Langdon

Miner’s First Name:   George
Miner’s Middle Name:   
Miner’s Last Name:   Langdon
Miner’s Picture:   
Birth Place of Miner:   Delabole, Cornwall, England
Miner’s Country:   England
Arrived in USA:   20 March, 1888

Miner Information:
Born in Pengelly, Delabole, Cornwall County, England. Father of 11 children. He worked in the Delabole Slate Quarry until disasters there claimed the lives of his father, brother and 2 nephews. He moved to Yorkshire, England, to work in the iron mines. Later, he emigrated to Wilkes-Barre, PA, at the age of 55 with two of his children and their families (Milfred Langdon and Phillipa Langdon Stephens), where he worked as a coal miner. He was killed in a mining accident at the age of 70 at the No.3 D & H Coal Mine.

Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   Wilkes-Barre, result of injuries sustained in accident at No. 3 D & H Mine,
Died:   24 June, 1903
Birth Date:   1833

Married:   Yes
Place Miner Was Married:   St. Austell, Cornwall, England

Wife’s Name:   Fanny
Wife’s Middle Name:   
Wife’s Last Name:   Powell
Birth Place of Wife:   St. Eval, Cornwall, England
Wife’s Country:   England
Arrived in USA:   26 March, 1888
Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:   Wilkes-Barre; of natural causes
Died:   8 May, 1891
Birth Date:   4 March, 1833

Number of Children:   11

Child Name 1:   John
Child’s Middle Name:   
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon
Birth Date:   1854

Child Name 2:   Robert
Child’s Middle Name:   
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon
Birth Date:   1855

Child Name 3:   James
Child’s Middle Name:   
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon
Birth Date:   1857

Child Name 4:   William
Child’s Middle Name:   Thomas
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon
Birth Date:   1857

Child Name 5:   Thomas
Child’s Middle Name:   
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon
Birth Date:   1860

Child Name 6:   Joseph
Child’s Middle Name:   
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon
Birth Date:   1861

Child Name 7:   Phillipa
Child’s Middle Name:   Ann
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon Stephens
Birth Date:   1863

Child Name 8:   Samuel
Child’s Middle Name:   
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon
Birth Date:   1863

Child Name 9:   Aaron
Child’s Middle Name:   
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon
Birth Date:   1867

Child Name 10:   Milfred
Child’s Middle Name:   
Child’s Last Name:   Langdon
Birth Date:   1869

Author’s Name:   Donald
Author’s Middle Name:   Jacob
Author’s Last Name:   Stephens
Relationship to Miner:   Great-great-grandson