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Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features George Le Roy Livingston and two of his descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. George Le Roy Livingston,1 born 20 August 1848 in Claverack, Columbia County, New York (parents not determined).1, 2 George married, 28 January 1874, Louisa Pamela Heartt10 (born 17 April 1852 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, the daughter of Charles S. Heartt and Louisa Pamelia Westcott;3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Louisa died 19359). Their marriage ended in divorce in ca. 1878.11 Louisa is buried in Central Cemetery, Brookfield Center, Fairfield County, Connecticut.9

The details leading to Louisa’s divorce from George are provided in an article in The Sun, New York:11

DIVORCE QUICKLY GIVEN.

AN HEIRESS OBTAINING SEPARATION FROM HER HUSBAND.

The Sequel to that Unhappy Scandal in Troy—Mrs. George Leroy Livingston’s Sad Story—A Sudden Discovery and an Elopement.

George Leroy Livingston was six or eight years ago a fast young man about town. His mother, Mrs. John Fowler, Jr., of New Rochelle, gave him money until it was plain that he was wasting it in dissipation and extravagance, and then she ceased. He was a member of the Seventh Regiment, and of numerous social clubs. His marriage with the daughter of one of Troy’s richest men, Miss Heartt, created much comment at the time from the reason that it was said that he did so solely because she had money. Her friends opposed the match, but she persisted, and they were wedded at a time when he had scarcely a dollar in his pocket. She helped him to pay the clergyman his fee and defrayed the expenses of the bridal tour to Europe. The $60,000 that had been left to her by her mother she put in his hands, and he wasted it. Her father died soon after the wedding, and she was the heir to his $300,000. This Livingston also began to squander, and her friends say that she was often obliged to borrow small sums of money to pay the expenses of the household, so closely did he draw upon her income. The capital he rapidly diminished, yet Mrs. Livingston continued to live in excellent style, keeping up appearances in the family mansion as was the custom in her parents’ lifetime, and spending the summer at places of popular resort at the seaside. Her horses and carriages were driven as usual, and she gave entertainments the same as before.

Livingston made in Troy the acquaintance of Mr. John Gale’s daughter and was particularly attracted by Miss Mary, who, like Livingston’s wife, was heiress to a fortune. She was not a wild girl, but having grown up apart from the restraining influences of a mother, had developed a tendency to flirt, which Livingston very soon discovered. They were very much together and she became infatuated with the dashing young husband of her former friend, Miss Heartt. The intimacy ripened into love, and the tongue of scandal began to fill the town with stories. It was said that he was after Miss Gale’s money that he might squander it as he had his wife’s. For a time Miss Gale continued to visit at Mrs. Livingston’s house, and the two families were on most intimate terms. This gave the gossips yet more cause for comment.

About the middle of April Livingston began to abuse his wife, and Mrs. Livingston made accusations against him which he did not attempt to deny. The trouble was over his attentions to Miss Gale, and he drove his wife, who had heretofore believed that he cared for her, almost crazy by admitting that he loved another. She did not hesitate, but dispatching a servant for Miss Gale, confronted that young woman as she entered the Livingston mansion with the exclamation, “My husband says he loves you!” Miss Gale could only reply that she herself believed he did.

“Then leave my house and leave the town both of you,” was Mrs. Livingston’s exclamation, and she gave her husband money with which to carry out her directions. It is said in Troy that she packed his trunk with her own hands, and then ordered it sent to the depot. Then she went to Mr. Gale’s house and told him all that had been revealed to her. Mr. Gale hurried home to find that his daughter had gone. She had taken the family diamond and wearing apparel and other valuables, and had fled, and, meeting Livingston at the depot, had taken the train for Poughkeepsie. As she was of age she was out of her father’s control. Mr. Gale’s brother, who acted for him, knew of no expedient to force her to return except to have her arrested on charge of stealing the diamonds, and detectives were accordingly employed to arrest her if she would not return to her home voluntarily. Poughkeepsie, however, was overlooked, and it was not until a day or two later, when the runaway pair arrived in the Grand Central depot, that they were arrested.

Miss Gale was compelled to retrace her steps, under threats that the charge of theft should be pressed. Livingston, it is supposed, is still in this city. He was advised not to return to Troy, or he would receive a coat of tar and feathers, and this advice he has apparently followed.

Mrs. Livingston immediately instituted divorce proceedings on the ground of her husband’s adultery. Her petition briefly narrated the circumstances of his intimacy with Miss Gale, his confessions to her. His flight to Poughkeepsie was so known that no defense could be made, and Mrs. Livingston has been declared free from the unfortunate matrimonial alliance. She has already had her cards engraved with her maiden name, Miss Louise Heartt. The custody of her children is awarded to her, and she lives alone in the Troy house. The Gale family have sailed for Europe.


Children of George Le Roy Livingston and Louisa Pamela Heartt:

+2i. Charles Edward Heartt Foley (born Charles Edward Livingston), born 12 January 1875 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died 3 October 1956 in Manila, Philippines. Married (1) Carolyn Buckbee Utley Married (2) Hattie Florence Burton Married (3) Marie A. Palmer.
+3ii. Harold Heartt Foley (born Harold Livingston), born 21 January 1878 in New York, New York; died 25 July 1923 in Paris, France. Married Elizabeth Schell Cragin.

  1. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 39525, 19 May 1874 in Rensselaer County, New York, George Le Roy Livingston, born: 20 August 1848 in Claverac [sic, Claverack], New York; accompanied by his wife [who is not named on the application].
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Westchester County, New Rochelle, Page 71, family of John Fowler, Jr. (43, New York, lawyer); Margaret Fowler (38, New York); John F. Fowler (16, New York); Anna L. C. Fowler (14, New York); Ellen S. Fowler (7, New York); Geo. LeRoy Livingston (21, New York); plus four domestic workers.
  3. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 19957, 22 January 1895 in New York City, New York, Louisa P. W. Heartt Foley, born: 17 April 1852 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. The application also names three of her children and their birth dates and places: Harold Heartt Foley, born: 21 January 1878 in New York City, New York; Elizabeth Louise Foley, born: 23 June 1880 in Seabright, New Jersey; and Dorothea Foley, born: 16 October 1884 in New York City, New York.
  4. New York State Census, 1855, Rensselaer County, Troy, Page 81, family of Jonas C. Heart (61, Ren. Co., merchant); wife Catherine Heart (61, Queen Co.); daughter Mary W. Heart (39, Ren. Co.); son Chas S. Heart (32, Ren. Co., widow, merchant); son Jonas H. Heart (23, Ren. Co.); father Philip Heart (86, Conn., widow); granddaughter Louisa P. Heart (3, Ren. Co.); plus five servants, all from Ireland).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Rensselaer County, Troy, Page No. 115 and 116, family of Jonas C. Heartt (64, New York, hard ware clerk); Catherine Heartt (64, New York); Charles Heartt (38, New York, hard ware clerk); Mary Heartt (40, New York); Louisa Heartt (8, New York), Mary Collins (36, Ireland, servant); Ann Redden (37, Ireland, servant); Margaret Curren (22, Ireland); Kate Daley (17, Ireland); Jane Dickson (26, Ireland); Jonas S. Heartt (28, New York); Edward H. Shell (11, New York).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, New York County, Manhattan, E.D. 801, Sheet No. 1B, Louise P. Foley, 67, N.Y. State, widow, housewife.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New York, Richmond County, New Brighton-St. George, Louise Foley, 77, New York, widow, first married age 24; living next door: Dorothea Ward, 43, New York, widow, first married age 18, practitioner, Christian Science.
  8. Laws of the State of New York, Passed at the One Hundred and Second Session of the Legislature. Albany, A. Bleecker Banks, Publisher, 1879. Available at Google Books. Name Changes, to take effect 9 June 1878: Louisa Pamelia Westcott Livingston to Louisa Pamelia Westcott Heartt; Charles Edward Livingston to Charles Edward Heartt; Harold Livingston to Harold Heartt.
  9. Find a Grave (website). Central Cemetery, Brookfield Center, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Louise Heartt Foley, born: 1849; died: 1935 (from record).
  10. Marriage, Troy Irish Genealogy Society (website: tigs.kamdesigns.com), Troy Newspaper Project, The Troy Daily Whig, Marriage Records, 1869-1878, 29 January, 1874, Louise P. Wescott Heartt, Troy, NY, and George LeRoy Livingston, New York, NY, married on 28 January 1874.
  11. Divorce, The Sun, New York. Available at Chronicling America (website: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov). 21 May 1878, Mrs. George Leroy Livingstone (nee Louise Heartt) divorce from her husband. The article provides a detailed account of George’s actions that prompted his wife to obtain a divorce.
Second Generation
2. Charles Edward Heartt Foley (born Charles Edward Livingston)2 (George1), born 12 January 1875 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 died 3 October 1956 in Manila, Philippines.3 Charles married, first, 14 January 1897 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, Carolyn Buckbee Utley8, 9 (born ca. 1875 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, the daughter of Albert U. Utley and Magdalen Wedley8). Charles married, second, 14 May 1908 in Manila, Philippines, Hattie Florence Burton11 (born 9 February 1879 in New York, parents not determined6, 10). Charles married, third, ca. July 1922 in St. Martin, London, England, Marie A. Palmer20 (born 14 March 1876 in New York, New York, the daughter of Theodore Johnson Palmer and Mary Christina Earle;4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Marie died 5 November 1974 in Cobalt, Middlesex County, Connecticut14). Charles is buried in Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey.3 Marie is buried in Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey.14

The wedding announcement between Charles and his second wife Florence Burton-Holden provides insight into his life in the Philippines:11

Wedding.

HEARTT-HOLDEN.

Word reached Brooklyn this morning of the romantic marriage of a Brooklyn girl out in the Philippines. The man who has carried off a bride from this borough is a captain of the Philippine Constabulary and a deputy governor. Not long ago he scored a remarkable record in capturing a noted outlaw. His bride, after an exciting wooing, finally made up her mind that she did not want to wed him and live in the Far East. But after he had returned to the Philippines the Brooklyn girl took a new view of it and followed him.

Miss Florence Burton that was, of recent years Mrs. Florence Burton-Holden, is the Brooklyn girl wedded so romantically. The Philippine officer is Captain Charles Edward Livingston Heartt. Mrs. Burton-Holden is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington Burton, who for seven years now have made their home at the Hotel St. George and are well-known old Brooklynites. They are related to the famous Burton on the Thames, England.

The ceremony took place at 9 o’clock on the evening of May 14, and was solemnized at the residence of Captain and Mrs. Ralph W. Jones, 397 Nozaieda, Manila. The Rev. Mr. Hillis of the First Presbyterian Church, Manila, officiated. There were only a few guests, and the wedding was altogether a quiet affair. Mrs. Jones served as matron of honor; Lieutenant James L. Wood of the Constabulary was best man, and Captain Jones gave the bride away. A wedding supper followed.

Mrs. Burton-Holden wore a frock of pale pink crepe de chine trimmed with duchesse lace. The wedding had a distinctive military touch, both the bride-groom and his best man being in uniform. The Lohengrin and the Mendelsohn wedding marches were played.

Captain and Mrs. Heartt are to make their home in Cotabato, Island of Mindanao. Captain Heartt is deputy governor of Depeatau, Mindanao.

The bride is an expert rifle shot and horsewoman. Her engagement to Captain Heartt was announced in November of last year, when the young Philippine officer was in New York on leave. The wedding had been arranged when the bride decided the East was to far away from her friends and family. The engagement was thereupon broken, and the captain went back to his station. But the bride that was to have been was not satisfied. She “felt the East a-callin’” and the charms of the brave soldier boy were too strong to be withstood. This sprint with her five-year-old boy, she followed the captain and the wedding of six weeks ago is the latest chapter of the romance.


3. Harold Heartt Foley (born Harold Livingston)2 (George1), born 21 January 1878 in New York, New York;7, 21 died 25 July 1923 in Paris, France.22 Harold married, 20 September 1906 in Malta, Elizabeth Schell Cragin25 (born June 1882 in New York, the daughter of Samuel Cragin and Catherine Elizabeth ‘Kate’ Schell23, 24).

  1. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 19203, issued 13 January 1897, Charles E. H. Foley, born: 14 January 1875 [sic, several other credible records indicate he was born on the 12th] in Troy, New York; residing in Hackensack, N.J.
  2. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 110162 issued 9 May 1922, Charles Edward Livingston, born: 12 January 1878 in Troy, New York; father: George Le Roy Livingston, born in New York, New York, deceased.
  3. Find a Grave (website). Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, Charles Edward Livingston, born: 12 January 1875 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died: 3 October 1956 in Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines (from record, which includes a note with information from the US passport application and Veterans Administration Master Index; and naming his parents, George Livingston and Louise Heartt; and provides the name and link for his [third] wife Mabel Palmer Livingston).
  4. New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, S.S. President Roosevelt, arriving from Southampton, 20 July 1922 at Port of New York, 28 July 1922, Charles E. Livington, 46, born: 12 January 1976 in Troy, N.Y.; Marie Palmer Livingston, 46, born: 14 March 1876 in New York, N.Y.
  5. New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957, MV Japanese Prince, Singapore, 19 March 1929, arriving at Port of New York, 25 March 1929, Charles Edward Livingston, age 51 years 3 months, born: 12 January 1878 in New York City; Marie Palmer Livingston, age 53, born: 14 March 1876.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, New York County, New York City, E.D.1210, Sheet No. 5B, Charles Livingston, 35, New York, coachman, private family; wife of 13 years [sic, they were married in 1908 so only 2 years; the years married here may reflect their previous marriages), 37, New York, 2 children, 1 living; son Albert M. Livingston, 5, New York; plus two lodgers.
  7. Laws of the State of New York, Passed at the One Hundred and Second Session of the Legislature. Albany, A. Bleecker Banks, Publisher, 1879. Available at Google Books. Name Changes, to take effect 9 June 1878: Louisa Pamelia Westcott Livingston to Louisa Pamelia Westcott Heartt; Charles Edward Livingston to Charles Edward Heartt; Harold Livingston to Harold Heartt.
  8. New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940, Charles Foley, 22, born in Troy, single; father: John A. Foley [sic, this is his step-father]; mother: Louise Heartt; Caroline Uttley, 22, born in Watertown, N.Y., single; father: Albert U. Uttley; mother: Magdalene Uttley; married on 14 January 1897 in Manhattan, New York, New York.
  9. Marriage, Watertown Re-Union, Watertown, New York, 14 April 1897, Carolyn Buckbee Utley, New York, to Charles Edward Heartt Foley, Hackensack, NJ, on Thursday, 14 January 1897 at Calvary church by Rev. J. Lewis Parks, S.T.D.
  10. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 21458, issued 12 June 1918, Hattie Florence Burton Livingston, born: 9 February 1879 in Brooklyn, New York; husband: Charles Edwin Livingston, born in New York, deceased [sic, he was still living at the time; more likely they were separated or divorced when this application was made].
  11. Wedding Announcement, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York (available at newspapers.com), 8 July 1908, long article announcing the wedding of Charles Edward Livingston Heartt to Mrs. Florence Burton-Holden on 14 May 1908 in Manila, Philippines.
  12. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 11702, 2 April 1918, Marie Palmer Gardner (widow), born: 14 March 1876 in New York, N.Y.; father: Theodore J. Palmer, born in Middletown, Conn.; husband [not named in this application] born in Jersey City, N.J., died: New York State, 1912.
  13. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 179477, issued 26 May 1922, Marie Palmer Gardner (widow), born: 14 March 1876 in New York, N.Y.; husband: Edward W. Gardner, born in Jersey City, deceased, Orange, N.J., Feb. 1910 [sic, Edward actually died on 11 December 1913 in Twilight Park, New York, as shown in his obituary and related newspaper articles. Marie may have mistaken Edward’s death with that of his father in February 1911.]
  14. Find a Grave (website). Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, Marie Palmer Livingston, born: 14 March 1876 in Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey; died: 5 November 1974 in Cobalt, Middlesex County, Connecticut (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, siblings and husband).
  15. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New Jersey, Bergen County, Hackensack, E.D. 29, Sheet No. 11B, Theodore J. Palmer, 56, Connecticut, Dec. 1843, manfr. furniture; wife of 30 years Mary B. Palmer, 52, New Jersey, May 1848, 4 children, 3 living; daughter Christine Palmer, 26, New Jersey, July 1873; daughter Marie Palmer, 24, New York, Mar. 1876; son Embury Palmer, 20, New Jersey, Aug. 1879, salesman, furniture; plus two servants.
  16. New Jersey State Census, 1905, Essex County, Orange, E.D. Fourth, Sheet No. 3A, Edward W. Gardener, 29, New Jersey, Dec. 1875, physician; Mary P. Gardener, 29, New York, Mar. 1876; Ireine Thompson, 20, Norway, Mar. 1885, servant.
  17. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New Jersey, Bergen County, Hackensack, E.D. 39, Sheet No. 13A, Theodore Palmer, 66, Connecticut, mfg. furniture; wife of 40 years Mary E. Palmer, 62, New Jersey, 4 children, 3 living; daughter Christine B. Palmer, 37, New Jersey; daughter Marie Gardner, 34, New York, married for 10 years, 1 child, 1 living; grandson Edward T. Gardner, 3, New Jersey; plus two servants.
  18. New Jersey State Census, 1915, Bergen County, Hackensack, E.D. Fourth Ward, Sheet No. Two B, Theodore J. Palmer, 71, 12 Sept. 1843, New Jersey [sic], manufacturer; Mary E. Palmer, 66, 9 June 1848, New Jersey; Christine Palmer, 42, 7 Aug. 1872, New Jersey; Marie P. Gardner, 39, 20 Sept. 1875, New York, widow; Edward Theo. Gardner, 8, 8 June 1907, New Jersey.
  19. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New Jersey, Bergen County, Hackensack, E.D. 81, Sheet No. 1A, Theodore J. Palmer, 76, Connecticut, manufacturer, factory; wife Mary C. Palmer, 72, New Jersey; daughter Christine B. Palmer, 46, New Jersey; daughter Marie P. Gardner, 43, New York, widow; grandson Theodore Gardner, 12, New Jersey; plus two servants.
  20. Marriage, England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Marie P. Gardner and Charles E. Livingston, Jul-Aug-Sep 1922 in St. Martin, London, England.
  21. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 19957, 22 January 1895 in New York City, New York, Louisa P. W. Heartt Foley, born: 17 April 1852 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. The application also names three of her children and their birth dates and places: Harold Heartt Foley, born: 21 January 1878 in New York City, New York; Elizabeth Louise Foley, born: 23 June 1880 in Seabright, New Jersey; and Dorothea Foley, born: 16 October 1884 in New York City, New York.
  22. Deaths, The New York Times, available at www.fultonhistory.com, 29 July 1923, Harold Heartt, formerly of Troy, New York, died 25 July 1923 in Paris [France], husband of Elizabeth Cragin Heartt.
  23. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, New York County, Manhattan, Enumeration District 105, Sheet No. 33B, family of Mary E. Shell (42, New York, Nov 1857); niece Florence A. Cragin (21, New York, Mar 1879); niece Jane H. Cragin (19, New York, June 1880); niece Elizabeth Cragin (18, New York, June 1882); friend May A. Ceyder [?] (no age given, Apr), servant Mary OConner (45, Ireland, Sept 1854); servant Maggie ODonnell (34, Ireland, June 1866); servant Bridget Sheehy (30, Ireland, Feb 1869); servant Briget Histor (28, Ireland, Sept 1871).
  24. New York State Census, 1905, New York County, Borough of Manhattan, Page 6B, family of Mary Schell (45); niece Elizabeth Cragin (23); servant Bridget Shey (38, Ireland); servant Helme Broman (25, Sweden).
  25. Marriage, The New York Times, 4 October 1906: The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Schell Cragin of 9 Washington Square North, youngest daughter of Samuel Cragin, to Harold Heartt took place at St. Paul’s Church, Malta, on Sept. 20, at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Miss Cragin was staying at the home of her sister, Mrs. D’Arcy H. Kay, in Malta. Her father gave her away, and she was attended by her sister, Mrs. Kay. Mr. Kay was Mr. Heartt’s best man.