Researching William Lang
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The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Lang on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Lang and the Lang Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lang Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Lang family tree.
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Lang Family Tree Databases
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on William Lang. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Lang
William Lang (architect)
William A. Lang (1846–1897) was an architect active in Denver, Colorado from 1885 to 1893. On his own or in partnership he designed a number of buildings that survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Lang partnered with Marshall Pugh to form Lang & Pugh in 1889. The firm also employed Reinhard Schuetze for a time.
Lang's business interests, like his father's, often faced financial stumbles and may have collapsed following the Panic of 1893. He moved to Illinois and in 1897. His medical records describe him as suffering from severe depression and as manic depressive.
Lang was born in Ohio in 1846. Early in his career he designed at least three buildings in Kansas including Albion School in Albion, Nebraska. He moved to Denver in 1886. Lang is known for his use of turrets, gargoyles, polychromatic stone, and a mixture of columns. He ran into financial and related legal troubles. His business collapsed and he seems to have lost his mental faculties. He was hit and killed by a train.
Lang's presentation book is at the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library. He married Delia and had one daughter, Mabel.
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