Orlando Langley (1863?-1926)

  • Name:

  • Orlando Langley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

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1926, Standard Certificate of Death for Orlando Langley

  • Birth:

  • 1863 (cal)

  • Sutton Benger, Wiltshire1 2

  • Visited Parents:

  • 20 Jun 1920 (age 56-57)

  • Visit by daughter Maud

  •  

  • She took her son Horace with her

  • Death:

  • 17 Oct 1926 (age 63)

  • Chicago, Illinois3

  •  

  • Cause: suicide by cutting his throat

    Address: 2243 Warren Avenue

    Why he took his own life is not known. It must have come as a great shock to his wife Melinda who probably found him.

  • Burial:

  • 20 Oct 1926 (age 63)

  • Oak Hill Cemetery

  •  

  • Address: Cook, Chicago, Illinois

Marriage

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1901, 1901 Census for Household of Orlando Langley in Bristol, Gloucestershire

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1921, Entry in List of Alien Passengers to United States for Orlando and Melinda Langley

  • Spouse:

  • Melinda Willis (1863-1946)

  • Children:

  • Maud Rose E. Langley (1885-bef1930)

  • Marriage:

  • 6 May 1884 (age 21)

  • Parish Church of St Paul4 5

  •  

  • Address: Bath, Somerset

  • Census for household:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 38)

  • Bristol, Gloucestershire1

  •  

  • Address: Loxton House, Avondale Road

    The household consisted of Orlando, his wife Malinda, and their children Maud (age 16), Oliver (age 15), Stanley (age 12) and Reginald (age 6).

  • Travelled (family):

  • 26 Jul 1921 (age 57-58)

  • Southampton6

  •  

  • Address: 2209 Warren Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Sources

1.

1901 England, Wales & Scotland census, Loxton House, Avondale Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire, RG13/2391, Folio 53, Page 24, Schedule 128, head of household: Orlando Langley, National Archives.

2.

England and Wales Birth Registration Index, Orlando Langley, Q2 1863, Chippenham, Vol 5a Page 67, General Register Office.

3.

Death certificate of Orlando Langley, 11 October 1926, Pat Ward.

4.

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, Orlando Langley and Melinda Willis, Q2 1884, Bath, Vol 5c Page 1094, General Register Office.

5.

Parish Register for Marriage of Orlando Langley and Melinda Willis, St Paul, Bath, Somerset, 6 May 1884, Somerset Records Office.

6.

Passenger List: Orlando Langley and Melinda Langley, 26 July 1921, United States National Archives.