Nova Scotia/PEI Livingstone Research

[Jewel]

Hello Donald,

Yes the two marriages for a Catherine Campbell and John Livingstone in Killninian and Kilmore Parish make things difficult. My first thought is since the dates are so close together,Dec. 31,1805 and Jan.22, 1805 and in the same parish is something you might know more about. Could this be an error? Or my next question would be did the couple have to register previous to the actual marriage? Possibly an error took place there?

If it is true that these are two seperate marriages do we know for sure that both of these John Livingston's and Catherine Campbell's immigrated to Nova Scotia? I know you have a confirmation of one of these families arriveing in 1821, but was unsure if you had a confirmation of both of these families in Nova Scotia.

Not that this would make a big difference but I did note that the marriage that took place on January 22,1805 has the spelling of LEvingston, and the marriage that took place on Dec. 31,1805 was LIvingston.

The Scots Origins records I have for christenings and births for John Livingston's are only for the years 1780-1805. And the marriage records are from 1780-1808.

Jewel

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Maryann,

I am sure I speak for the group when I say that we appreciate the assistance you have given us and your family information has been most interesting to the Nova Scotia/PEI group here at the forum. We hope we have been of some help to you. As I have stated previous however some of my work regarding your family is in part theoretical and not proven but that is the nature of the Mull RIver Livingstons at the moment as I see it. As I see it Dr. St. Clair has laid the groundwork for research into the Mull River and Whycocomagh Livingstons of Inverness County and I am certain he appreciates others wanting to continue research in this area of Cape Breton history.

regards,

Donald

[Roberta Ann]

Wow, I just spent one and a half hours typeing on the Livingstones buried in St James and when I hit submit I was asked to log in and all my work had disappeared.

Roberta

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Roberta,

That is annoying. I hope that does not happen again. I have been writing some long postings myself though perhaps they did not take that long but still that should not happen I would think. I would think you were logged in when you started and I guess something happened to disrupt that. In the mean time hang on to that info it may prove useful another time. I guess perhaps it could conceivalbly happen we you are for an very long time. One of our forum administrators might have better insight on this particular problem than I .

regards,

Donald

[Roberta Ann]

Hi Donald;

Yes, well it took so long because of the dates of birth, death, notes and family plot numbers and I was reading very small

print. Using a magifier. I will do it again sometime. e.g. Hugh b. Jan. 15, 1833 d. Nov. 6, 1918 husband of Catherine plot

#800. There are about 45 names with this kind of detail.

Roberta

[Canadian Livingstone]

HI Roberta,

That was the cemetery I think at Bras d'or where the Alexander, Archibald and their wifes are buried Jane Beaton and Isabella Deason. If you get me the information from the cemetery on those folks that would be just fine for now. I did not intend to put you through all this trouble .

regards,

Donald

[Kyle MacLea]

Dear Roberta,

I'm sorry this happened, that is never fun.

Unfortunately, working with typing on a website like the forum is probably not the most safe was to ensure you won't lose work. If you're connection to the internet drops, you will probably lose data. And unfortunately, most websites lock you out after some period of "inactivity" since typing in a window doesn't count as "activity"!

Here are 3 solutions:

1. Save your message. You can do this instead of "submit" at the bottom of your message. Then you'll need to start a new reply and "load" your message (also at the bottom by submit), in order to get back to your message. This is cumbersome, and unfortunately, the website doesn't periodically re-save. This works, but it's probably not the best way.

2. Copy the entire message to your clipboard (control-A to select the text, then control-C to copy it all, or use "Edit, Copy" after selecting your text). THEN, hit submit. If it has logged you out, you can log in again, make a new reply, and then paste (control-V) your text back into the reply box. I usually do this if I've typed something log and hard for just such an occurrence, but sometimes I forget too. It's a great way to get back what you've typed even if the internet connection drops or it logs you out. (But remember it's quickly over-written if you copy anything in the mean time!).

3. Compose (long or precious) messages in a word processor, save them, and then copy-paste the message into the forum. This is probably the best, most surefire way to make sure you don't lose anything. You can use free programs like Notepad, Wordpad, TextEdit, or a more sophisticated program like Word or similar.

Again--sorry, Roberta! These problems plague us all sometimes!

Kyle=

[Roberta Ann]

Hi Donald;

No trouble, really, I enjoy researching but, sometimes I think I need an assistant.

St. James Presbyterian Cemetery

Alexander - no date of birth -
died Sept. 10, 1894 - husband of Isabella Deason - Plot#798

Isabella (Deason) - no birth date - died Jan. 17, 1887 - wife of Alexander Plot#798

Archibald - no b. d. - died May 21, 1891 - husband of Jane - Plot#803

Jane(Beaton) no b. d. - died Sept. 25, 1869 - wife of Archibald - Plot#804

Children of Archibald and Jane: Daniel, Lauchlin, died Mar. 1848 and June 17, 1863: also buried in Plot#804

Regards;

Roberta

[Roberta Ann]

Thank you Kyle, I followed your instruction and am saving same. I used the save option and went back and used the load option and it worked. Thanks again. Roberta

[Roberta Ann]

Good morning Donald;

John son of Malcolm married Ann McDonald October 1861. Could be Sarah MacDonald rather than Ann.

Catherine Margaret b. July 17, d/o John & Ann, 1865 married Michael Leonard, Mass. U.S.A.

Alexander b. Feb. 13, 1872 s/o John and Ann.

Jane d/o John and Ann d. Jan. 18, 1934 age 86-1-3 - single

Of interest: In researching Livingston/es; Low Point is listed as being in Inverness County and Cape Breton County.

Regards;

Roberta