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Lanarkshire / Re: DAWSON family, Glasgow
« on: Friday 02 October 09 16:11 BST (UK) »
In all the 19th Century census information it is spelled Livingstone with an e.
It was named after the family which included Sir Archibald de Levingstoune of Edinborough, who were in that part of the country back in the 13th century. The name change seems to have started in the 17th century when people were referred to as
"William Levingstoune [Livingstone] of Westquarter"
and
"Charter de me by David Levingstoune [Livingstone] of Pantasken [Bantaskin], with consent of Helen Elphinstoune [Elphinstone]"
These were derived from the Saxons named Leving, who settled in Scotland during the reign of Edgar (1097-1107). Nothing to do with the Highland Livingstones whose original Gaelic name was MacLeay from "Mac an Leigh" (son of the physician)., which was anglicised as Livingstone.
It was named after the family which included Sir Archibald de Levingstoune of Edinborough, who were in that part of the country back in the 13th century. The name change seems to have started in the 17th century when people were referred to as
"William Levingstoune [Livingstone] of Westquarter"
and
"Charter de me by David Levingstoune [Livingstone] of Pantasken [Bantaskin], with consent of Helen Elphinstoune [Elphinstone]"
These were derived from the Saxons named Leving, who settled in Scotland during the reign of Edgar (1097-1107). Nothing to do with the Highland Livingstones whose original Gaelic name was MacLeay from "Mac an Leigh" (son of the physician)., which was anglicised as Livingstone.