Langdon
Miner’s First Name: George
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Miner’s Last Name: Langdon
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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