Eli Langdon
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Eli Langdon (1850 - 1928)

Eli Langdon
Born in Merritt's Harbour, Newfoundland Colonymap
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 77 in Norris Arm, Dominion of Newfoundlandmap
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[Category: Twillingate District, Newfoundland]]

Contents

Biography

Birth

Name Eli Langdon
Event Type Birth
Event Date 29 Apr 1850
Event Place Merritt's Harbour, Twillingate, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Father's Name Robert Langdon
Mother's Name Lydia[1]

(see Notes regarding some confusion about parentage)

Marriage

Name Eli Langdown
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 31 Oct 1874
Event Place Twillingate, Twillingate, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Priscilla Rice
Spouse's Gender Female[2]

Both of Little Harbour, his profession fisherman. W. Stephen Langdown (brother Stephen?), Elizabeth Pardy.

Residence 1921

Census of Twillingate. In household:
Eli Langdon Head M 70 Twillingate
Pricilla Langdon Wife F 67 Little Bay Islands
Annie Langdon Daughter F 17 Norris Arm
Ralph Langdon Adopted son M 8 Norris Arm
Val Langdon Adopted son M 0 Norris Arm[3]
Garland Langdon Son M 24 Twillingate
Lena Langdon Daughter-in-law F 23 Triton
Dorothy Langdon Granddaughter F 0 Norris Arm[4]

Death

Name Eli Langdon
Event Type Death
Event Date 09 Feb 1928
Event Place Norris Arm, Newfoundland
Gender Male
Age 78
Birth Year (Estimated) 1850[5]

Cause of death: Paralysis Profession: Retired Labourer

Notes

It's not clear who Eli's parents are. I could find only two birth records for an Eli Langdon in Newfoundland in the years 1835-1855: Henry Langdon m. Lydia (child Eli b. 1846); and a Robert Langdon m. Lydia (child Eli b. 1850); all of Merritts Harbour. No record for an Eli son of David and Lydia. (There are no further records of any sort for the couples, Henry and Lydia, and Robert and Lydia. )

It's tempting to assume all these people represent the same couple, and that Eli is the younger one on record. It was common to name a subsequent child after an earlier one, when the first baby died. But this implies a several independent errors in writing down the father's name. It's just as likely that these are related couples. Even relatively uncommon names like Lydia were often locally very common.

Most sources (including Barry Hicks, pers comm) seem to assume that the Eli Langdon (, b ca 1850, m. Priscilla Rice) is in fact the child of David and Lydia. They don't offer any reasoning for this, but I will provisionally follow this tradition.Foley-1031 17:47, 27 September 2015 (EDT)


Sources

  1. "Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Y-MQW7 : accessed 27 September 2015), Eli Langdon, 29 Apr 1850; citing Birth, Merritt's Harbour, Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
  2. "Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-1P8G : accessed 27 September 2015), Eli Langdown and Priscilla Rice, 31 Oct 1874; citing Marriage, Twillingate, Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's.
  3. "Newfoundland Census, 1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-TXZY : accessed 27 September 2015), Eli Langdon, Norris Arm, Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada; citing p. 530, household ID 22, line 1, Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,166,637.
  4. "Newfoundland Census, 1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-TX8S : 19 July 2016), Garland Langdon, Norris Arm, Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada; citing p. 530, household ID 23, line 6, Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,166,637.
  5. "Newfoundland, Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQF-CNZ4 : accessed 27 September 2015), Eli Langdon, 1928.

Acknowledgments

Information provided by Barry Hicks, Descendants of Charles Langdon, pers. email. Foley-1031 15:46, 27 September 2015 (EDT)





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