband, Thorton Davidson were returning to their home in Montreal after a holiday in Paris. Mr and Mrs Davidson occupied cabin B-71. Mr and Mrs Hays occupied cabin B-69.
Orian and Clara were rescued in lifeboat 3 but both their husbands were lost.
Clara later remarried to Robert Newmarch Hickson. After her death on 3 May 1979 at the age of 96, she was buried next to her parents and first husband at at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal.
© Diane Lapierre, Canada
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mr Thornton Davidson
References and Sources
Montreal Gazette, May 1979, Obituary
Credits
Phillip Gowan, Canada
Alan Hustak, Canada
Diane Lapierre, Canada
Related Articles and Documents
| Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) | PRES. HAYS WIDOW LEAVES FOR HOME | |
| Montreal Gazette (1979) | HICKSON |
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