My Livingston(e) Line

[Kyle MacLea]

Added photos of your Alexander, Christina, Angus gravestone and the Churchyard, courtesy of Margaret Stewart:

http://www.clanlivingstone.info/copperm ... p?album=14

Kyle=

[beadmom]

Margaret, I really treasure those photos.

I plan to go touch those headstones with my own hands this next fall. My daughter is going with me and possibly, if he is well enough, my father.

My brother pointed out last night that the fascination with quarrying did not end with Grandpa Jack. We just do it on a smaller scale. Grandpa Bill (John William Livingston Jr.) has always searched for and found rocks and made them into jewelry. He has a storage full of boxes of his finds. At 87 he teaches lapidary classes in the clubhouse where he lives. We went to Quartzsite for 15 years straight.

My father, David William Livingston, used to take us on vacations to Arizona and New Mexico rock hounding.

I love rocks. I come home from everywhere with small and large rocks in my pockets. Especially little heart shaped rocks from places I loved. Now I have a lovely small sandstone pebble in my pocket from Lyons.

Ginger

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Ginger,

You could say then your Livingston family both in highland Scotland and in America has always dug rocks.

regards,

Donald

[beadmom]

Now see Donlad, who implied that you don't have a sense of humor?

Oh.. that might have been YOU! HAHAHA....

I dig ROCKS! (I'm having the t-shirt made..)

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Ginger,
My best friend's neighbour in the sixties was this elderly lady whose husband used to work for our museum. He apparently collected minerals for the museum from all over the world and after he died his wife had this amazing collection of the most incredible mineral and huge crystal specimens of museum quality I had ever seen outside of a museum. She also made her own jewelry. We used to be fascinated as kids watching her grind the uncut rocks, polish and tumble the rough stones into beautiful shiny things. She had purple Amethest crystals from Thunderbay Ontario that were the largest I truly had ever seen. They looked as if they came from some deep cavern in the centre of the earth to me when I was a kid. She also introduced me to Labradorite which is another rock found in Canada. Labrador I presume. It has an amazing incandescent quality which varies from stone to stone. I have very nice piece of this rock somewhere around the house. Very cool stone for jewelry. She was from another time, another world and long gone now but an interesting and slightly eccentric old lady I will never forget.

regards,

Donald

[beadmom]

I understand in Diane Gabaldon's books of (Novels of a Fraser ....in Scotland) the description of the need for Highlanders to be in the mountains. I grew up in the mountains and an really happy in places where I am up over 3000 ft...... With lots of rocks.

I am very fond of Labradorite. I have a 3" round of it. I've also grown quite fond of Petersite http://images.google.com/images?client= ... =en&tab=wi. Lots of great color!

If you ever get a chance, go to the Smithsonians (they are free all you have to do is GET there.) The Museum of Natural History has some of the finest minerals I have ever seen.

I did put together a blog yesterday of some of my rock photos.
http://gingerrambleson.blogspot.com/201 ... rocks.html


Ginger

[beadmom]

THe Plot Thickens... The Masons got back to me with info and documents.

SOUTH DAKOTA? I know nothing about South Dakota but I have no doubt these are his records. Also the death date is off by 3 days but that does not worry me.

But now that I read James Lowe's (Mary Livingstone's brother from Lyons....) journal in oct 1888 several of James family members left for Sioux Falls, SD. returning in 1889 and in Marh of 1893 "Father and family came from Dakota to Lyons, CO to make their home." (I love this journal).

The 1900 census puts the Livingstons in Lyons Co and he joined the Golden City Lodge No. 1 on 10-19-1903.

Email from Masons.....

Ginger,

OK got some time today to look up some info on your Grand Father this is what I found. Besides for the death day being off by 3 days I would say they are one in the same. Now look at the info below he became a Mason in South Dakota Lodge No. 5 so we don’t have any dates on him as far as when he did his degree work. If you check the South Dakota Grand Lodge they might be able to help with that information. Now I have also enclosed a pdf file that has a little history on the Lodge he belonged to and I found the original returns from the Lodge files that show him being admitted to the Lodge and holding office the same year. I also found the return that shows his death. I’ve scanned all this into a file for you. Hope this helps a little.

Donald Livingston
Joined Golden City Lodge No. 1 on 10-19-1903
Demitted from South Dakota Lodge No. 5 on 02-14-1895
Was Junior Seward of Golden City No. 1 in 1904
Died June 24, 1916

Scot M. Autry
Grand Lodge of Colorado

[Kyle MacLea]

You have found more useful records on your family in 4 months than most people ever find. What great finds! Congrats, Ginger!

Kyle=

[beadmom]

Yes.. now I am working on pestering the South Dakota Lodge #5.

and boy was Grandpa surprised....

Ginger

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Ginger,

Well this has been an amazing genealogical adventure for you. "From Ballachulish to Colorado Livingstons Rock". That could be the title of your family history. 1916. Funny I suspected from what you were saying that he died around World War I in Colorado. I guess I was not too far off in my guesstimate. I am glad that you made the extra effort and went through the bureacratic red tape to get Colorado to locate Donald Livingston's death record. It has in turn led to so many other exciting finds for you and your family. I had an intuitive sense that you were going to get as lucky in Colorado as I had been with your Ballachulish records. How is your grandfather Livingston enjoying all the information on his ancestors? You truly are the consumate ancestor sleuth.

regards,

Donald