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Bertha Ray Langmaid:
Birth: 16 Oct 1874 in Salem, New Hampshire.
Death: 19 Sep 1894 in Clifton, Mass
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Note: VII John Henry Langmaid son of John P and Rebecca M Taylor Langmaid was born in Salem and received a good early education in the public schools of that city After leaving school he began working with his father and when he attained his majority was taken into partnership and given an interest in the lumber business When his younger brother came into the firm the business was thereafter carried on under the style of JP Langmaid & Sons and was so continued for the next thirty five vears and after the father had retired from active pursuits the sons John H and Frank A succeeded to the proprietorship and continued the business as in former years John H Langmaid early proved himself to be a capable business man and his worth as a man of integrity and high character was known in all business circles in Salem and besides that desirable recognition he was one of the popular men in the city not in a political sense for he had no ambition that direction but rather as a genial companion and local friend interesting in conversation of pleasing manner and appearance always ready to do a favor and lend a hand and there was nothing in his that was mean or narrow And as he was this respect in his business and social life he was at home and there perhaps the pleasing traits of his loyal character were clearly manifested for he was entirely devoted to his family and in turn was idolized by them The death of his daughter in 1894 affected him so that to the day of his own death he had become reconciled to his loss Mr langmaid was not a clubman nor member of any fraternal orders In politics was a Republican and in religious a Unitarian In the early part of the 1900 he went abroad and died in Paris May 1900 His wife whom he married September 5 1871 was Ella Webber Lambert who was born in Salem May 8 1847 of Porter and Julia Daland Lambert granddaughter on her mother's side of Robert Mary Welcome Daland and a of the seventh generation of Daland sometimes written Deland and Deal and who was an early settler in Beverly Massachusetts Robert Daland probably a son of John Daland and Elizabeth Tucker his first wife John Daland is mentioned several published works as Capt John Daland master mariner but this is a mistake for he never followed the sea He is mentioned too as having married first Hannah Dove second Elizabeth Tucker third Mary Fowler He in fact married first Elizabeth Tucker second Rust and third Mary Fowler His father was Benjamin Dal and who married Hannah Cook and whose father George Daland of Beverly married Catherine daughter of George Hodges of Salem Mr and Mrs Langmaid had one daughter Bertha Ray Langmaid born in Salem October 16 1874 died in Clifton Massachusetts September 19 1894 She was of the fifth successive generation of Dalands who were members of the First Unitarian Church of Salem The following letter is preserved Salem June 6 1799 To Robt Deland Dear Sir We are all well and are hoping to hear your welfare your Marnt has been very much concerned about your health for my part I hope you will keep a good heart and brave out every diff1culty times is very dull here Write by everv opportunity take good care of yourself and not lay about deck nights Should you have the misfortune to be taken short let that nor anything else trouble you that you could not avoid Keep up your spirits and do the best you can be always obliging to your superiors and there is no fear but you will do well You will hear to the Captain in respect to your adventure as he knows best what to bring home I fain would write more but have nothing to write upon a line from you would be very acceptable much more so with your good health Should you receive these you certainly will write the first opportuhitv I conclude with all our best respects you are well at this present time Your friend Thorndike Deland PS My best respects to Capt Osborn To Rob t Deland on board Sch Molly at Tunete Martin ique per favor Capt Bachelor
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