Monument to William and Emily Langley, Bray Parish Cemetery, Holyport, Berkshire, England
"In loving memory of William Langley 1874 - 1939 also his wife Emily Langley 1876 - 1958
Sweethearts Re-united."
William Langley was born in Fifield Berkshire in 1874 to John Langley, a farm labourer and Eliza Goom. William continued the family occupation of farm labourer throughout his life. William first appears on the 1881 Census aged seven living in Fifield with his parents and elder siblings, John, May Jane and Louisa. William's father was working as a farm hand at Stroud Farm in Holyport, Berkshire. In 1890 William's mother Eliza passed away. A year later the recently widowed John is still living and working in Fifield. William is also living with his father, however his occupation is listed as a shoemaker. It seems that William was working with his elder brother John, also a shoemaker.
In 1901 William is still living with his father in Fifield, but he has returned to farm work.
In 1902 William married Emily Harris. By 1911 they had two children, Gladys aged 7 and William aged just one year. Living with them at the time was the 85 year old widowed John Langley.
John Langley was to pass away in 1914
Emily Langley was born Emily Harris in Navestock Essex. Unfortunately I am not able to trace Emily's birth parents. On the 1881 Census she can be found living with her grandparents George and Mary Ann Harris and her uncle Cornell Harris. She continued to live with her grandparents until her marriage to William Langley.
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