Re: Donald Livingstone
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:14 pm
Hi Bill,
Found that there is a photo of the flat ground marker stone that is only stone apparently marking the resting place of your ancestors Donald Livingston and Euphemia McDougall at Birchwood Cemetery, Swan River, Manitoba. All that there seems to be on the small stone is Donald Livingstone aged 103 yrs and Euphemia McDougall age 84 yrs. I don't see a year for their deaths, but Donald's last census is 1916 and he is not included in the 1921 Census, so a death date of 1921 makes sense. And Euphemia is not listed with Donald in the 1916 Census so she must likely died in 1914 as you stated. What is interesting to note is that widower Donald Livingston was living with his son John b. 1863 at the time of the 1916 Census in Mackenzie District in the Yorkton Saskatchewan area. I am wondering then if the scenario is that he died in Yorkton Saskatchewan area and then was buried with his wife Euphemia in Beechwood Cemetery, Swan River, Manitoba where she had been buried several years before. Her son Duncan Livington b. 1869 lived at Swan River, Manitoba and Duncan and his wife Bertha are also buried there. Swan River, Manitoba is close to the Saskatchewan border, so a couple of hours drive in 1921 from the Yorkton Saskatchewan area if Donald died in Saskatchewan before being buried in Manitoba with his second wife Euphemia McDougall.
The last census the 1916 Census that your ancestor Donald Livingston is in states his age is 90 which would suggest a birth date of about 1826 much more in line with his actual birth date of 1828. This of course I realize does not explain his gravestone marking his death a few years later states at the time of his death in 1921 he was 103 years old. Based on his birth info back in Scotland with a date in the year 1828 I would have thought he was actually closer to 93 at the time of his death. Interestingly the 1891 and 1901 suggest he was born abt. 1818 or 1819. One other census from that period however suggests a birthdate of 1821. I think he died in Yorkton Saskatchewan and we know he was buried in neighbouring Manitoba. As mentioned e-health saskatchewan have it set up so you can easily order a copy of Donald's 1921 death record online from their website as no doubt you are curious to learn what information was included in his death record. You can't order a copy from the Saskatchewan Archives. Given that old Donald was living with his son John (Jack) Livingston and his wife Margaret McLeod according to the 1916 census in the year 1916 just a few years before his death at John's home in the Yorkton Saskatchewan area then there is good chance I should think that as you stated Yorkton area is where he died in 1921. I think the reason that your ancestor Donald Livingston was buried in Swan River, Manitoba is because his second wife Euphemia McDougall was buried in Swan River, Manitoba where her only son with Donald was buried. Remember that DUncan b. 1869 and a daughter Jane (Janet) born in 1875 were children of DOnald and his second wife Euphemia McDougall and Neil b. 1861, John b. 1863 and Alex. born 1865 were sons of Donald and his first wife Euphemia McAlpine who lived originally in Canada anyways in Saskatchewan.
Here is the findagravesite with a photo of Donald and Euphemia's flat ground marker stone
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg ... =105796255&
It is a little hard to read but you can enlarge the photo of the stone by clicking it.
regards,
Donald
Found that there is a photo of the flat ground marker stone that is only stone apparently marking the resting place of your ancestors Donald Livingston and Euphemia McDougall at Birchwood Cemetery, Swan River, Manitoba. All that there seems to be on the small stone is Donald Livingstone aged 103 yrs and Euphemia McDougall age 84 yrs. I don't see a year for their deaths, but Donald's last census is 1916 and he is not included in the 1921 Census, so a death date of 1921 makes sense. And Euphemia is not listed with Donald in the 1916 Census so she must likely died in 1914 as you stated. What is interesting to note is that widower Donald Livingston was living with his son John b. 1863 at the time of the 1916 Census in Mackenzie District in the Yorkton Saskatchewan area. I am wondering then if the scenario is that he died in Yorkton Saskatchewan area and then was buried with his wife Euphemia in Beechwood Cemetery, Swan River, Manitoba where she had been buried several years before. Her son Duncan Livington b. 1869 lived at Swan River, Manitoba and Duncan and his wife Bertha are also buried there. Swan River, Manitoba is close to the Saskatchewan border, so a couple of hours drive in 1921 from the Yorkton Saskatchewan area if Donald died in Saskatchewan before being buried in Manitoba with his second wife Euphemia McDougall.
The last census the 1916 Census that your ancestor Donald Livingston is in states his age is 90 which would suggest a birth date of about 1826 much more in line with his actual birth date of 1828. This of course I realize does not explain his gravestone marking his death a few years later states at the time of his death in 1921 he was 103 years old. Based on his birth info back in Scotland with a date in the year 1828 I would have thought he was actually closer to 93 at the time of his death. Interestingly the 1891 and 1901 suggest he was born abt. 1818 or 1819. One other census from that period however suggests a birthdate of 1821. I think he died in Yorkton Saskatchewan and we know he was buried in neighbouring Manitoba. As mentioned e-health saskatchewan have it set up so you can easily order a copy of Donald's 1921 death record online from their website as no doubt you are curious to learn what information was included in his death record. You can't order a copy from the Saskatchewan Archives. Given that old Donald was living with his son John (Jack) Livingston and his wife Margaret McLeod according to the 1916 census in the year 1916 just a few years before his death at John's home in the Yorkton Saskatchewan area then there is good chance I should think that as you stated Yorkton area is where he died in 1921. I think the reason that your ancestor Donald Livingston was buried in Swan River, Manitoba is because his second wife Euphemia McDougall was buried in Swan River, Manitoba where her only son with Donald was buried. Remember that DUncan b. 1869 and a daughter Jane (Janet) born in 1875 were children of DOnald and his second wife Euphemia McDougall and Neil b. 1861, John b. 1863 and Alex. born 1865 were sons of Donald and his first wife Euphemia McAlpine who lived originally in Canada anyways in Saskatchewan.
Here is the findagravesite with a photo of Donald and Euphemia's flat ground marker stone
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg ... =105796255&
It is a little hard to read but you can enlarge the photo of the stone by clicking it.
regards,
Donald