Marguerite Christie Couper
1855 - 1887 (31 years)
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Name Marguerite Christie Couper Birth 29 Dec 1855 Lochgelly,Fifeshire,Scotland., 
[1, 2] Gender Female Death 14 Jul 1887 at her residence in Calitzdorp, Burial Calitzdorp, 
Langford Grave, Calitzdorp
_TYPE: PHOTOLangford Grave, Calitzdorp
_TYPE: PHOTOLangford grave, Calitzdorp
_TYPE: PHOTOPerson ID I8400 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 Apr 2026 | Edit
Father John Couper, b. 25 May 1820, Eastwood,,,Renfrewshire,Scotland d. Aft 1891 (Age 71 years) Mother Margaret Brown, c. 28 Sep 1826, Islay,,,Argyleshire,Scotland d. Aft 1891 (Age ~ 65 years) Marriage 23 Jul 1849 Old Monklands, [3] Family ID F302712974 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Richard Sancreed Langford, b. Apr 1847, Sea Point,Cape Town, d. 26 Jan 1895, Dutch Reformed Parsonage,Calitzdorp,Cape., (Age 47 years) Marriage 12 Jan 1880 George,Cape of Good Hope,South Africa., [4, 5, 6] - Married in the NGK Church, George, by C.F.J. Muller, NGK minister in George at that time
Children 1. Percival St. Clair Langford, b. 10 Jan 1881, Dysseldorp,Cape Province,South Africa d. 8 Sep 1882, Oudtshoorn,Cape,South Africa., (Age 1 year)2. Mary Marguerite Couper Langford, b. 5 Feb 1882, Calitzdorp, d. 13 Mar 1968, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., (Age 86 years)3. Cyril George Archibald Langford, b. 27 Aug 1883, Calitzdorp, d. 7 Sep 1937, Rondebosch, (Age 54 years)4. Lilian Gertrude Langford, b. 13 May 1885, Oudtshoorn,Cape,South Africa., d. 9 Jan 1959, Paarl,Cape., (Age 73 years)5. Hercules Rowley Langford, b. 11 Jun 1887, Calitzdorp, d. 11 Nov 1954, Port Elizabeth,Cape,South Africa., (Age 67 years)Family ID F302712759 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 | Edit
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Notes - PRIVATE
- She was born in Lochgelly, Fifeshire, Scotland at 10:00 am on December 29, 1855, according to her birth record. Her father is recorded as a Storekeeper. The birth was registered in the parish of Auchterderran
She appeared in the 1861 Scottish Census age 6, living with her parents in Lochgelly, address "Lochgelly Store" in the parish of Auchterderran, where her father was a grocer and spirits merchant. In the 1871 Census, they are living in Kinglassie Village, Fife and his occupation is now Baker. As their yougest daughter was born in Lochgelly in 1868, they must have moved to Kinglassie between 1868 and 1871. Kinglassie is about 5 miles East of Lochgelly.
At her marriage in 1880 she stated on the marriage license "Living in George". What brought her to George is not known.
By the 1881 census the family had moved to 1 Falshaw St., Leith South, Midlothian, and his occupation was Commercial Traveller, and Marguerite was now married and no longer living with the family.
She died approximately one month after the birth of her youngest child. An estate notice was published in the Oudtshoorn Courant on «b»August 11, 1887:
"«/b»In the Estate of Marguerite Christie Langford (born Couper) and surviving Spouse Richard Sancreed Langford, of Calitzdorp.
Creditors in the above Estate are requested to send in their claims and those indebted to the Estate, to pay their debts to the Undersigned within Six Weeks from this date.
«b»R S. Langford, «/b»Executor Testamentary.«b»"
«/b»She left an estate valued at £650, which included an erf in the town of Calitzdorp, a cart, a horse and a harness
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Sources - [S554] Langford Headstone Calitzdorp Cemetery.
- [S553] Death Notice Marguerite Christie Langford, (Cape Archives MOOC 6/9/246, no. 1121).
- [S98] Marriage Record John Couper and Margaret Brown, (Scotlands People Old Parish Registers Banns and Marriages 652/ 0030 0334).
- [S72] George Matrimonial Court Records, (Transcribed by Ellen Stanton), IGI Film Number 1886513 #57 (Reliability: 3).
- [S73] Cape Province. George., Marriage Register, Richard Sancreed Langford and Marguerite Christie Couper.
- [S71] Heese, JA and Lombard, RTJ, Heese and Lombard, Volume 5 (L-M), (1999 Genalogical Institute of South Africa).
- [S554] Langford Headstone Calitzdorp Cemetery.
