| Name |
Isaac LANGFORD |
| Birth |
11 Jan 1851 |
Chatteris, Cambs  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
 Census |
30 Mar 1851 |
Doddington, Cambs |
| NWU workhouse, Doddington, age 2mths |
| Census |
7 Apr 1861 |
Stretham, Cambs [3] |
| Back Street, Stretham, age 10, ag lab |
| Census |
2 Apr 1871 |
Stretham, Cambs [4] |
| Gravel Road, Stretham, serv, age 20, farm servant (Sennitt) |
| Census |
3 Apr 1881 |
Stretham, Cambs [5] |
| High Street, Stretham, age 31, ag lab |
| Census |
5 Apr 1891 |
Stretham, Cambs [6] |
| 3 East Street, Stretham, age 41, labourer |
| Newspaper Report |
17 Jul 1896 |
Stretham, Cambs [7] |
ELY WEEKLY GUARDIAN: A BRUTAL FATHER. Isaac Langford, labourer, of Stretham, was charged with systematically illtreating and neglecting his little girl Kate, aged 6, on the 3rd to the 13th June and other days.
Inspector E Walker, of the NSPCC, instructed Mr H G S Ellis, barrister, of Cambridge, who stated the case as follows:- On this occasion the defendant came home the worse for drink, between 6 and 7, and the children, who had just finished their tea, were going to bed. For no reason whatever the defendant took off his strap, which had a buckle at the end, and beat the poor little thing with it, inflicting bruises and cuts on the back and thigh. The neighbours heard the child screaming, and crying out "O, don't, father" and the next morning, on examining the child, it was found that the buckle had cut two pieces out of its leg.
He called Lilian, aged 13 years, who said she had an older sister, aged 18, who was now in domestic service, and there was also Freeman aged 9, Kate aged 6 and Benny 5. The witness said her mother died last December. Her oldest sister had left the house because her father illtreated them so last February, and she cooked and kept the house going since then. Her father was often drunk, and on this occasion he was drunk, and beat Katie, who had nothing on but her chemise, with his strap, which had a buckle on. On the 26th March last they all ran away because their father said he would kill them. They actually walked to Ely to their aunt, who lives there, and afterwards went into the Workhouse for a few days. Their father came and fetched them out. On Monday her father threatened to lock her up if she came to Ely to speak against him. Only that morning she and her sister Katie could have had a ride to Ely, but their father made them walk.
Agnes Wolfe, married woman and neighbour, said on the 18th she heard screams from little Kate, and heard her cry out "Don't, father" three times. She saw the child's back; it had three weals on it, and two pieces cut out of the thigh. Defendant was drunk that night, and was often so. The house was in a filthy state, and often there was not sufficient to eat. She had often given the children food.
Millicent Parson, another neighbour, corroborated, and said on the 15th inst. she examined Katie and found her covered with vermin, bruises on her body, and two cuts on the thigh. She had supplied the children with both food and clothing. The doctor had made an order for 2s a week to clean the house, but no one would do it. Clara Sadler also corroborated.
PC Fuller said on speaking to the defendant about it, he said the witness had no right to enter the house; they were his children and he would do what he liked with them.
Defendant said the witness had not spoke the truth; he denied the charges. The policeman and the witnesses all had their "knives" in him, and now they thought they had a chance.
The Chairman described the defendant's conduct as most brutal and heartless, and sentenced him to six weeks' hard labour.
This is the first case in this vicinity brought by the NSPCC. |
| Newspaper Report |
28 Oct 1898 |
Stretham, Cambs [7] |
| ELY GAZETTE: STRETHAM: A CHILD DESERTER SENT TO PRISON. Isaac Langford, labourer, Stretham, was charged on remand before the Ely bench yesterday with running away and leaving his three children to become chargeable to the Ely Union. Prisoner pleaded that he left them in the care of his sister. Mr H B Hamlyn, relieving officer, said the children were taken into the Union on September 23rd and had been there since. Rose Ann Warren (sic), sister of the prisoner, said she lived at Ely. Defendant, when he went away two years ago, brought the children to her and said he would give her 5s a week during the harvest time and less in the winter. He had only sent her 7s 6d the whole time and she found she was not able to keep the children. If he had sent her a little each week she would have kept them. Supt. Bythorne said prisoner had been convicted in 1896 for ill-treating his children. He was sent to prison for two months' hard labour |
| Newspaper Report |
28 Oct 1898 |
Stretham, Cambs [7] |
ELY WEEKLY GUARDIAN: NEGLECT OF CHILDREN. Isaac Langford, late of Stretham, was charged with neglecting his three children, who had thereby become chargeable to the Ely Union.
Henry Baker Hamlyn, relieving officer, gave evidence to the effect that the children were still chargeable.
Rose Vaughan, sister of the defendant, said he brought his children, and she promised to keep them during harvest time and winter if he paid her 7s 6d a week. The defendant said he would send the money, but not receiving any she had the children put in the Union.
The Chairman pointed out that defendant had been before the Court in 1896 for illtreating his children, and, so far as his memory served him, it was a very bad case. The defendant would be sent to gaol for two months. |
| Census |
31 Mar 1901 |
Chattteris, Cambs |
| Old Hoops PH, High Street, Chatteris, boarder, age 51 |
| Census |
2 Apr 1911 |
Doddington, Cambs [8] |
| NWU workhouse,Doddington, inmate, age 62, married, general labourer |
| Census |
19 Jun 1921 |
Chatteris, Cambs [9] |
| 104 High Street, Chatteris, lodger, age 70, labourer general, out of work |
| Death |
31 Mar 1922 |
Doddington, Cambs [10, 11] |
| Person ID |
I57 |
Freeman-Culpin | Langford descendants, Quince Descendants, Smith descendants |
| Last Modified |
2 Oct 2022 |
| Father |
John Freeman LANGFORD, b. 1817, Stretham, Cambs d. 24 Nov 1882, Stretham, Cambs (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Charlotte BIGLEY, b. 22 Oct 1819, Chatteris, Cambs d. 02 Sep 1885, Stretham, Cambs (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Aug 1849 |
St Peter & St Paul, Chatteris, Cambs [12, 13, 14] |
- Details: John (x) Langford, both of full age, bac, labourer, Chatteris, son of Benjamin Langford, labourer AND Charlotte (x) Bigley, sp, Chatteris, dau of John Bigley, labourer. Wit: Joseph (x) Bigley.
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| Family ID |
F49 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Emma QUINCE, b. 1854, Doddington, Cambs d. 05 Dec 1895, Stretham, Cambs (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Nov 1873 |
St James, Stretham, Cambs [15, 16, 17] |
| Children |
| + | 1. John LANGFORD, b. 15 Mar 1876, Calver, Derbys d. 11 Dec 1920, Stretham, Cambs (Age 44 years) |
| + | 2. Ellen LANGFORD, b. 8 Jan 1878, Stretham, Cambs d. 18 Jan 1922, Nottingham, Notts (Age 44 years) |
| | 3. William LANGFORD, b. 11 Feb 1879, Chatteris, Cambs d. 10 May 1973, Cambridge, Cambs (Age 94 years) |
| | 4. Freeman LANGFORD, b. 3 Aug 1881, Stretham, Cambs d. 10 Jan 1886, Sheffield, Yorks (Age 4 years) |
| + | 5. Lilian LANGFORD, b. 12 Jun 1883, Stretham, Cambs d. 14 Dec 1952, Nottingham, Notts (Age 69 years) |
| | 6. Kate LANGFORD, b. 7 Mar 1885, Haddenham, Cambs d. 17 Jan 1886, Sheffield, Yorks (Age 0 years) |
| + | 7. Freeman LANGFORD, b. 09 Dec 1887, Chatteris, Cambs d. Sep 1971, Ashton under Lyne, Lancs (Age 83 years) |
| | 8. Benjamin LANGFORD, b. 09 Dec 1887, Chatteris, Cambs d. 09 Jan 1889, Stretham, Cambs (Age 1 year) |
| + | 9. Kate LANGFORD, b. 29 Sep 1889, Stretham, Cambs d. 20 Feb 1988, Biggleswade, Beds (Age 98 years) |
| | 10. Benjamin LANGFORD, b. 04 Jun 1891, Stretham, Cambs d. 31 Oct 1914, France & Flanders (Age 23 years) |
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| Family ID |
F28 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
15 Apr 2017 |
1851 - 1922 (71 years)