Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh

Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh (May 29, 1876 – September 7, 1954) is best known as the mother of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh. Raised in a highly educated family, her father dentist Charles H. Land pioneered porcelain and gold teeth crowns and her uncle John Christian Lodge (1862–1950) was the 51st, 54th, and 56th mayor of Detroit.[1] Swamped by international news reporters after her son's success flying the first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, Evangeline said; "I am grateful. There is no use attempting to find words to express my happiness."

Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh
Lindbergh c. 1899
Born
Evangeline Lodge Land

(1876-05-29)May 29, 1876
Detroit, Michigan, US
DiedSeptember 7, 1954(1954-09-07) (aged 78)
Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, US
Resting placePine Lake Cemetery,
West Bloomfield, Michigan, US
Education
OccupationChemistry teacher
Employer(s)Little Falls High School
Cass Technical School
Known forMother of famous aviator
Spouse
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(m. 1901; died 1924)​
ChildrenCharles Lindbergh

Personal life

Born Evangeline Lodge Land in Detroit[2] on 29 May 1876 to newlyweds, married in 1875, Dr. Charles Henry Land (1847-1922) and Evangeline Lodge (1850-1919).

In 1899, Evangeline graduated from the University of Michigan and taught chemistry at Little Falls High School. On 27 March 1901, she married Charles August Lindbergh. Evangeline gave birth to son Charles Augustus Lindbergh on 4 Feb 1902. Later that year, they settled into a new house of the river in Little Falls, Minnesota.[3] Charles had established a successful law practice in Little Falls after graduatiing from the University of Michigan Law School in 1883. His first wife Mary LaFond died after abdominal surgery in 1898. Charles, a Republican, served as a U.S. Congressman (R-Minn.-6) from 1907 to 1917.[3]

Evangeline often had difficulty raising her two step-daughters, Lillian and Eva, who both eventually moved away. She often threatened Lindbergh with divorce, who caved in to her demands, fearing a divorce would cost him his seat in congress. After further problems, Evangeline began to live in a separate residence in 1909. Her son graduated Little Falls High School on June 5, 1918.[4] The couple separated in 1918, their only child being the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh.[5][6] In 1920, Evangeline and her son rented rooms at a boarding house in Madison while Charles Jr. attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3] Lindbergh dropped out in the middle of his sophomore year to fly in Lincoln, Nebraska. Evangeline spent one summer traveling with her son as he barnstormed through the mid west United States.[5] Resuming her career, Evangeline graduated from Columbia University in 1925 with a master's degree in education. Except for teaching in Istanbul, Turkey from 1928 to 1929, she taught chemistry at the Cass Technical High School in Detroit from 1922 until retirement in 1942.[3][1]

Evangeline visited her son prior to Lindbergh's historic solo transatlantic flight but, to minimize distractions, she left before his takeoff on May 20, 1927 from Roosevelt Field, Long Island.[7][1]

In 1938 she accompanied her daughter in law and son who, at the request of the United States military, traveled to Germany to evaluate German aviation.[8] At a dinner hosted by ambassador to Germany Hugh Wilson, Charles Lindbergh was presented the Order of the German Eagle by Germany's air chief, Hermann Göring, in attendance was Anne Lindbergh, Evangeline Lindbergh, and German aviation figures: Ernst Heinkel, Adolf Baeumker, and Willy Messerschmitt.[9]

Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh died of Parkinson's disease on 7 September 1954 in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. Her grave site is located in the Pine Lake Cemetery, West Bloomfield, Michigan.[5]

The Lindbergh's first family property is now the Charles Lindbergh House and Museum on the Charles A. Lindbergh State Park in Little Falls, Minnesota.[10]

  • Husband Charles August Lindbergh with son Charles c. 1910
    Husband Charles August Lindbergh with son Charles c. 1910
  • Lindbergh looks on as President Calvin Coolidge presents her son with the Distinguished Flying Cross (June 11, 1927)
    Lindbergh looks on as President Calvin Coolidge presents her son with the Distinguished Flying Cross (June 11, 1927)
  • Göring presenting Charles Lindbergh, standing next to his mother and wife, with a medal on behalf of Adolf Hitler in October 1938
    Göring presenting Charles Lindbergh, standing next to his mother and wife, with a medal on behalf of Adolf Hitler in October 1938
  • Lindbergh with son Charles
    Lindbergh with son Charles

See also

References
  1. "Mother of 'Lindy' Dies in Detroit". Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  2. Rebecca Rowell (September 1, 2010). Charles Lindbergh: Groundbreaking Aviator. ABDO Publishing Company. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-1-61787-377-5. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. "Parents and Sisters". mnhs.org. MNHS. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. Lindbergh 1927, pp. 19–22.
  5. Lindbergh, Charles A. An Autobiography of Values, 1976, p.90.
  6. Duffy, James (2010). Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt. United States of America: MJF Books. pp. 4. ISBN 978-1-60671-130-9.
  7. "Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight". Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  8. Time magazine, January 19, 1939.
  9. "CONCLUSION: Hitler and the End of a Greater Reich", Hitler and America, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011, pp. 279–290, doi:10.9783/9780812204414.279, ISBN 978-0-8122-0441-4
  10. "Charles Lindbergh House and Museum". Google.com/maps. Google Maps. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

Bibliography
  • Larson, Bruce L. Lindbergh of Minnesota: A Political Biography. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1973. ISBN 0-15-152400-9.
  • Lindbergh, Charles A. An Autobiography of Values. New York, 1976.
  • Duffy, James P. Lindbergh v. Roosevelt. United States: MJF Books, 2010
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