Born in Denmark in 1887, he came to Winnipeg in 1906 where he worked as a carpenter, in the firm of Langford and Birch and later with his son in Alex Langford and Son Construction Company. He and wife Blanche Gelley (c1890-1968) had two children: Constance Elizabeth May “Connie” Langford (1921-2010, wife of William N. Barritt) and Richard Thomas Langford (?-2009). The family lived at 767 McMillan Avenue. He was a member of the Optimist Club, Winnipeg Jockey Club, and St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church. He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 13 May 1961 and was buried in the Assumption Roman Catholic Cemetery.
See also:
Manitoba Business: Langford and Birch
Birth registration [Constance Elizabeth May Langford], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 18 May 1961, page 66.
Obituary [Blanche Langford], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 July 1968, page 30.
Obituary [Richard Thomas Langford], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 April 2008.
Obituary [Constance Elizabeth Barritt], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 October 2010.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 May 2023
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