Anna Maria (Hankins) Landon (1854 - 1902)

Born 11 Feb 1854 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England

Wife of Richard Henry Landon — married [date unknown] in Yarkhill england

Died 1902 at about age 47 in Polk County Iowa, United States

Biography

Thomas Landon, died Apr 19, 1879 and Mary Ann Landon, died May 18, 1893, buried in Hereford, England.

Son – Richard henry Landon, youngest of 11 children. Born Dec 18, 1854 – died in des Moines, IA, May 31, 1950. Lived in Haywood Lodge, Hereford, a five hundred acre farm now owned by the Church of England.

Richard married Anna Maria Hankins, born in Leominster, England, Feb 11, 1854. Died in Polk County, IA, 1902.

Richard and Anna lived in Yarkhill, a small village near Hereford. Anna played the organ in the Yarkhill church. They moved to Toronto, Canada, where Richard was a farmer and nurseryman. Four children born there: Conrad Maria Walter May Louise

Richard and Anna moved to Clarkston, Nebraska, and had two more children: Daisy Cora

Richard and Anna moved to Clarkston, Nebraska, and had two more children: Gwendolyn Florence

Richard and Anna are buried in Ridgedale Cemetary, Johnston, IA (just north of Des Moines across from the Iowa Guard’s Camp Dodge.

Sources

• received this information from greg strassser via email Sept 30, 2014 from his parent documentation and recollection from UK visit in 1990s