The Langley Family Genealogy Report:Information about Susan Essam

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Susan Essam (b. 09 July 1851, d. November 1918)

Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire

Susan Essam (daughter of Edmund Essam and Sarah Frisby) was born 09 July 1851 in Thorpe Malsor, Northants., and died November 1918 in London. She married James Alfred Langley on 25 August 1874 in Lamport Church, Northants., son of William Langley and Elizabeth Barlow.

More About Susan Essam:
Burial: 16 November 1918, Willesden Cemetery, London.

More About Susan Essam and James Alfred Langley:
Marriage: 25 August 1874, Lamport Church, Northants..

Marriage Notes for Susan Essam and James Alfred Langley:
At the time of his marriage to Susan, James was listed as a Butcher In Scaldwell. She, a Servant at Lamport Hall. Those present were William Battams Walton & Hannah Crisp.
Note; There are several strange & perplexing things about this marriage & those associated with it. Least of all Susan's parents & James' choice (if he had one) of bride.
Details like; Wealthy land owner's son marry's labourer's daughter. Her father was still a labourer when Susan married some 20 years later.
Her mother cannot sign her name.
The Registrar at the birth of Susan was a guest Registrar, not the resident one at that time.

Children of Susan Essam and James Alfred Langley are:

+Kate Elizabeth Langley, b. 10 September 1876, Queen Charlottes Hospital, London, d. October 1969, Castle Hospital, Kaneohe, Honolulu, Hawaii.
+Charles James Langley, b. 1879, Queen Charlottes Hospital, London, d. 06 December 1958, Paddington General Hospital, London.
+Jessica Langley, b. 1880.
Ivy Langley, b. 1882.
+Vere Benjamin Langley, b. 1885.
+William Ernest Langley, b. 1887, London, d. July 1934, London.
Vere Binyoun Langley, b. 1891.
Florence Langley, b. 1893.