Charani wrote> Does anyone have any brickwall families whose surnames begin with B? I can't believe none of you have brickwalls :)) Oh Charani, I'm sure most of us do, perhaps we're all sitting back patiently for our letter to come up. I live a frustratingly long way away and am such an impatient old sod, can I slip in under A for Ashbourne - pretty please? My brick wall is Thomas Langford who was baptised 26 June 1768 at Saint Oswald, Ashbourne. His parents were William Langford and Sarah Peach and his grandfather was John Langford who I believe was the founder of a Langford family dynasty of builders who were renowned builders over four generations. Some of their buildings still stand around Ashbourne to this day. My brickwall is that I desperately need to find out what happened to this Thomas Langford. I can't find any evidence of a marriage, of a death, or of anything to suggest that he remained in the area. I suspect that he could have been the same Thomas Langford that moved to Hollingworth in Cheshire where he worked as a husbandman and later married Mary Sidebottom at Mottram-in-Longdendale 1798. However my understanding of that occupation was that it was generally used to describe a tenant farmer with a permanent lease of as much as 30 or 40 acres of land and inferred that the farmer had been in the district for many years, perhaps even many generations; although I suspect that it could also be used to describe a simple farm hand. Either way it seems to be a long shot to claim that the two Thomas Langfords were the same person. If I could but find some evidence that Thomas of Ashbourne stayed in that area it would at least enable me to discount him as being the one who went to Cheshire. I would have thought that there would have been ample work within the family for him and little reason to move away from what seems to have been a very successful family business at Ashbourne. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. Don Sutherland, Melbourne, Australia

I realize this is a long shot and that there are a huge number of Langfords in Derbyshire but are you related to the Langfords in Higham, Belper and Chesterfield? I have Sarah Langford b c1831 in Higham, died 24 Jan 1861 in Hammersmith, Ripley. She married Thomas Frederick Wood Wilmott 12 Jun 1848, Crich Parish. Sarah's father was Joseph Langford b c1808 in Chesterfield, died 1877 in Belper. Mother Ellen Hardy b 1811, d 1847. Here's hoping there is a connection. Noreen Victoria, Canada On 2013-03-11, at 6:16 PM, Don Sutherland wrote: > Charani wrote> Does anyone have any brickwall families whose surnames begin > with B? I can't believe none of you have brickwalls :)) > > > Oh Charani, I'm sure most of us do, perhaps we're all sitting back patiently > for our letter to come up. I live a frustratingly long way away and am such > an impatient old sod, can I slip in under A for Ashbourne - pretty please? > > My brick wall is Thomas Langford who was baptised 26 June 1768 at Saint > Oswald, Ashbourne. His parents were William Langford and Sarah Peach and his > grandfather was John Langford who I believe was the founder of a Langford > family dynasty of builders who were renowned builders over four generations. > Some of their buildings still stand around Ashbourne to this day. My > brickwall is that I desperately need to find out what happened to this > Thomas Langford. I can't find any evidence of a marriage, of a death, or of > anything to suggest that he remained in the area. I suspect that he could > have been the same Thomas Langford that moved to Hollingworth in Cheshire > where he worked as a husbandman and later married Mary Sidebottom at > Mottram-in-Longdendale 1798. However my understanding of that occupation was > that it was generally used to describe a tenant farmer with a permanent > lease of as much as 30 or 40 acres of land and inferred that the farmer had > been in the district for many years, perhaps even many generations; although > I suspect that it could also be used to describe a simple farm hand. > > Either way it seems to be a long shot to claim that the two Thomas Langfords > were the same person. If I could but find some evidence that Thomas of > Ashbourne stayed in that area it would at least enable me to discount him as > being the one who went to Cheshire. I would have thought that there would > have been ample work within the family for him and little reason to move > away from what seems to have been a very successful family business at > Ashbourne. > > Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. > > Don Sutherland, > Melbourne, Australia > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message