Biography
Davidson, Davis (David); b. December 23, 1900, Russia; Naturalized at District Court of Connecticut, March 1919; Russian American; High School Education; Prior military service in the US Army, Infantry, 102nd Regiment, Private; 6 month enlistment in 1917, or National Guard 5 months; Divorced; Mechanic and Driver; CP 1933; Received Passport# 6229, New York series, on December 23, 1936 which listed his address as 1326 Oak Point, Bronx, New York; Sailed December 26, 1936 aboard the Normandie; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN; Transferred to BDE Auto Park as a Driver, later with the Service Sanitaire as an Ambulance Driver, final position in Transportes, Driver; Rank Soldado; Returned to the US on December 20, 1938 aboard the Ausonia; WWII US Army, enlisted October 1942; Wife Lillian (Collier) Davidson; d. January 28, 1996, Hartford, Connecticut, buried in Emanuel Synagogue Cemetery in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Sibling: sister Dorthy Davidson.
Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre (incomplete data); Americans; Pay; (obituary) Hartford Courant, January 30, 1996, Hartford, Connecticut; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A1
Photographs: Davis Davidson in Spain, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 878; and as a Chauffeur, Auto Park, May 1938. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0971. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Sibling: sister Dorthy Davidson.
Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre (incomplete data); Americans; Pay; (obituary) Hartford Courant, January 30, 1996, Hartford, Connecticut; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A1
Photographs: Davis Davidson in Spain, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 878; and as a Chauffeur, Auto Park, May 1938. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0971. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.