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Mary MOFFAT 1821–1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 April 1821

Birth Location: Griquatown, Cape Colony, South Africa

Death Date: 27 April 1862

Death Location: Chapanga Cemetry, Chinde, Zambezia, Mozambique

Father: Robert MOFFAT

Mother: Mary SMITH

Spouse(s): David Dr

Children(s): Agnes Livingstone, Anna Livingstone, Elizabeth Livingstone, Robert Livingstone, Thomas Livingstone, William Livingstone

In 1821, Mary MOFFAT entered the world in Griquatown, Cape Colony, South Africa, born to Robert Moffat And Mary Gray Smith. Mary MOFFAT married David Livingstone Dr, and had children including Agnes L Livingstone, Anna Mary Livingstone, Elizabeth Pyne Livingstone, Robert Moffat Livingstone, Thomas Steele Livingstone, William Oswell Livingstone. Mary MOFFAT passed away in 1862 in Chapanga Cemetry, Chinde, Zambezia, Mozambique.

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Biography

  • In 1821, Mary MOFFAT entered the world in Griquatown, Cape Colony, South Africa, born to Robert Moffat And Mary Gray Smith.
  • Mary MOFFAT married David Livingstone Dr, and had children including Agnes L Livingstone, Anna Mary Livingstone, Elizabeth Pyne Livingstone, Robert Moffat Livingstone, Thomas Steele Livingstone, William Oswell Livingstone.
  • Mary MOFFAT passed away in 1862 in Chapanga Cemetry, Chinde, Zambezia, Mozambique.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary MOFFAT's Ancestors

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Mary MOFFAT
1821–1862
Birth Place: Griquatown, Cape Colony, South Africa
Parents
Robert MOFFAT
1795–1883
Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
Mary (Gray) SMITH
1795–1871
Plantation Farm, Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Robert MOFFAT
1768–1847
Ormiston, East Lothian
Ann GARDINER
1767–1854
Ormister, Haddinton, Scotland
James SMITH
1767–
York, Yorkshire, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Great-Grandparents
Alexander MOFFAT
1745–1821
Grizel NICOL
1736–1816
William GARDINER
1719–1803
Helen JOHNSTONE
1731–1802
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Moffat
1718–
Alison Fainton\Fenton\Renton
1711–

Mary MOFFAT's Descendants

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Mary MOFFAT (12 April 1821–27 April 1862) m. David (LIVINGSTONE) Dr (19 March 1813–1 May 1873)
  1. 1. Agnes (L) Livingstone 1847–1912
    1. 1. Agnes (B B) Bruce 1865–1957
    2. 2. Alexander (Livingstone) BRUCE 1881–1954
    3. 3. Annie (L) BRUCE 1886–
    4. 4. David (Livingstone) BRUCE 1877–1915
    5. 5. Mary (L) BRUCE 1880–1883
    6. 6. Robert Bruce 1868–
  2. 2. Anna (Mary) Livingstone 1858–1939
    1. 1. Hubert (Francis) Wilson 1884–
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Pyne) Livingstone 1850–1850
  4. 4. Robert (Moffat) Livingstone 1845–1864
  5. 5. Thomas (Steele) Livingstone 1849–1875
  6. 6. William (Oswell) Livingstone 1851–1889 m. Kate (J.) Anderson 1855–1935

Mary MOFFAT's Timeline

3 Records

1821
12 April 1821
Birth of Mary MOFFAT in Griquatown, Cape Colony, South Africa
Griquatown, Cape Colony, South Africa
1862
27 April 1862
Age 41
Death of Mary MOFFAT in Chupanga, Mozambique
Chupanga, Mozambique
1862
27 April 1862
Age 41
Burial of Mary MOFFAT in Chapanga Cemetry, Chinde, Zambezia, Mozambique
Chapanga Cemetry, Chinde, Zambezia, Mozambique

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 April 1821
    Event Place: Griquatown, Cape Colony, South Africa
    Record Source: Birth note, As to the year of Mary's birth, we can clearly deduce 1821 as her own gravestone (shown here: shows engraved that she "aged 41 years". If Mary died in 1862, 41 years earlier would make it 1821. As to the birthplace, an ancestral file found on geni.com ( along with many other sources show here being born in Griquatown, Cape Colony.Date of April 12th is given in Paul Bayly's biography/autobiography "David Livingstone, Africa's Greatest Explorer" in "Key Dates"

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 April 1862
    Event Place: Chupanga, Mozambique
    Record Source: Death note, The information can be found on her gravestone:

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 27 April 1862
    Event Place: Chapanga Cemetry, Chinde, Zambezia, Mozambique
    Record Source: Burial note, Mary Moffatt Livingstone was the daughter of the most famous Scottish Christian missionary and then married Someone Who Would Eclipse The Fame Of Her Father - David Livingstone.Six children, frequent long absences, sickness and unbelievable hardship was her lot in life. She died of malaria in Mozambique. She is buried in Chapanga, Mozambique.Google earth: 18° 1'46.76"S ; 35°36'42.48"E

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