Main Street (High Street), Yaxley

Corporal James Langford b 1875, Boer War watch

1871 High Street, unnumbered

Segrave Langford, 79, labourer, b Ellington

William, 39, ag lab, b Yaxley

Sarah A, 27, b Yaxley

William S, 10, b Yaxley

Elizabeth Tabor, grand daughter in law, 8, b Yaxley

Thomas Langford, grandson, 7, b Yaxley

Catherine Langford, granddaughter, 3, b Yaxley

Nathaniel Langford, grandson, 2, b Yaxley

James Langford, grandson, 9 mos, b Yaxley

The youngest James Langford died in 1871 but the family went on to have further children and another James was born in 1875.

1881 High Street, unnumbered

William Langford, 42, no occupation

Sarah A

William, 20, ag lab, b Yaxley

Thomas, 17, ag lab, b Yaxley

Nathaniel, 12, ag lab, b Yaxley

Francis, 8, b Yaxley

Charles, 7, b Yaxley

Horace, 2, b Yaxley

James, 5, b Yaxley

In 1891 James was lodging in Wimblington. For further details about his life and his service in South Africa during the Boer War follow this link.

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