Date Published:
January 2005

L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia

Rev. William Holmes Davison

DAVISON, Rev. William Holmes, M.A. - Rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal . Born Liverpool , England, 1884, son of the late William Davison and Agnes S. Davison. Educated: Keble College, Oxford and Cuddesdon Theological College. Ordained by the Bishop of Durham, England (Deacon, 1908; Priest, 1909). Assistant Priest of St. Columba's, Sunderland (Diocese of Durham, England), 1908-13; Rector of Long Island, Bahamas, 1913-16; Rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal, since 1917. Member of the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada. Commissary in Canada for the Bishop of Nassau . Recreation: Cricket. Residence: 91 Ontario Street W., Montrea.

Source: Prominent People of the Province of Quebec, 1923-24, Montreal, Biographical Society of Canada, Limited, undated and unpaginated.