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Does anyone have any info on Wilson family who farmed at Darfash Gamrie in 1800's

The 1841, 1851 and 1861 censuses of Gamrie have been transcribed and are online at https://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl. I suggest you have a look there first, and then at the originals of those and the 1871 and 1881 at SP when you can get back into it. Then come back to us with more information about the people you want to know about.

William Livingstone was born in Edinburgh in 1847, son of John Livingstone SSC and Eliza Hunter. John Livingstone SSC was born in Wishaw, possibly the son of William Livingstone, surgeon there.

The baptisms of William and three siblings are listed in the IGI and in the index at SP, but clicking on the links at SP goes to the front page of the Edinburgh Canongate register of baptisms 1831-1854, and I have failed so far to find the indexed records there or anywhere else.

By 1872, according to a report in the Hamilton Advertiser, William Livingstone SSC was clerk to the Commissioners of Police of the Burgh of Wishaw, and he appears in several more newspaper reports of court cases in the 1870s. He also conducted a prosecution in 1875 on behalf of Cambusnethan School Board, so he was obviously well established as a solicitor to the local authority.

On 7 November 1877 he married Clementina Wilson in Motherwell. He gave his occupation as Solicitor Supreme Courts and his residence as Thornlie Park, Wishaw.

Next sighting of him is in the 1881 census in Woodlands, Manitoba, where he is described as a barrister. In 1891 and 1901 he is described as a farmer. Clementina was interviewed later aboute her experiences as an immigrant to Manitoba, and her replies do not indicate that they had a cushy life. (What Women Say of the Canadian North-West. Experiences of Women Settled in All Parts of Manitoba and the North-West Territories. 1886. Reprint. London: Forgotten Books, 2013]

Thanks to helpful RootsChatters I now know that William died in Winnipeg on 7 October 1910 from injuries resulting from being gored by an angry bull on his farm. See https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=803723 for that thread.

What I am wondering is why a Solicitor Supreme Courts, who was evidently well established in the public domain in his father's native town, upped sticks and emigrated to the backwoods of Manitoba in 1881, at a fairly young age (early 30s), and became a farmer. Yet his death notices 30 years later still describe him as SSC. I've tried the British Newspaper Archive and BL 19th century newspapers, and The Scotsman, but I haven't come across anything - not even the usual report of a farewell celebration for someone about to emigrate.

Any ideas?

From the Manitoba Death Index:

Name:   Wm Levingstone
Age:   53
Birth Date:   abt 1857
Death Date:   7 Oct 1910
Death Place:   St B, Manitoba, Canada

Ah, no wonder I couldn't find it. I was searching for Liv*. Never occurred to me to try Lev*. Thank you again. Where is St B?

BTW age 63 is correct. He was born on 8 January 1847 in Edinburgh.

Clementiina Livingstone died in Woodlands, Manitoba on 15 February 1929. I'd be interested in a record of her burial, and also that of her husband William Livingstone, date of death unknown. Not being familiar with the geography of Manitoba, I'd appreciate pointers to the likely cemetery.

I assume that "Woodlands, Marquette County", "Woodlands West, Lisgar", "Woodlands Municipality, Selkirk" and "Sub-District 18, MacDonald" are all more or less the same place? William and Clementina were there from 1881.

What is the definition of a Foster-Child in Scotland?

A foster child is a child who lives with and is brought up by someone other than its parents or a relative, but is not formally or legally adopted by them. In some cases fostering is short-term, and in others it may be a permanent arrangement.

Is it anything like the US version?

I have no idea because I don't know what the 'US version' is