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LANGILLE, John Toker (14957)

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Birth

  • Born on 1844 in Brule Point, Colchester Co., NS

Death

  • Died on April 13, 1910 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY
  • Buried in The Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY

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Notes

  • Occupation: Blacksmith/ Shipsmith/ Fountain Pen Manufacturer
  • Death: Cerebral Hemorhage
  • Obituary: John Toker Langill, long a leading ship smith in the Red Hook district, and latterly treasurer of the Langill Fountain Pen and Brush Company, of this borough, died suddenly Tuesday of cerebral hemorrhage, at his home, No. 121 Third place, was for forty-one years a resident of Brooklyn. He had been for some years the head of the Langill Fountain Pen & Brush Company, of Flatbush avenue, in his 65th year of his age. He was well known in the shipping circles and was a member of of Sanctorum Lodge F. and A. M.; Fulton Council, Royal Arcanum; Brooklyn Council, N.P.U., and the Knights off Honor. He had lived in Brooklyn for forty-seven years and leaves two sons, John E. and Charles N., and two daughters, Sarah R., wife of Ernest Macintosh, and Ida May, besides several grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Lennert's Funeral parlour, 503 Atlantic Avenue, last night, the Rev. Dr. W. L. Southern of the Baptist Temple officiating. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, NY April 15,1910

Sources

  • New York Deaths: #7980