Birdie was born in 1900, the 5th of 13 children to John Acrige Livingston Jr and Nancy Rebecca Towns. Her siblings were: Everett Frederick, Ida Belle, Nathaniel Aniel, May, Bettie Viola, Clara Mae, Mathew Daniel, Honor Zell, Lavada, Nellie Myrtle, Lessie J, and Johnnie A.
Fact: Residence (1910) Militia District 1885, Telfair, GeorgiaShe married about 1915 to Marion Benson Stearman Sr, son of Alfred quincy Stearman and Mary Ellen Morris. She was about 15 years old. They had at least 8 children together:
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLLX-L83 : accessed 31 August 2020), Birdie Livingston in household of John A Livingston, Militia District 1885, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 4B, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 212; FHL microfilm 1,374,225.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3ZS8-ST2 : accessed 31 August 2020), Biddie T Steerman in household of M B Steerman, Sunshine, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 1B, line 86, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 386; FHL microfilm 2,340,121.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K72J-GMQ : 1 June 2020), Bertie Stearman in household of Mairon R Stearman, Ward 2, Macon, Militia District 716, Bibb, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-75, sheet 14B, line 49, family 341, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 640.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV99-MC4Z : 10 December 2017), Birdie Livingston in entry for John Richard Crouch and Mary Ellen Wright, 02 Mar 1955; citing Hendricks, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007578336.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VST2-QZ6 : 21 August 2020), Birdie Stearman, Mar 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V49B-8VV : 24 December 2014), Birdie T Stearman, 24 Mar 1983; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Bibb, Georgia, certificate number 009987, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRC-34XY : accessed 31 August 2020), Thelma Birdie Livingston Stearman in entry for Mrs Thema Elizabeth Langston, Georgia, United States, 20 Sep 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Waycross Journal Herald, born-digital text.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 August 2020), memorial page for Birdie Thelma Livingston Stearman (19 Oct 1900–24 Mar 1983), Find a Grave Memorial no. 89330490, citing Glen Haven Memorial Garden, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by RobMinteer57 (contributor 47389024).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Birdie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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