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Claremont Museum > Records

LANGSFORD FAMILY, FOUR GENERATIONS

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B/W Print. Joseph Wood Langsford in dark three piece suit flanked by son Holberry Joseph in jacket, trousers and open necked light shirt, and grandson Harold Lewis Langsford in suit and tie, holding baby Margaret Ann. Group seated on slatted garden seat on rough lawn. Heavily pruned trees behind.

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J W Langsford was born in South Australia in 1865. Justice of the Peace, Claremont. Married to Agnes Jane Langsford. Four sons (may be more). Holberry Joseph, Arthur Norwood, Claude Nerwington, & Eckersley W. Claremont Mayor from 1899-1901. Member of the Legislative Council from 1904-1911. He died in 1957. Former Notre Dame Street was renamed Langsford Street in 1908 for his service to the local community. Photo taken at end of tennis court.

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cwa-org-28--99-56-

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