Clan Maclea/Livingstone and O'Neill connection?

[Jewel]

Hi Kyle,

Looked at the U.S. census for James Livingston.

1900 Census: Upton county, Worcester, Mass.
James Livingston b. oct.,1872, Scotland-Gardner
Katherine,wife, b. July 1875,Scotland
Marion S. b. July, 1896,Mass.
Margarett, b. March, 1898
(Married 5 years, immig. 1894)

1920 Census, Shorewood, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
James Livingston age 48 b. Scotland, Gardner
Katherine age 46,b. Scotland
Marion, 23, b. Mass.
Margaret, 22 b.Mass.
Katherine age 17, b. Illinois
Louis age, 15,b. Illinois
James age 10,b. Wisconsin

1930 U.S. Census,Milwaukee,Wisconsin Dist.1-250
Arthur Siegel
Catherine L. Siegel wife,b. Illinois age 27
Jane daghter age 2 b. Wisconsin

In this census it states Catherines father born Scotland and mother born Wisconsin.

Jewel

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Jewel,

There were a few James livingstones/Livingstons born abt. 1872 in Scotland in the 1881 Census. Interestingly there was one born in Glasgow,Scotland which would be closest to Blantyre where Dr. Livingtone's kin resided. James Livingstone was born abt. 1872 to Duncan and Mary Livingstone and resided in 1881 in Glasgow,Lanarkshire, Blackfriars. There is also a James Livingston born abt. 1871 to John and Margaret Livingston and residing in Glasgow Lanarkshire. Also a few more James Livingstones born abt. 1872, one in Stirlingshire, one in Angus, one in Edinburghshire and another in Cambunethan,Lanarkshire. I am thinking one of the Glasgow Livingstones/Livingstons as my first hunch only because Glasgow Livingstones in particular often have strong sense they possibly related to Dr. Livingstones family living in close proximity to Blantyre. Perhaps Steven may be able find out if his great-great grandfather came from Glasgow lanarkshire or one of these other Counties mentioned in the 1881 Census records. If we can prove he was born in Glasgow then that really would narrow it down I should think.

regards,

Donald

[Jewel]

Hi Donald,
I haven't looked at the 1881 census yet. We need to find a James Livingston that was born in October of 1872 in order to narrow it down a bit.

Jewel

[jmlivingstone]

Hi Jewel/Donald,

A bit more info on Duncan & Mary C. Livingstone, in the 1910 US census Mary & son John are resident Saugus, Essex, Massachussetts, no mention of James.

In Scots 1901 census, James was resident Glasgow Dennistoun, at some point, he was also resident 11, Wright St., Glasgow Blackfriars.

Mary C. was resident Rothesay, Isle of Bute in 1901 census.

Katherine does not appear with James in any Scots census I can find so far,

John

[Steven Meyer]

From what I've looked up so far there is an article in the Wisconsin Horticulture dated November, 1935 explaining that James Livingstone came to America in 1895, working on an estate in Massachusetts for five years. From there he came to Evanston, Illinois where he had charge of the estate of an orchid fancier. In 1907 he came to Lake Geneva where he managed the H.H. Porter gardens. In 1910 he came to Milwaukee to take charge of the private garden of Fred Vogel, Jr. In 1925 he accepted his present position that of superintendent of the Holton & Hunkel Nurseries at Brown Deer. he has been a member of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society ever since he came to Wisconsin, in 1907, and has been its president and vice-president. He was treasurer of the Milwaukee Florists' Club for fifteen years and secretary of the Lake Geneva Gardeners and Foremens Association for several years. He also served as president and vice-president of the Milwaukee St. Andrews Society.

[Steven Meyer]

The person who made the scrapbook was my grandmother Katherine Livingstone's sister May Livingstone. Their father was James Livingstone who came to America in 1895, David Livingstone would be James's grandfather's cousin, from what May wrote.

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Steven,

Thanks for that. The James Livingstone b. 1872 in Glasgow to a Duncan and mary Livingston occupation printer compositor is still living in Dennistoun,Glasgow with his widowed Mother and brother John and other sibbling in the 1901 Scottish Census, so perhaps this is not the correct one.

regards,

Donald

[Steven Meyer]

James also had a brother named Hugh

[Steven Meyer]

James wife was Marion Stewart, she was from Glasgow.

[Steven Meyer]

James Livingstone was October 5th, 1871