| Name |
Albert Thomas Langabeer |
| Born |
1894 |
Tiverton, Devonshire, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
31 Mar 1901 |
Tiverton, Devonshire, England [1] |
| Age: 7y |
Address:
3 Hallett's Court, Barrington Street |
| Census |
2 Apr 1911 |
Purfleet, Essex, England [2] |
| Age: 17y |
Address:
Reformatory Ship "Cornwall" |
| Occupation |
2 Apr 1911 |
Reformatory Ship "T.S. Cornwall", Purfleet, Essex, England [2] |
| Inmate Scholar at Reformatory School |
Address:
Moored on River Thames |
- Background: The term "Reformatory School (Ships)" applied - particularly during the 19th century - to penal institutions for children and young adults. They were introduced to educate, reform and prepare for employment, often in the Rpyal Navy. The Reformatory Ships were almost always run by Royal Naval Officers and staff.
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Reformatory Ship, T.S. "Cornwall"
HMS Wellesley (second Training Ship 'Cornwall') was built by the East India Company at Bombay and launched on 24th February 1815 as a 3rd rate 72 gun ship. She was built of teak and cost £55,147. Her dimensions were 175.10 ft x 48.4 ft.
She saw active service in the Far East on several occasions and was for a time Flag Ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis-Maitland. When she returned from this service, some 27 cannon balls were found embedded in her sides.
She was loaned to the School Ship Society by the Admiralty in 1868, and fitted as a training ship, was re-named 'Cornwall' to be moored off Purfleet in April of that year. Owing to industrial development at Purfleet, she was moved to Denton, below Gravesend in 1928.
In 1940 she was severely damaged by enemy action and subsequently sank; she was raised in 1948, and beached at Tilbury-Ness, where she was broken up. Her timbers were found to be still in good condition and were used in the rebuilding of the Law Courts in London.
When the Cornwall was broken up, her figurehead was taken to Chatham Dockyard, where it still stands, just inside the Main Gate under her original name of Wellesley. Many souvenirs were made from her timber, such as ashtrays, candlesticks, serviette rings etc, each with a metal plate giving details of the ship. These can now be found in maritime antique shops and fairs. |
| Died |
1963 |
Tiverton, Devonshire, England |
| Siblings |
6 siblings |
| | 1. Walter John Langabeer
b. 1895, Tiverton, Devonshire, England | | + | 2. Frederick Langabeer
b. 25 Nov 1896, Tiverton, Devonshire, England
d. 23 Sep 1958, Exeter, Devonshire, England (Age 61 years)
| | | 3. Frank Langabeer
b. 1899, Tiverton, Devonshire, England
d. 1901, Tiverton, Devonshire, England (Age 2 years) | | | 4. Eva Langabeer
b. 1903, Tiverton, Devonshire, England
d. 1918, Tiverton, Devonshire, England (Age 15 years) | | + | 5. Alfred Langabeer
b. 8 Apr 1905, Tiverton, Devonshire, England
d. 17 Jul 1976, Tiverton, Devonshire, England (Age 71 years)
|  | 6. Percy Langabeer
b. 25 Dec 1911, Tiverton, Devonshire, England
d. 16 Jul 1941, Tiverton, Devonshire, England (Age 29 years)
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| Person ID |
I12925 |
Mitchell Families |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2010 |
| Father |
 Albert Edward Western (ID:I12910)
b. 16 May 1871, Taunton, Somerset, England
d. 1952, Tiverton, Devonshire, England (Age 80 years) |
| Mother |
Alice Maud Mary Bowers (ID:I12911)
b. 1871, Stoodleigh, Devonshire, England
d. 1916, Tiverton, Devonshire, England (Age 45 years) |
| Married |
19 Feb 1894 |
Tiverton, Devonshire, England [3] |
Address:
The Register Office |
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Marriage Certificate: LANGABEER, Albert and BOWERS, Alice 18940219
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| Family ID |
F3289 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1894 - 1963 (69 years)
Has 8 ancestors and one descendant in our family tree.
1903 - 1988 (85 years)
