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[Mona Dee]

Hi suprlinda, welcome to the forum  ! And thank you for your help and interesting post.

[dmg]

Indeed welcome and a big thanks for your information.

I got a bit of a shock when I saw your location was Livingston;  there's a Livingston only about 20 miles from where I live!

[superval99]

Hi Suprlinda!    Welcome to AMIT - it's great to see you here!     

[Suprlinda]

Thanks for the greetings!     dmg, that is kind of funny about towns.  We have any number of towns and cities in this country which were originally named after ones in Europe, or people there, but my particular one was named after a railroad executive.  The railroad effectively started the town, so although there had been a name given to our spot on the map, it was changed in honor of him.

I'm glad you found the information interesting.  Knowing Mark's reticence about his family, it seems to take quite a bit of effort to dig out more than just the basics.

[dmg]

Thanks for the greetings!     dmg, that is kind of funny about towns.  We have any number of towns and cities in this country which were originally named after ones in Europe, or people there, but my particular one was named after a railroad executive.  The railroad effectively started the town, so although there had been a name given to our spot on the map, it was changed in honor of him.

I'm glad you found the information interesting.  Knowing Mark's reticence about his family, it seems to take quite a bit of effort to dig out more than just the basics.

Livingston, Scotland is actually a "new town" built in the 60s so you most certainly did not get the name from there.  Before the 60s it was just a baron wasteland, home to a few junkies - in fact, not much has changed!

[Fieneke2]

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