Hi all,
I'm a little stuck with my cousins father, Alfred, and his grandfather David Livingstone as named above.
I know my cousins(Harry) father was called Alfred Henry Pitt Livingstone, and he married Lizzie Hill. I also know that Alfred was a little younger than Lizzie.
Alfreds father was named David Livingstone, but we are unsure of where the Pitt came from, as my cousin is not Pitt Livingstone, just Livingstone, and Alfreds father was only Livingstone too.
I have searched the census' and have found a Jane Pitt(head)39 from Birmingham living with David Livingstone(boarder)37 from London, with a son Alfred Pitt, who is 10 months old from Birmingham, putting him born in June 1910, in Aston, the right area.
Jane states she was married for 3 years, but now a widow.
By my reckoning, if Alfred was born in June, her husband should have died after he was conceived. I have searched the bmd's firstly, for a wedding for Jane marrying someone Pitt within the three years before Alfred was conceived/born, and have hit a brick wall, then I have searched for a death for someone Pitt in the area during the time before Alfred was born, and again have found nothing.
I have also searched for an Alfred Henry Pitt, and Alfred Henry Pitt Livingstone birth that fits this time frame, and have come up empty handed.
Further to this, I know that David Livingstone had 2 children, Doris J, born 1913, and David born 1911. Jane must have been pregnant before the marriage as there is less than 6 months between wedding and David(the sons) birth.
I have found a marriage of David Livingstone, to Jane Reynolds in 1911, and both Doris and Davids mothers maiden name is Reynolds. Good so far.
I have speculated that Jane Pitt was Jane Reynolds before she was married the first time, and wondered if this was where the Pitt Livingstone name came from, as Alfred was not Davids, but that he adopted him as his own when they married. However, I can find no record of Jane Reynolds marrying anybody Pitt within the time.
Alfred Henry Pitt Livingstone was married under that name(Alfred H P Livingstone), and also died under that name, but was not born under that name.
Can anyone see a link that I have missed, or help me to discover whether David Livingstone did marry Jane Pitt, who was maybe formerly Jane Reynolds, and who was her first husband.
All help gratefully received.
Many thanks
JuliePen.
xxx