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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
If they feel the need to be possessive of the cabin I believe it would be:
The Davidson's Cabin.
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Originally Posted by red sky
Davidson's is correct if the last name is Davidson.
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If the word 'the' changed to 'John' on the sign, it could read Welcome to John Davidson's cabin. It could read Welcome to Davidson's cabin only if Davidson would be referring to one person and this is his cabin (ideally his first name is Davidson, but it could work with just a last name e.g. Welcome to Iginla's cabin). As you are changing it to include the family (by putting the word the in front of Davidson), Davidson needs to be the plural form Davidsons. The sign needs to read Welcome to the Davidsons' cabin. If you were referring to the family you'd say I am going to meet the Davidsons. If you were describing where you were going you would say I'm going to the Davidsons' house. If his name was John Davidsons, it could read Welcome to John Davidsons's cabin.
There are way too many instances of people putting an apostrophe just because the last letter of the word is s. Remember that an apostrophe is not like a penis. You can't just stick wherever you want.