John Lansdale, Sr.

1882 - 1961  (78 years)

• Name	John Lansdale  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	24 Jun 1882	Triadelphia, Montgomery Co., Maryland   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	St. Bartholomew's Church, Laytonsville, Montgomery Co., Maryland
  Census	1900	Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
  aged 18, born in Maryland; father born in Maryland, mother in Tennessee
  Census	1920	Los Angeles, California
  aged 39, born in Maryland; father born in Maryland, mother in Tennessee; engineer for the railroad
  Census	1930	Houston, Harris Co., Texas
  aged 47; aged 29 when married; born in Maryland; father born in Maryland, mother in Tennessee; civil engineer for the railroad
  Education	about 10th grade, and thereafer self-taught
  Military Service	He served as an engineer, working on railroad track, during World War 1.
  Occupation	Civil Engineer for the railroad
  Religion	Episcopal
  Died	2 May 1961	"Essex Farm," Cumberstone, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   [2, 4]
  Buried	All Hallows Chapel, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   [5]
  	http:/​/​www​.findagrave​.com/​cgi-bin/​fg​.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20209719
  Notes	He is named after John Higgins Strain, the uncle of his mother Eliza Wimberly Strain. He wrote an informally structured family history entitled "Miscellaneous Personal and Family Notes," Houston, TX; he started it on March 22, 1929, and then he returned to it various times over the years. It is kept on the Maryland Histories page. He was married in California. His family moved to 714 Rosalie Ave. in Houston, TX in 1920. He apparently became a Freemason in 1922. Later, the family moved to 814 Kipling Ave Houston in spring of 1925, where they lived until 1947. At this time he inherited Essex, after the death of Aunt Jig, to which he moved in 1947. ("Aunt" Jig, whose given name was Rachel Alice Waters, was actually his 1st cousin once removed, but she had been born 30 years before he was, and this was what everyone called her.) He retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad on May 31, 1948. He retired to "Essex," in Anne Arundel County, which he had inherited from his cousin Aunt Jig. He was a member of the South River Club in Anne Arundel County after the early 1950s. He suffered a stroke which disabled him during the 1950s. He died at Essex Farm in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. [6, 7]
  Person ID	I12	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas Franklin Lansdale           b. 8 Aug 1844, Triadelphia, Montgomery Co., Maryland           d. 26 Jan 1891, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Eliza Wimberly Strain           b. 16 Jan 1853, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee           d. 22 Feb 1906, Maryland  (Age 53 years)
  Married	5 Feb 1880	St. John's Church, Olney, Montgomery Co., Maryland
  Family ID	F19	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	May Hamilton Mannen           b. 3 Mar 1884, Paris, Bourbon Co., Kentucky           d. 5 Aug 1958, "Essex Farm," Cumberstone, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  (Age 74 years)
  Married	20 Mar 1911	Oakland, Alameda Co., California   [4, 8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. John "Jack" Lansdale, Jr.           b. 9 Jan 1912, Oakland, Alameda Co., California           d. 22 Aug 2003, "Essex Farm," Cumberstone, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  (Age 91 years)   2. Lansdale           b. 1916           d. 1916  (Age 0 years) + 3. Sally Mannen Lansdale           b. 9 Dec 1921, Houston, Harris Co., Texas           d. 28 Jul 1968  (Age 46 years)
  Last Modified	20 May 2004
  Family ID	F7	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 24 Jun 1882 - Triadelphia, Montgomery Co., Maryland  Baptism - - St. Bartholomew's Church, Laytonsville, Montgomery Co., Maryland  Census - 1900 - Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  Married - 20 Mar 1911 - Oakland, Alameda Co., California  Census - 1920 - Los Angeles, California  Census - 1930 - Houston, Harris Co., Texas  Died - 2 May 1961 - "Essex Farm," Cumberstone, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  Buried - - All Hallows Chapel, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   = Link to Google Earth
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  John Lansdale This sign stood at the start of the lane.

  
  

  Headstones		All Hallow's Chapel and the Lansdales All Hallow's Chapel stands here behind the graves of, from the right, May Mannen Lansdale, John Lansdale Sr., Metta Tomlinson Lansdale, and John Lansdale Jr. The two vertical stones are of Thomas Franklin Lansdale and his wife Eliza Strain Lansdale.
  		Lansdale and Strain graves at All Hallows The two in front are of Thomas Franklin Lansdale and Eliza Wimberly Strain Lansdale. The four flat stones behind them are, from the right, May Mannen Lansdale, John Lansdale Sr., Metta Tomlinson Lansdale, and John Lansdale, Jr. Just behind these, flanking the small tree, are Cornelia Lansdale (on the right), and her husband Howard Hill (on the left side).
  		Lansdale Window, All Hallows Chapel This was placed by John Lansdale, Sr.
  		John Lansdale Sr. (d. 1961)

  
  

• Reference

  "John Lansdale, Sr.". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I12&tree=1sttree (accessed April 9, 2020).