Anne (Morrow) Lindbergh
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Anne (Morrow) Lindbergh (1906 - 2001)

Anne Lindbergh formerly Morrow
Born in Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USAmap
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Wife of — married 27 May 1929 in Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USAmap
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Mother of , , [private son (1930s - unknown)], , [private son (1940s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died at age 94 in Passumpsic, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, USAmap
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Anne had a wonderful mother who fostered in her children a love of literature in a way all great mothers would hope to. Every afternoon, no matter what else was happening, she stopped and read to her children. Anne would eventually become a very well known and loved author.


Sadly she is most remembered for the many tragic events that surrounded her marriage to famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. In 1932, her infant son was kidnapped and murdered.

We can only imagine what sadness must have laid in the heart of this adventurous, brilliant woman who endured so much during her life. She was the first American woman to earn a glider pilot's license and after her husband taught her to fly, she logged many hours in several planes exploring and charting air routes between continents with her husband. She published several books that became instant bestsellers and won National Book Awards.

Her first book, North to the Orient (1935), chronicled the couple’s 1931 "Great Circle Survey" flight in a single engine airplane from North Haven, Maine, over uncharted routes through Canada and Alaska to Japan and China[1]. Listen! The Wind (1938) documents their 30,000-mile survey of north and south Atlantic air routes from Africa to South America. Her 1955 essay, "Gift from the Sea," led the non-fiction bestseller list for many weeks.

In all, Lindbergh published 11 major works. The novels, essays and diaries she later composed have been described as "small works of art." For her aviation and and writing accomplishments, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996 [2].

Anne passed away after a period of declining health in 2001. Her daughter wrote a book about her life called "No More Words", it chronicles the last years of her mothers life.

Sources

  1. The Lindbergh's 1931 route, Mercator's projection, North Pole projection, Pioneers of Flight exhibit, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, National Women's Hall of Fame
  • Wikipedia contributors. "Anne Morrow Lindbergh." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 14 Oct. 2015. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 16 August 2021), Find A Grave: Memorial #22876 for Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh (22 Jun 1906–7 Feb 2001); Maintained by Find A Grave.

See Also:

  • Susan Hertog Collection relating to Anne Morrow Lindberg. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division in 2016, revised November 2022.
  • Wikipedia contributors. "Englewood, New Jersey." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 31 Aug. 2015. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
  • Wikipedia contributors. "Barnet, Vermont." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 7 Aug. 2015. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to Andrea Dover for creating WikiTree profile Morrow-691 through the import of Dover Family Tree.ged on Feb 20, 2013.




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Anne Morrow Lindbergh is actually cousins with Amelia Earhart! Likely unknown at the time but they were photographed together!
posted 3 May 2023 by Unknown Moorhouse   [thank Unknown]
I would like to make a gentle objection to the biography of Anne Morrow Lindbergh above.

I don't think that she is mostly remembered for the suffering she endured around the kidnapping of her first son Charles A. Lindbergh Junior. I really think that she's remembered mostly for the beauty of her writing, for the fact that she didn't agree with her husband about staying out of WWII yet stayed with him, and for the fact that she was one of the first and most talented women pilots in the US. I've always admired AML, as she refers to herself in her diaries.

I think she was quite a remarkable person. Yes, of course she suffered immensely because of the kidnapping And the loss even after her memory had begun to depart she seems to have remembered the child she lost. But it's for the beauty of her writing that I will always remember her.

I wish I could write that way. I do my best and I often think of her when I'm working. Isabella Fiske McFarlin

posted 28 Sep 2016 by Isabella Fiske   [thank Isabella]
Do not believe that sheer suffering teaches.

If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and a willingness to remain vulnerable. A. Lindbergh

posted 17 Nov 2008 by Anonymous Bobola
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I have adopted Dwight Morrow, Ann's father because we share ancestry and I have information about his ancestors. If you would like to know more about Anne's Morrow family, this book is a good place to start:
  • Alexander Morrow of Brooke County (W) Virginia and his descendants. Nees and Morrow, Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 929.273 Family History Library. Also available digitally on Family Search.

It is very well researched and lists original sources. All back before the internet!

posted by Ann (Smith) Nunnally
Found this, but no time now to search it out.

MRS. ANNE SPENCER MORROW LINDBERGH, authoress and wife of CHARLES AUGUSTUS LINDBERGH, JR., the aviator. Mrs. Lindbergh was eighth in descent, via the Cutter, Spencer, Phelps and Edwards families, from Christian Coffin, died 1760, the Nantucket wife of Timothy Williamson and John Edwards, this last of Hartford. Christian’s grandparents included a Coffin, a Gayer and a Starbuck. https://www.americanancestors.org/browse/articles?searchby=author&subquery=gary%20boyd%20roberts&id=825

posted by J. (Pearson) Salsbery
What is Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Wikitree number?
posted by Isabella Fiske
Morrow-2456 and Morrow-1 do not represent the same person because: These are clearly totally different people born 100 years apart. Plus one is extremely famous for the kidnapping of her child! Not sure how these were connected, perhaps an error in the profile number. Thanks, Cindy Williams Lesure
Morrow-2064 and Morrow-1 appear to represent the same person because: These two profiles currently appear as sisters. They are not sisters, they represent the same woman - wife of Charles Lindbergh, the notable pilot.
posted by Michele Britton
Here's a source you can cite
posted by Michele Britton
Morrow-691 and Morrow-1 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse.
posted by Ed Burke