Gilbert Davidson

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DEAD AS OF 2024 06 30 (1871-1930) [1] was a Canadian Anglican priest in the 20th century. [2]

Davidson was educated at Trinity College, Toronto and ordained in 1895. After a curacy at St Anne, Toronto, he was a lecturer at Trinity from 1898 to 1907 and was Vicar of Guelph from 1907 [3] until 1917. [4] He was Archdeacon of Wellington, ON from 1917 to 1925. [5]

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References

  1. Woodlawn Memorial Park, Wellington County, ON Gilbert Farquhar DAVIDSON
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p362 London: Horace Cox; 1908
  3. Toronto Public Libraries
  4. "A History of St. George's Church Guelph, Ontario 1832 - 1982" Moore, Archdeacon Peter B. Published by Anniversary Committee, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1982
  5. "Guelph and Wellington County : a bibliography of settlement and development since 1800" Bloomfield, E; Stelter, G.A. Guelph Regional Project University of Guelph, 1988