Herbert William D. Langston

Herbert William D. Langston

• Herbert William D. Langston was born in January 1843 in England.
• He married Margarita Isidora Navarro y Chavez, daughter of Jose Antonio George Navarro and Juana Francisca Marcelina Chaves y Montes, say 1875.
• Herbert William D. Langston and Margarita Isidora Navarro y Chavez appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Carrizo, Zapata County, Texas, and also in the household cousins Antonio and Oscar Tobin.. Other members of the household included Stephen H. Langston, Mary Joan Langston and Jose Antonio George Navarro.
• He was a county judge, according to the 1880 census.
• Herbert William D. Langston became a widower at the between 1887 and 1894 death of his wife Margarita Isidora Navarro y Chavez.
• He married Eliza Stocks Wood, daughter of Willis Breazeal Wood and Sarah Anne Harris, on 10 June 1896 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
• Herbert William D. Langston and Eliza Stocks Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Galveston, Texas. Other members of the household included Walter Anthony Langston, Lawrence L. Langston, Arthur Navarro Langston and George Gordon Langston.
• He was working in a cotton mill, according to the 1900 census.
• The following appeared on 30 March 1904 in The Galveston Daily News.
• The following appeared on 17 March 1907 in The Galveston Daily News: . . . The sleeping accommodations problem seems nearer a solution this year than ever before. Four new rooming houses are going up on the beach and there will probably be 300 available rooms on the beach this summer. The Seaside, a family hotel of seventy-seven rooms, is now in course of construction, the foundation having been laid and the timber work started. This building is to occupy the northwest corner of Tremont and Avenue Q, and the rear portion will be built over the grade raising canal. The structure will be four stories in height, and wil a system of open courts, every room will open outside. Galleries will contribute to the comfort of the guests. Mr. H. W. D. Langston is the leading spirit in the enterprise. . . .
• Herbert William D. Langston and Eliza Stocks Wood appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Galveston, Texas, at 2204 Avenue Q. Other members of the household included George Gordon Langston.
• He and Eliza Stocks Wood were co-proprietors of a hotel, according to the 1910 census.
• He officially witnessed the death of Eliza Stocks Wood on 29 May 1910 at the Boulevard Hotel in Galveston, Texas.
• Herbert William D. Langston became a widower at the 29 May 1910 death of his wife Eliza Stocks Wood.
• He married Leona Marler on 1 June 1911 in Jefferson County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 21 June 1911 in The Galveston Daily News: (56th District Court) H. W. D. Langston vs. Leona Langston, divorce and injunction; temporary injunction applied for by plaintiff and defendant both refused; alimony allowed the defendant, to be paid by the plaintiff to the clerk of the court in the sum of $15 this day and weekly thereafter.
  (:TAB:] And on the following day: Leona Langston vs. John Muckle, damages and injunction.
• Herbert William D. Langston arrived in New Orleans on 19 May 1912, aboard the SS Nubian, having departed London on 24 April.

• Last Edited: 10 Aug 2013

• Charts: Descendants of ABERCROMBIE Charles & Edwina Malinda "Dicey" Booth, Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine