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I would like to pass on thanks from other members of my family who are also trying to track down Samson's movements!

Apologies for the delay - couldn't get back to this before. Maureen and Cassy, thank you! The entry in 1911 is almost certainly him! He was born in Shifnal in 1853 and had ( as far as I know) 9 children. In all other records he is an ironmonger - even on his death certificate, but I can believe traveller in cattle food! He was married in 1876.

I wonder if it could be him on the Baltic in 1914? He had long since abandoned his wife, Emily in Liverpool and maybe Mary was the replacement? His father's name was Samuel, so perhaps he used that name. Interesting that they were coming back from NY. Only 4 years later he was unemployed in Plymouth.

Thank you so much - this is opening up the mystery!

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Name: Saml Langley
Birth Date: abt 1852
Age: 62
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 11 Jul 1914
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Ship Name: Baltic
Search Ship Database: View the 'Baltic' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: White Star Line
Official Number: 118101

Cassy

EDIT

maybe not only with a wife Mary no children

Is this him in 1911??



1911 census transcription details for: Temperance Hotel Bradworthy

National Archive Reference:

RG14PN13480 RG78PN786 RD287 SD1 ED8 SN43


Reg. District: Holsworthy Sub District: Milton Damerel
Parish: Bradworthy Enum. District: 8
Address: Temperance Hotel Bradworthy
County: Devonshire
CORY, William Hayman Head Married M 57 1854 Working Butcher And Farmer And Temperance Hotel Clawton
CORY, Elizabeth Wife Married
28 years F 53 1858 Bradworthy
CORY, Emily Verna Daughter Single F 20 1891 Dairywork Bradworthy
CORY, Charles Hayman Son Single M 18 1893 Son Butching Bradworthy
CORY, Edith Mary Daughter Single F 15 1896 Assisting In Business Bradworthy
CORY, John Cann Son Single M 14 1897 Assisting In Business Bradworthy
CORY, Mildred Daughter F 12 1899 School Bradworthy
CORY, Wlizabeth Daughter F 11 1900 School Bradworthy
CORY, Arthur Stanley Son M 7 1904 School Bradworthy
LANGLEY, Sameon Boarder Married M 57 1854 Traveller Cattle Food Shifnal Salop
LANGLEY, Leslie Oliver Nephew Single M 17 1894 Assistant Butching Holsworthy


Maureen
Edit: Just looked at the actual image and Leslie Oliver is a CORY,not a LANGLEY.
It also says that Samson has been married 34 years,has had 10 children,8 of whom are living.

I was afraid the answer would be Ancestry, as I don't have a subscription - Findmypast either! Unfortunately, I don't know exactly, as there are 2 family stories I am trying to pin down.

Sometime after the 1891 census, my g.grandfather, Samson Langley uprooted his wife and children from Brighton and took them to Liverpool. One story says he abandoned them and decamped to Ireland with another woman, another says he went to South Africa. He doesn't appear on any census after 1891 (that I have been able to find).

However, we have recently found his death by suicide in Plymouth (confirmed ) in 1919. I am trying to fill in the gap. It's possible, of course that he went both to Ireland and South Africa. He seems to have been a wanderer. He was born in Shropshire, met his wife in Berkshire and had his first 4-5 children in Oxford before moving to Brighton!

I thought it might be possible to trace his movements on passenger lists. Is all this too vague?

ancestry has a number. as has findmypast.

If you put up the name and yob of the person you are interested in, then someone with the relevant package may be able to help.

If you know or suspect where they went. all the better!

What country were they going to?

I have often seen references on here to ship's passenger lists. Can anyone tell me where to look them up and whether or not you need to know when the passage took place and the destination?