Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh

Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh (1876-1954) 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
Evangeline Lodge Land (1876-1954) circa 1899
Born
Evangeline Lodge Land

(1876-05-29)May 29, 1876
Detroit, Michigan
DiedSeptember 7, 1954(1954-09-07) (aged 78)
Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
Resting placePine Lake Cemetery
West Bloomfield, Michigan
Nationality United States of America
EducationB.S. Chemistry
M.A. Education
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Columbia University
OccupationChemistry teacher
EmployerLittle Falls High School
Cass Technical School
Known formother of famous aviator
Spouse(s)Charles August Lindbergh (1859-1924)
Childrenstep daughters Lillian Lindbergh (1889-1916), Eva Lindbergh (1892-1985), and Charles A. Lindbergh II (1902-1974)
Parent(s)Dentist Charles Henry Land (1847-1922) and Evangeline Lodge (1850-1919)

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 University of Michigan Law School graduation in 1883. His first wife Mary LaFond died after abdomen surgery in 1898. Charles, a Republican, served as a U.S. Congressman (R-MN-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 1928-1929, 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 in 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, MN.[10]

  • Lindbergh with his son Charles, c. 1910
  • Evangeline looks on as President Calvin Coolidge presents her son with the Distinguished Flying in 1927
  • Göring presenting Lindbergh, standing next to his mother and wife, with a medal on behalf of Adolf Hitler in October 1938
  • Evangeline Lindbergh’s first words upon hearing of her son Charles’ successful solo crossing of the Atlantic were: “I am grateful. There is no use attempting to find words to express my happiness.”

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Time magazine, January 19, 1939.
  9. "CONCLUSION: Hitler and the End of a Greater Reich", Hitler and America, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011, 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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