Lydya Langford
15 June 1757–
Chard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Lydya
When Lydya Langford was christened on 15 June 1757, in Chard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Langford, was 30 and her mother, Ann Balch, was 32.
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Family Time Line
Thomas Langford
1727–1772
Ann Balch
1725–
John Langford
1755–
Lydya Langford
1757–
Jane Langford
1759–
Richard Langford
1760–
Jenny Langford
1765–
Parents and Siblings
1727–1772Male
1725–Female
siblings
(5)
1755–Male
1757–Female
1759–Female
1760–Male
1765–Female
World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places named in Old English as ‘long ford’, from lang, long ‘long’ + ford ‘ford’, except for Langford in Nottinghamshire, which is named with an Old English personal name Landa or possibly land, here used in a specific sense such as ‘boundary’ or ‘district’, with the same second element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Lydya Langford, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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