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Birth:          2 Jun 1912 Mass.
Death:          9 Jun 2003 Los Angeles, Cal.

Notes
1981 book (see for details)
1986: living at 807 Wellesly Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90049
1986 letter from Bob Maule
email from Chuck Biesele for day of death
email from Bonnie Yomnick 16 May 2011
email from Bonnie Yomnick 19 May 2011:
Duke crossed the country selling scissors, and  pushing a hard cart he had made.  He 
worked as a painter and saved money to begin a photography business.  He was Walt 
Disney's personal photographer, and the official photographer of Disneyland.  He was 
the photographer for the "stars of Hollywood."  He was a financial chartist, inventor, 
and deep thinker.

from http://www.southbrentwood.info/febnewsletter2004.htm

In Memoriam

Last June, South Brentwood lost a respected citizen and founding father of SBHA. 
Roger W. Davidson of Wellesley Avenue passed away at the age of 91. Together with 
his wife, Cornelia, he helped organize SBHA in the early 1960’s to protect the 
neighborhood from exploitation by oil interests. Without the couple’s efforts South 
Brentwood might look very different today

21 May 2011 email from Bonnie Yomnick:
Roger Willis Davidson rarely discussed early life.  Jillian has a copy of the Davidson 
history;  I do not have a copy nor trust my memory.  I believe he was born out of 
wedlock.  His mother was housekeeper to his father.  As a child,  Duke had many 
heart attacks, and polio.  Most of his youth was house bound or bedridden.  I was 
given the impression that everyone in his world was ashamed of him and wanted to 
keep him  
hidden.  The exception and joy of his youth was a cousin named Doris.   
I can't remember her last name, but Duke and Corneila took her in to live with them 
the last years of her life.  She had a quick mind, and a great sense of humor.  I forgot 
to tell you that Duke had to wear custom made shoes, and that standing and walking 
for long periods of time were painful for him.  In addition to standing to take pictures, 
he would take several hours of break before standing and processing the film at night 
in the darkroom.  What a remarkable inner man of strength he became....Now, you will 
better realize the determination it took to walk from Mass. to Calif.  Names for his 
parents will have to come from the history of Davidson family.


Marriage To MAULE Cornelia (12 Mar 1910 - 6 Nov 1978)
    m. 2 Jun 1940 Santa Monica, Cal.

Notes

Parents
MAULE Ethelbert Rounds (14 Mar 1884 - 18 Mar 1972)
SHAPLEIGH Florine (11 Jun 1886 - 4 Jun 1965)

Children by MAULE Cornelia 12 Mar 1910 - 6 Nov 1978
DAVIDSON Roger Shapleigh ("Ridge") (19 Mar 1941 - 2004)

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