Rosina Livingston

Notes:

Per Jake Schopf, he was a teamster, using horse drawn carts to move goods from place to place. Jakes lists him as being born in Michigan, but both census reports (below) instead show his place of birth as New York.

This is the household at the time of the 1880 Shiawassee, Michigan census:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
James LIVINGSTON Self M Male W 25 NY Farm Ha
Agness W. LIVINGSTON Wife M Female W 20 MI Keeping House CAN CAN
Mary E. LIVINGSTON Dau S Female W 3 MI NY MI
Rosanna LIVINGSTON Dau S Female W 1 MI NY MI Source Information:
Census Place Hazelton, Shiawassee, Michigan
Family History Library Film 1254606
NA Film Number T9-0606
Page Number 387B



The 1900 Emmet County, Michigan census listed the family as follows:
#326-362
Livingston, Mat. Head W M Apr? 1855 45 M 24 New York New York New York
Livingston, Agnes Wife W F Nov 1858 41 M 24 8/3 Michigan Canada Eng Canada Eng
Livingston, James A. Son W M Jan 17 1883 Michigan New York Michigan
Livingston, Anna I. Daughter W F 8 Jun 1891Michigan New York Michigan
Sweet, Rosina Daughter W F 21 Dec 1878 Michigan New York Michigan
Sweet, Oscar? N Son-in-law W M 24 Sept 1875 Michigan Pennsylvania New York
Walker, Lu Boarder? W M 19 Mar 1881Michigan Michigan Michigan

The census showed that the Livingston's had been married 24 years, and that Agnes was the mother of 8 children, three of whom were living.

James married Agnes White about 1876. Agnes was born in Nov 1858 in Michigan; died about 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Seamstress and nurse.

At the time of the 1870 Michigan census, there was a family in Siawassee, Siawassee Couty, that possibly could have been hers.

White James 36 M W Cooper $450 $200 Canada
White, Jane 37 F W Keeping House Canada
White, William 13 M W Attending School Canada
White, Margaret 11 F W Michigan <----She is the correct age, but WRONG first name
White, Jerome 9 M W Michigan
White, Emory 6 M W Michigan
White, Ella 4 F W Michigan

Notes:

Married:
One of their daughters and a grandson died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. They later divorced. Agnes remarried, and was later divorced from her second husband as well.