Livingstone Relations:  Other Livingstone Families of Blantyre

There were other Livingstone families living in Blantyre at the same time as David Livingstone, the African missionary and explorer, and his parents and grandparents. This page contains information about Donald and Catherine Livingstone and their descendants. In Campbell's history, reference is made to a letter written in 1891 by David's brother John to the historian A. Maclean Sinclair, which included the names Donald and Duncan among the brothers of David's father. Probably on the basis of this letter, Sinclair incorrectly identified Donald and Catherine as the grandparents of David Livingstone. Although they are not David's grandparents, it is very possible that they are related, but we cannot confirm the connections. Any one who has additional information regarding these families should contact Steve Wilson. Primary source information is especially welcomed.

• Livingstone Family - confirmed connections to Dr. David Livingstone
• Other Livingston Families of Lismore

Donald Livingstone & Catherine Livingstone

• 18 Nov. 1793, m. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
1. 18 Dec. 1794, dau. Catherine Livingstone bap. Kilmore & Kilbride, Argyll, Scotland [m. Hugh McPhail by 1817]
2. 4 June 1795, dau. Mary Livingstone b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
3. 3 May 1801, son Donald Livingstone b. Dundee, Angus, Scotland [m. Margaret Millar by 1823]
4. 5 Apr. 1808, dau. Flora Livingstone b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (bap. Apr. 10, Donald, dyer at Blantyre Works) [m. John Dunn 1830]
5. 3 June 1811, son John Livingstone b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (bap. 16 June, res. Blantyre Works)
6. 14 Mar. 1816, son Neil Livingstone b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)

Donald Livingstone & Janet Grant

• Janet (b. c. 1800, Scotland)
1. 14 Jan. 1826, dau. Janet Livingstone b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
2. 23 Jan. 1828, dau. Margaret Livingstone b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works) [m. John Campbell 1849]
    
• Census Records:
• 1841, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Dye Worker Guild Hall, Blantyre Works, Donald Livingston 60 dyer N, Janet Grant 40 N, Margt Livingston 13 cotton power loom weaver Y)

According to Carmichael, Donald served with the Fencibles at Oban and Stirling, and his wife Catherine was the daughter of a farmer at Bailemore in Kerrera, near Oban.  Carmichael's article stated that this Donald Livingstone was the grandfather of David Livingstone. The dates make this specific connection impossible, but more information concerning Donald's origins would be welcome.

(Sources:  C1841S, Campbell, CarmichaelA, OPR Blantyre, OPRI, Pienaar, Sinclair2)

Hugh McPhail & Catherine Livingstone

• Catherine, dau. of Donald Livingstone & Catherine Livingstone (b. 1794, Kilmore & Kilbride)
1. 16 Mar. 1817, son John McPhail b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
2. 20 Dec. 1818, son Malcolm McPhail b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
3. 14 July 1820, dau. Ann McPhail b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
4. 16 Aug. 1822, dau. Catherine McPhail b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works) [d. by 1824]
5. 6 July 1824, dau. Catherine McPhail b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works) [m. Robert Kerr 1848]
6. c. 1827, dau. Flora McPhail b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
7. c. 1833, son Malcolm McPhail b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
    
• Census Records:
• 1841, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Front Row East, Cath Livingston 44 cotton yarn bundler N, Agnes McPhail 20 roller corer Y, Cath 17 cotton power loom weaver Y, Flora 14 cotton power loom weaver Y, Malcom 8 Y, Donald Livingston 13 cotton piecer Y)
• 1851, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Fore Row, Mrs McPhail wd 55 picking room worker Oban, Flora 20 picking room worker Glasgow, Malcolm 18 cotton mill worker Glasgow, lodger Janet Frame 20 cotton mill worker Lanark)
• Unmarried children:
• 1861, Blantyre, Lanark (res. 2 Shuttle Row, Malcom McPhail 38 ag laborer Glasgow, sis Flora 34 cotton millworker Glasgow, lodger Helen Leetch 36 cotton millworker Neilston)
• 1871, Blantyre, Lanark (res. 1 Shuttle Row, Malcom McPhail 38 dye worker Glasgow)
• 1881, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Middle Row, Malcolm McPhail 47 dye worker Glasgow)
• 1891, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Front Row, Malcolm McPhail 57 laborer Glasgow)

(Sources:  C1841S, C1851S, C1861S, C1871S, C1881S, C1891S, OPR Blantyre)

Donald Livingstone & Margaret Millar

• Donald, son of Donald Livingstone & Catherine Livingstone (b. 1801, Dundee)
• Margaret (b. c. 1801, Stewarton, Ayr)
  1. 8 Feb. 1823, dau. Catherine Livingstone b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
  2. c. 1825, dau. Jean Livingstone b. Lanark, Scotland
  3. 13 Oct. 1827, son Donald Livingstone b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
  4. c. 1830, dau. Margaret Livingstone b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [m. Thomas Caldwell 1850]
  5. 14 Jan. 1832, dau. Mary Livingstone b. Gorbals, Lanark, Scotland
  6. c. 1835, son Alexander Livingstone b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
  7. c. 1840, son John Livingstone b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
  8. c. 1845, dau. Janet Livingstone b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
      
• Census Records:
• 1841, Gorbals, Lanark (res. 79 Commercial Rd, Donald Livingstone 40 cotton yarn dresser Y, Margaret 35 N, Catherine 15 cotton weaver Y, Jean 15 cotton weaver Y, Donald 13 cotton twister Y, Margaret 11 Y, Mary 9 Y, Alexr 7 Y, John 5m Y)
• 1851, Barony, Lanark (res. 55 Meuse Lane, Donald Livingston 50 mill dresser Dundee, Margaret 49 Ayr, Alexander 17 moulder Glasgow, John 10 Glasgow, Janet 7 Glasgow)
• 1861, Glasgow, Lanark (res. 11 Caithness St, Donald Livingstone 60 cotton draper Blantyre, Margaret 60 Stewarton, Donald 33 cotton twister Blantyre, Alex 26 iron moulder Blantyre, Janet 16 iron moulder Blantyre)

(Sources:  C1841S, C1851S, C1861S, OPR Blantyre, OPRI, Pienaar, Redshaw)

Duncan Livingstone & Elizabeth Lawrie

1. 31 July 1828, son Donald Livingstone b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
2. 19 Dec. 1830, son Alexander Livingstone b. Barony, Lanark, Scotland
    
• Unmarried children:
• 1841, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Front Row East, Cath Livingston 44 cotton yarn bundler N, Agnes McPhail 20 roller corer Y, Cath 17 cotton power loom weaver Y, Flora 14 cotton power loom weaver Y, Malcom 8 Y, Donald Livingston 13 cotton piecer Y)

Since Duncan's son Donald was living with Catherine Livingstone, the widow of Hugh McPhail, in Blantyre in 1841, it would appear that Duncan is in fact related to Donald Livingstone. We suspect Duncan is Donald's son.

(Sources:  C1841S, OPR Blantyre, OPRI)

John Dunn & Flora Livingstone

• John (b. c. 1805, Blantyre)
• Flora, dau. of Donald Livingstone & Catherine Livingstone (b. 1808, Blantyre)
• 19 Feb. 1830, m. procl. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
1. 14 Mar. 1831, dau. Catherine Dunn b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works) [d. by 1835]
2. 9 Dec. 1832, dau. Margaret Dunn b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
3. 25 Feb. 1835, dau. Catherine Dunn b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (res. Blantyre Works)
4. 7 May 1837, son James Dunn bap. Barony, Lanark, Scotland
5. 11 May 1840, dau. Mary Dunn b. Barony, Lanark, Scotland (m. William Bell 1862, m. Malcolm McLean 1875)
6. 27 Sep. 1844, son John Dunn b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
• 9 Sep. 1862, Flora Dunn d. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (age 54, res. 34 Lyon St.)
   
• Census Records:
• 1851, Barony, Lanark (res. Blacks Land 1, Kelvinhaugh, John Don 45 cotton spinner Blantyre, Flora 40 Blantyre, Margt 18 cotton worker Blantyre, Catherine 16 piecer Blantyre, Mary 10 Glasgow, John 6 Glasgow)
• 1861, Barony, Lanark (res. Kelvinhaugh, John Don 55 cotton spinner Glasgow, Flora 51 cotton spinner Glasgow, John 16 iron moulder Glasgow)

(Sources:  C1851S, C1861S, OPR Blantyre, OPRI, Pienaar)

Robert Kerr & Catherine McPhail

• Robert (b. c. 1821, Bothwell)
• Catherine, dau. of Hugh McPhail & Catherine Livingstone (b. 1824, Blantyre)
• 9 Dec. 1848, m procl. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (Catherine from Blantyre, Robert from Bishopton, also rec. Erskine, Renfrew)
1. 11 June 1854, dau. Catherine McPhail Kerr bap. Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland
2. 17 Feb. 1856, son Hugh Kerr b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
3. 8 Jan. 1860, son Robert Kerr b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
4. 28 Mar. 1862, dau. Mary Gardiner Kerr b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
5. 2 Feb. 1866, son Malcolm Kerr b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
    
• Census Records:
• 1851, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Millhouses, Robert Carr 30 dye worker Bothwell, Catherine 25 Blantyre)
• 1861, Blantyre, Lanark (res. 11 Middle Row, Robert Kerr 36 dye worker Bothwell, Catherine 33 Blantyre, Hugh 5 Blantyre, Robert 1 Blantyre)
• 1871, Blantyre, Lanark (res. 1 Shuttle Row, Robert Kerr 45 dye work caster Bothwell, Catherine 40 Blantyre, Hugh 15 warehouse worker Blantyre, Robert 12 dye worker Blantyre, Mary 10 Blantyre, Malcom 6 Blantyre)
• 1881, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Middle Row, Robert Kerr 60 bundler Bothwell, Catherine 55 Blantyre, Hugh 24 bundler Blantyre, Robert 21 bundler Blantyre, Mary 19 dyeworker Blantyre, Malcolm 15 dyeworker Blantyre)

(Sources:  C1851S, C1861S, C1871S, C1881S, IGI, OPR Blantyre, OPRI)

John Campbell & Margaret Livingstone

• John, son of Archibald Campbell & Elizabeth Brown (b. c. 1827, Blantyre)
• Margaret, dau. of Donald Livingstone & Janet Grant (b. 1828, Blantyre)
• 24 Nov. 1849, m. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland (both from Blantyre)
1. 1 Dec. 1850, son Archibald Campbell b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
2. 29 Nov. 1852, son Donald Livingstone Campbell b. Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland
3. 13 Oct. 1854, dau. Janet Grant Campbell b. Barony, Lanark, Scotland
4. 7 Mar. 1857, son James Campbell b. Barony, Lanark, Scotland
5. 5 Dec. 1860, dau. Elizabeth Brown Campbell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [m. John Dunbar 1884]
6. 9 Sep. 1864, dau. Margaret Grant Campbell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
• 7 Sep. 1900, John Campbell d.
• 22 May 1903, Margaret Campbell d.
   
• Census Records:
• 1851, Blantyre, Lanark (res. Fore Row, John Campbell 25 blacksmith Blantyre, Margaret 23 Blantyre, Archibald 4m Blantyre)
• 1861, Barony, Lanark (res. 30 Grace St, John Campell 34 engine finisher Blantyre, Margaret 33 Blantyre, Archibald 10 Blantyre, Edouard 8 Blantyre, Janet G 6 Glasgow, James 4 Glasgow, Elizabeth 4 Glasgow, boarder Thomas Cranford 64 engine finisher Blantyre, boarder James Lagan 18 baker Blantyre)
• 1871, Barony, Lanark (res. 30 Grace St, John Campell 44 engine finisher Glasgow, Margaret 42 Blantyre, Archibald 20 engine finisher Blantyre, Daniel 18 engine finisher Blantyre, Janet Grant 16 cotton weaver Glasgow, James 14 message boy Glasgow, Elizabeth 10 Glasgow, Maggie 6 Glasgow, visitor Janet Grant 23 Rossshire)
• 1881, Barony, Lanark (res. 30 Grace St, John Campbell 54 engine fitter Blantyre, Margaret 50 Blantyre, Janet G 26 french polisher Glasgow, Eliza B 20 upholstery sewer Glasgow, Mary G 16 upholstery sewer Glasgow)
• 1891, Barony, Lanark (res. 30 Grace St, John Campbell 64 engine finisher Blantyre, Margaret 63 Blantyre, Janet G 36 french polisher Glasgow, Isabell Allan 77 Bannockburn)

(Sources:  C1851S, C1861S, C1871S, C1881S, C1891S, IGI, MaxwellL, OPR Blantyre, OPRI)

Thomas Caldwell & Margaret Livingston

• Thomas, son of Robert Caldwell & Margaret Campbell (b. 1826, Glasgow, Lanark)
• Margaret, dau. of Donald Livingstone & Margaret Millar (b. c. 1830, Glasgow, Lanark)
• 3 Nov. 1850, m. Barony, Lanark, Scotland
1. 28 Mar. 1852, dau. Margaret Caldwell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [m. Douglas Darrel]
2. 11 Nov. 1853, dau. Janet Caldwell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [d. by 1862]
3. 11 Nov. 1853, son Robert Caldwell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [d. by 1857]
4. 27 Jan. 1856, son James Caldwell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Milton)
5. 6 May 1857, son Robert Caldwell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Milton)
6. 15 Aug. 1859, dau. Susan Campbell Caldwell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Milton) [m. John Fleming]
7. 1 Jan. 1862, dau. Janet Caldwell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Milton)
8. 11 Oct. 1865, son Thomas Caldwell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Milton)
• 12 Nov. 1875, Thomas Caldwell d. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (11 Baidhouses St, age 50, joiner, inf. spouse)
• 7 Sep. 1877, Margaret Caldwell d. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (11 Caithness St, Milton, age 44, inf. son Robert)
   
• Census Records:
• 1851, Glasgow, Lanark (res. 6 Roschall Bldgs, 41 Burnside St, Thomas Caldwell 26 joiner Glasgow, Margaret 21 Glasgow)
• 1861, Glasgow, Lanark (res. 11 Burnside St, Thomas Caldwell 35 carpenter Glasgow, Margaret 29 Glasgow, Margaret 9 Glasgow, James 5 Glasgow, Robert 4 Glasgow, Susan Campbell 1 Glasgow)
• 1871, Glasgow, Lanark (res. 11 Caithness St, Thomas Caldwell 46 joiner Glasgow, Margaret 40 Glasgow, Margaret 19 wool weaver Glasgow, James 14 message boy Glasgow, Robert 12 fleshers boy Glasgow, Susan C 11 Glasgow, Janet 9 Glasgow, Thomas 5 Glasgow)
• Unmarried children:
• 1881, Glasgow, Lanark (337 Garscube Rd, Robert Caldwell 23 police constable Glasgow, Susan 21 Glasgow, Thomas 15 clerk Glasgow)

(Sources:  C1851S, C1861S, C1871S, C1881S, IGI, Redshaw, ScotRD)

William Bell & Mary Dunn

• Mary, dau. of John Dunn & Flora Livingstone (b. 1840, Barony)
• 11 Apr. 1862, m. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
1. 28 Jan. 1861, son Andrew Bell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Anderston, unnamed father)
2. c. 1863, dau. Flora Bell b. Liverpool, England [m. James McDowall 1881]
3. 2 Dec. 1864, dau. Wilhelmina Bell b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Milton)

Malcolm McLean & Mary Dunn

• Malcolm (b. c. 1839, Waternish, Inverness, Scotland)
• 16 July 1875, m. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Anderston)
1. 25 Oct. 1873, son Hector McLean b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Anderston)
2. c. 1877, dau. Catherine McLean b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
3. c. 1879, son Malcolm McLean b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
4. c. 1879, dau. Mary McLean b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
    
• Census Records:
• 1871, Barony, Lanark (res. 7 Geotd St, Mary Bell 30 Glasgow, Netlean 10 Glasgow, Flora 8 Liverpool, Alexander 6 Glasgow, visitor Grace Bayle 46 cotton piecer Ireland)
• 1881, Barony, Lanark (res. 176 Kelvinhaugh St., Malcolm McLean 42 general laborer Waternish, Mary 40 Glasgow, stepson Andrew Bell 20 rivetter Glasgow, stepdau Flora 18 sewing machinist England, Wilhelmina 16 sewing machinist Glasgow, Hector McLean 7 Glasgow, Catherine 4 Glasgow, Malcolm 2 Glasgow, Mary 2 Glasgow, boarder Kenneth Bethune 52 general laborer Snizort)

(Sources:  C1871S, C1881S, IGI, Pienaar)

James McDowall & Flora Bell

• James (b. c. 1858, Springhill, Renfrewshire)
• Flora, dau. of William Bell & Mary Dunn (b. c. 1863, Liverpool)
• 11 Nov. 1881, m. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
1. 1882, son James McDowall b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
2. 1884, dau. Mary McDowall b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
3. 1886, son Andrew McDowall b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
4. 1888, dau. Annie McDowall b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
5. 1890, son Robert Craig McDowall b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
6. c. 1892, son David McDowall b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
7. c. 1894, son William McDowall b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
8. 1900, dau. Flora Livingston McDowall b. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
9. 1903, son Colin William Armour McDowall b.
    
• Census Records:
• 1891, Barony, Lanark (res. 28 Eastvale Pl, James McDowall 33 riveter Springhill, Flora 28 England, James 9 Glasgow, Mary 7 Glasgow, Andrew 5 Glasgow, Annie 3 Glasgow, Robert 9m Glasgow)
• 1901, Glasgow, Lanark (res. 3 Dingwall St, Kelvinhaugh, James McDowall 43 riveter Barrhead, Flora 38 England, James 18 riveter Glasgow, Mary 17 shirt machinist Glasgow, Andrew 15 caulker Glasgow, Anna 13 Glasgow, Robert 10 Glasgow, David 8 Glasgow, William 6 Glasgow, Flora 4m Glasgow)

(Sources:  C1891S, C1901S, Pienaar)

John Dunbar & Elizabeth Campbell

• John, son of James Dunbar & Agnes McIlroy (b. c. 1859, Glasgow)
• Elizabeth, dau. of John Campbell & Margaret Livingstone (b. 1860, Glasgow)
• 29 Aug. 1884, m. Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (Anderston)
1. 23 Nov. 1885, dau. Margaret Livingstone Dunbar b. Larbert, Stirling, Scotland [m. John Maxwell 1915, m. Frederick Gaynor 1969]
2. 1891, son John Campbell Dunbar b. Coatbridge, Lanark, Scotland [d. 18 Sep. 1918, Egypt]
3. c. 1893, dau. Janet Dunbar b. Coatbridge, Lanark, Scotland
4. c. 1896, son James Dunbar b. Clydebank, Dumbarton, Scotland
• 12 June 1899, Elizabeth Dunbar d.
   
• Census Records:
• 1901, Glasgow, Lanark (res. 140 Cathcart St, Govan, John Dunbar 42 commercial traveler Glasgow, Margaret L 15 Larbert, John 10 Coatbridge, Janet 8 Coatbridge, James 5 Clydebank, son Donald Campbell 21 grain miller Glasgow, dau Annie 17 Glasgow, dau Maggie 15 Glasgow, son William 13 Glasgow, dau Catherine 11 Glasgow) [the Campbell siblings appear to be children of William & Ann]

(Sources:  C1901S, MaxwellL)