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[Robert Dougald Livingstone]

Starting my genealogy, I first purchased FTM. Through this program I was able to trace my LIVINGSTONE roots in Canada. Starting with my grandfather, Angus Livingstone, born in 1849, in Nottawasga, Simcoe County, Ontario, and buried in the West Church cemetary in Nottawasaga, along with his wife, my grandmother, Elizabeth, (McDermid), born in 1875. It gave me birth, death and marriages certificates, of theirs, and future generations, such as sons and daughters and their spouses and offspring. Through this program I learned that my great grandfather, Alexander Livingstone , born around 1816 and his wife Flora, (Lamont), born around 1822, came from Scotland, but I have nothing from that point back into my linage. I am proud to be part of the LIVINGSTONE CLAN and seek any information that might connect me to the past.

[Grant South1]

Hello Robert, I'll have a wee look around and come back to you. All the best! Grant South.

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Robert, My Livingstone family came to British North America in 1812 as part of the Selkirk's Red River Settlement and in 1815 settled in Upper Canada (Ontario). Have you gone beyond Family Tree Maker and checked out the Ontario Archives located in Toronto, Ontario? There are census and assessment records before 1851, but 1851 was the first year that we recorded a householder with entire family in a census. Some of the 1851 census records however are missing. The Ontario Census as you may already know is fairly complete for 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891. The farther back you go in your Ontario family the more challenging it may be to find information as records were just not that well kept in many cases. regards Donald

[Robert Dougald Livingstone]

Thank you for this information, however, I have checked the census records and found Alexander Livingston, his wife and offspring in the census of 1861 Nottawasaga township Simcoe County. I also have a death certificate for a Flora Livingston, which I assume is my great grandmother, but the record is very vague and not too readable. I am at a dead end though tracing them back to Scotland. Any suggestion or help in this way would be greatly appreciated.

[Robert Dougald Livingstone]

Thank you. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Robert, Couple of questions. Do you know when or approximately when Alexander arrived in Ontario? Do you know when Alexander first settled Nottawasaga Township prior to 1849 from the Township land records? With these land records one can sometimes backtrack and trace the settlement movements of the family in Ontario from the beginning. In so doing you might be able to get some sense of when they left Scotland if that is one of things you find out. If you know when they left you might be able make a connection with other Livingstones who left a particular part of Scotland at that time for Ontario. My ancestor for example, I later found out was traveling with two other Livingstones, boat builders by trade, required by Lord Selkirk for the Red River Settlement. Local histories sometimes give clues as where certain Scottish pioneer familes may have originated from? Perhaps some folks in Nottawasaga Township may have some insight into where Alexander and his Livingstone came from in Scotland? Were all of Alexander's children born in Ontario? Are you looking for Scottish marriage records for an Alexander and Flora Livingstone? regards, Donald