Update on the Livingston ancestry by Helen Livingston 22 Feb 2020 (just a cool 160 years later than these events unfolded
The following letter Dad (David Hamilton Livingston) wrote to someone in Northern Ireland in the late 1980’s
dads-letterThis is what I have discovered so far with annotations in red to match Dad’s memories and blue for my comments.
James LIVINGSTON Birth: about 1815
Wife: Rachel BROWN
Children:
Alexander LIVINGSTON My great Grandfather Birth: 1841 in Maytown Co. Amargh Nth Ireland. Marriage: 26 Sep 1863 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England; St George Heather on Hil Death: 12 Mar 1890 in Aston Manor, Warwickshire, England; 66 Trinity Rd Aston. Burial: 17 Mar 1890 in Birmingham, Warwickshire; Witton Cemetery Section 67 11862 Spouse: Margaret BROWNE
Rachel LIVINGSTON Birth: 1844 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland. Marriage: 28 Jul 1866 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; Parish Church by licence. Spouse: George GRIFFIN
Ellenor LIVINGSTON Birth: 1845 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland. Marriage: 27 Dec 1867 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; Downshire Road. Spouse: John DAVIDSON
Joseph LIVINGSTON Hamilton Browne’s Uncle Joe Dad had cousins in Ireland who he used to visit before the First World War. He had an Uncle Joe who had lots of daughters and only one son Birth: 1847 Marriage: 27 Jul 1875 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; Sandy Street Presbyterian Church By licence. Death: 14 Jul 1905 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; Apoplexy aged 58. Spouse: Mary Jane SHINNONS
James LIVINGSTON Birth: 1856 Death: 13 Jun 1875 in Ballypot,Newry, Armagh; Aged 19 years. Phytsis for 4 months, Baker’s son
Benjamin LIVINGSTON Birth: 20 Jan 1864 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; Ballybot. Birth isn’t registered until 10 June 1864
Family of Joseph LIVINGSTON
Joseph LIVINGSTON He had an Uncle Joe. 1847 – 14 Jul 1905 Apoplexy aged 58 Joseph’s wife was Mary Jane SHINNONS born 1858 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland Death: 1922 Father: William SHINNONS
Children: “He had an Uncle Joe who had lots of daughters and only one son.” Joseph had 8 daughters and one surviving son.
Rachel LIVINGSTON Birth: 13 Jul 1876 in Ballybot, Newry ; 3 Queen Street Marriage: 27 Feb 1895 in Newry, Down, Northern Ireland; Sandy Street Spouse: John McCULLOUGH
Ellen LIVINGSTON There was also a Neta Fisher Birth: 19 Apr 1878 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; Queen Street. Marriage: 20 Apr 1898 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; Sandy Street. Spouse: John FISHER
Martha LIVINGSTON Birth: 04 Mar 1880 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; Queen Street. Death: 1900
Mary Jane LIVINGSTON Birth: 20 Apr 1882 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; 3 Queen Street. Marriage: 14 Sep 1904 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; 1st Newry Church. Spouse: James FORD
Sarah LIVINGSTON A cousin of dad’s named Sarah married a Willie Henry and they had a bakery in Newry. Birth: 09 May 1884 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; 3 Queen Street. Death: 1952 Spouse: William HENRY William was a Grocer and a boarder in 1911 census and still single. Sarah was not at King Street on Census night.
Margaret LIVINGSTON Birth: 19 Jul 1886 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; 3 Queen Street
Alexander LIVINGSTON Birth: 06 May 1891 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; 3 Queen Street. Death: 1891
Caroline LIVINGSTON Birth:07 Jun 1892 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; 3 Queen Street.
David LIVINGSTON Birth:15 Jul 1894 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland
Ruth LIVINGSTON Birth:07 Oct 1896 in Newry, Armagh, Northern Ireland; 15 King Street.
a lady named Wiggins who I called aunt Lizzie when I visited Island as a five-year-old child I think she lived at Warren Point I haven’t yet found Aunt Lizzie
Unfortunately we couldn’t decipher the place on the 1881 census it look something like Mussel field. There is no such place in County Down. Saintfield has been suggested but the writing doesn’t match that
The 1881 England Census is also the only place that Alexander says he is born in Maytown Armagh. Maytown is near Bessbrook a model Quaker village not far from Newry. There were Livingstons at Maytown from the 1820’s to the end of the 20th century, when Joseph Livingston died leaving the farm to one of his daughters who married a Fletcher. The farm is now owned by Sam and Gladys O’Hara. The Livingstons were tenant farmers for over a century in the same place! farmed blocks 10 and 11. There are also a family of Livingstons, across Maytown Rd, in the townland of Mullaglass. I have been attempting to fill in their family tree and see where the Maytown Livingston’s and the Mullaglass Livingston’s and the Bessbrook Livingston’s (another family) all join up.
However, having now ascertained, Alexander’s mother was probably Rachel Brown, it seems likely the Maytown connection is through his mother. Rachel Brown(e) probably went home to give birth to one of the three different Brown’s who also farm in Maytown.