Birth of Joseph A Land, Sr.

Joseph, born January 22, 1896, the son of Law Land, carpenter, age 38, born in England, and Elizabeth Sykes, age 39, born in England, the eighth of eighth living children, address 14th Street, Hoboken. I can't read the house number because the ink is faded. (New Jersey Birth Registration).

Marriage of Joseph A. Land, Sr. & Mary Elizabeth Lorah

Joseph Land married Mary Elizabeth Lorah. (Information from Michael Tyrkala) They were married circa 1922 per 1930 census.

I did not find a listing for the marriage of Joseph Land in the New York State indexes. They may have married in Pennsylvania, Mary's home state.

Mary Elizabeth Lorah and Her Family

Mary Elizabeth Lorah was born in Sonestown, Pa. 10th November 1888 father Jacob Lorah, born Columbia, County, Pa. (Passport application)

Sonestown is north west of Allentown. According to some information posted on GenForum. Jacob Lorah fought in the Civil War. He married Anna Louise Mendenhall Trappe in Muncy Meeting. They had three daughters. One died as a child. The others were: Mary Elizabeth and Anna Gertrude.

"About the same time William and Jacob Lirah and Thomas Dent engaged in lumbering, farming and mercantile business in the place. In 1869 the Sones property was purchased by Messrs. Lorah and Dent. Jacob Lorah engaged in the mercantile business. A few years later Robert Whitacre erected a store and dwelling house and engaged in the same occupation."

Settlement of Muncy Valley

Quotes and queries: Historical, biographical, and genealogical ..., Volume 2 edited by William Henry Egle

"Anna Louisa Mendenhall m. Walter B. Trapp, who died August 9, 1876, son of Thomas and Mary Jane Trapp. Two children: I. Mary, deceased. II. Walter C. After the death of Walter, Anna m. Jacob Lorah; dwells at Bloomsburg, Pa., and has III. Mary. IV. Gertrude."

The Lundy family and their decendants of whatsoever surname: with a ... By William C. Armstrong

2 June 1898 Sonestown funeral of Jacob Lorah.

Mary Elizabeth Lorah was with the American Red Cross in 1918.

She returned stateside on 14 July 1919 from Brest to New York.

1900 Census: Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania

Anna L Lorah 50, Mary E Lorah 11, Anna G Lorah 6

1920 Census: Lansdowne, Delaware, Pennsylvania Adalade M Graham 42, store keeper, Anna M Lorah 69, servant, widow, house keeper, Gertrude Lorah 26, boarder, clerk store, Louise B Crow, boarder, 52, bookkeeper.

Mrs. Lorah died February 1929 in Philadelphia.

Children of Joseph A Land, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Lorah

Joe and Mary had:

1. Libby (Elizabeth) Land 1922 - and Obadiah H. (AKA O. H.) Faircloth

   Birth: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Land of Brooklyn announce the birth of a daughter Elizabeth November 12, 1922 (Long Islander)

   More: On the girl's hockey team Smithtown High School, 1939 (High School Year book)

   Marriage: O. H. Faircloth. (Correction from Michael Tyrkala, April 2004. Helen Land had listed him as D. H. Fairchild)

   Children:

   1. Mary Ann E. Faircloth, 1945-1946 buried Hauppauge Cemetery in the Land plot.

   O. H. Faircloth WWII:

   O H Faircloth
   Birth Year: 1920
   Nativity State or Country: Georgia State of Residence: Georgia County or City: Lowndes
   Enlistment Date: 19 Dec 1941 Enlistment State: Florida Enlistment City: Jacksonville
   Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
   Education: 2 years of high school Civil Occupation: Electricians Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 69

   US Public Index : O H Faircloth Birth Date: 14 Jan 1920 Address: 301 NW 116th St, Miami, FL, 33168-3414

   Death of Obadiah Faircloth ??????: Obadiah Faircloth SSN: 259-12-2172 Born: 14 Jan 1920 Last Benefit: 33168 Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States of America Died: Feb 1980 State (Year) SSN issued: Georgia (Before 1951)

   People Finders: Elizabeth L Faircloth 88 Miami, FL Pembroke Pines, FL Relatives, Deborah J Faircloth, O H Faircloth, Joseph A Faircloth Jr

2. Joseph Land Jr April 25, 1925

   College: Freshman at Alfred University, September 1942

   Military induction: 40 men were inducted in July 1943 including Land, Joseph A Jr. Smithtown Branch

   Military Service:

   Joseph A Land Jr Birth Year: 1925
   Race: White, citizen
   Nativity State or Country: New York
   State: New York
   County or City: Suffolk
   Enlistment Date: 18 Jun 1943 Enlistment State: New York Enlistment City: New York City
   Grade: Private
   Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
   Civil Life, Education: 1 year of college
   Civil Occupation: Student Codes 0x, 2x, 4x and 6x as pertain to students will be converted, for machine records purposes, to the code number 992.
   Marital Status: Single, without dependents
   Height: 48 Weight: 456

   Prisoner of War WWII NASA:

   SERIAL NUMBER 32971677
   NAME LAND JOSEPH A JR
   Private First Class
   SERVICE ARMY
   ARM OR SERVICE CODE 10 INF: INFANTRY
   DATE REPORT: DAY 20 MONTH 12 YEAR 4 1944
   AREA 72 European Theatre: Germany
   LATEST REPORT DATE: DAY 11 MONTH 07 YEAR 1945
   STATUS 5 Died as Prisoner of War
   DETAINING POWER 1 GERMANY
   CAMP 089 Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09

   POW: This record indicates that Joseph was captured December 20, 1944. Family history says that Joe was captured at the Battle of the Bulge.

   Death:

   Roster of our Heros Who Made Supreme Sacrifice, July 1946 County Review,

   Land, Jospeh A. Jr.

   Joseph A Land captured at the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944-January 1945) was originally taken to Stalag IX-B near Frankfurt. Joe Land was among 350 American GIs transferred to Berga Work Camp in February 1945 where they were treated as slave labor. Berga had one of the highest death rates of any Prisoner of War camp in Europe. Joseph Land was one of the 73 prisoners who died as a result of overwork and starvation. Just as the war was ending the Germans marched the Berga prisoners south. On the way many prisoners died. They arrived in Zedtwitz about 50 miles south of Berga on April 8, 1945. Sometime in the following five days Joe Land was one of 11 GIs who died. The war ended May 8, 1945.

   Information from Soldiers and Slaves by Roger Cohen, 2005

   Burial Arlington National Cemetery:

   Joseph A Land Jr PFC service #32971677 was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia.

   JOSEPH A
   LAND, JR.
   NEW YORK
   --- 110 INF
   --- INF DIV
   WORLD WAR II
   APRIL 26, 1925
   APRIL 9 1945

   POW Experience:

   My father in law, John Blanck, was also a POW of the Germans in WWII. For information and images of his POW experience go to John Blanck, Military Service now or at the bottom of the page.

3. Margaret Land and John Edward Tyrkala

   Birth: Margaret Carleton Land unknown, after 1930.

   Marriage: Margaret married John Edward Tyrkala.

   Children: They had 2 sons and 2 daughters. (Information from Michael Tyrkala, April 2004)

   Death of John E Tyrkala: JOHN E TYRKALA, 20 Nov 1929, 28 Jan 2004 (V), 33870 (Sebring, Highlands, FL), (none specified), 149-22-2120, New Jersey

   Full Name John E Tyrkala First John Middle E Last (Surname) Tyrkala Gender M (*inferred) Born 20 Nov 1929 Died 28 Jan 2004 Age 74y 2m 8d (*inferred) Buried ? Cemetery Florida National Cemetery, Sumter County, Florida, United States Location Section 124 Site 545

1900 and 1910 Censuses

With parents.

World War I and WWII Draft Registrations

Not listed.

Passport Application, 1918

Joseph A. Land born Hoboken, New Jersey 2 January 1897 to Law Land born England living Hauppauge Long Island immigrated from Liverpool about 1884 and has been in the US for 34 years, naturalized citizen, court unknown January 1902. Joseph stated his occupation as bookkeeper. He had never been abroad before. Desired a passport to go to France to do Red Cross work. Intending to leave US from New York about March 1918. Stamped March 26, 1918.

1918 Return From Europe

Cunard Carmania, 12 April 1918, Liverpool to New York, Land, Joseph A. age 21, Amer. Red X, born U. S.A.

1919

January 31, 1919, The Long Islander

A reception was held Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Law Land for their son, Sergeant Joseph Land, who this week returned from a year's service as an American Red Cross driver in France. Norman Land and Harry Nichols, both recently discharged from the U. S. N. R. F. were also present besides fifty guests. Refreshments were served under the direction of the ladies of the M. E. Church.

Not listed

According to articles in the Long Islander he was living in New York City in 1920 to 1922.

1922 in Brooklyn

Mr and Mrs. Joseph Land were living in Brooklyn.

In 1923 they were listed as being from Richmond Hill (which is in Queens).

Summer of 1924

The Long Islander said Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Land and daughter were living in "Percy Land's tenement house for the summer" Hauppauge of 1924.

Another articles indicates that their normal address during 1923 and 1924 was in Brooklyn.

1925 State Census

Listed as confectionary salesman.

See Lands in the Censuses

Long Islander, April 13, 1928

The family of Joseph Land moved to Smithtown from Stoney Brook.

Long Islander, August 3, 1928

Mrs. Joseph Land and children were visiting her mother, Mrs. Lorah, in Philadelphia. 1929

The Joseph Land family lived on Mayflower Ave. Smithtown Branch.

1930 Census

Hawkins Avenue, Smithtown Branch

• Joseph Land, head own, $5,500, age 33, married 25, born NJ, realtor
• Mary Land, age 41, married 33, born Pa
• Elizabeth A. Land, age 7
• Joseph Land Jr., 4 years and 11 months

Children born NY

1930 according to an article in the Port Jefferson Echo.

Move to New Hampshire

Family history says they moved to New Hampshire sometime after WWII and ran a hotel in Lyme.

Move to Florida

Family history says the whole family moved to Florida.

Death of Mary L Land

Mary L Land, Oct 1958, Dade, Florida, White, Female

"MRS. MARY L. LAND

Services for Mrs. Mary L. Land, 69, of 122000 NE 12th Ct. will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Church of the Resurrection under direction of the Philbrick Miami Shores Chapel. Mrs. Land, who died yesterday is survived by her husband, Joseph A; two daughters Mrs. Margaret Tyrkala and Mrs. Elizabeth Faircloth all of Miami; four grandchildren and a sister.

The Palm Beach Post Monday October 6, 1958

Joseph A Land, Death Date: Nov 1962, County of Death: Dade, State of Death: Florida, Race: White, Gender: Male (Florida Death Index)

Information from Michael Tyrkala, April 7, 2002

On April 7, 2002, Michael Tyrkala, a grandson of Joseph Land, emailed the following information.

"Joseph Land Sr's wife, Mary Elizabeth Lorah is from the Mendenhall family who today has a family association, mendenahall.org . Many people were doing the same research and combined resources. I have been working with them and got one branch of the tree back to the 16th century."

• Joseph married Mary Sarah who was buried in Miami Florida.
• Joseph died and was buried in 1962 in Miami Florida.
• Joseph's daughter, Margaret married, had lots of kids and lived in Florida.
• "Uncle Joe had polio as a child not a leg injury causing him to limp".

Information from Bud Land

• Joseph joined the Army in WWI, drove an ambulance in Germany and was badly wounded in the leg, which caused him to limb for the rest of his live.
• Joe, Jr. was captured in the battle of the Bulge, suffered in POW camps, and died of malnutrition in Germany at a time when his parents owned a restaurant in Smithtown.
• Joe, Sr. had many businesses, real estate, wholesale candy, and once was receiver of taxes in Smithtown.
• After WWII Joe and Mary ran a hotel in Lyme, New Hampshire near Dartmouth College.
• Both Elizabeth and Margaret married and bought farms in Vermont.

Information from Julia Land

• Joe served as a medic in WWI.
• Joseph, Jr. the only son of Joseph and Mary was killed in WWII.
  • David Weidenkeller remembers he starved to death in a POW camp.
  • Ted Weidenkeller remembers he was killed at the Battle of the Bulge.
  • Both remember that Mary was never the same. Her health failed from despair.
• In later years the whole family moved to Florida.

Pictures

Picture of the children of Law and Elizabeth

Alden Tavern, Lyme, New Hampshire

After WWII, Joseph Land and his family moved to Lyme, N.H. where they owned a hotel called the Alden Tavern

39. Grant's Hotel, (14 Market Street), c. 1809, Contributing building.

Known over the years as Grant's Hotel and Alden's Tavern, the Lyme Inn is a 3-1/2 story frame and clapboarded structure located between Dorchester Road and Market Street facing the Common to the west. Measuring five bays wide and four bays deep, the structure is set above a stone block foundation and capped by an asphalt gable roof punctuated by four tall interior corbel cap brick chimneys, A single-story flat roofed enclosed porch with continuous windows spans the facade. "Colonial Revival" in style, it is sheathed in wide clapboards with double glass doors surrounded by sidelights, transoms and capped by a rectangular keystone. Sheltered by the porch, the original entrance survives within, containing a seven-panel wooden door flanked by half sidelights with an outer surround of pilasters decorated by a meander motif. Centered on the central bay of the front facade is a central deeply pitched pediment supported by four large posts enclosing a steel fire escape. Underneath the porch on the second floor is an additional doorway flanked by transoms and pilasters displaying a meander motif like that seen on the front door. Windows on the building contain doublehung 6/6 sash with simple surrounds, blinds and exterior storm windows. At the corners of the building, double corner pilasters span between a plain wide water table and the two-part frieze which surrounds the building beneath projecting eaves. Extending behind tho building is a two-story ell set above a mortared rubble foundation. Small 6/6 windows are located on the second floor above 8/8 windows. A single-story addition spans much of the south side with a deck/loading dock extending from the east side.

Constructed by Salmon Washburn in 1809, who also drew the plans for the Congregational Church. Erastus Grant enlarged the hotel and operated it as Grants Hotel from about 1822 to 1870. The building was a center of community activity, the site of dances in the 19th century as well as the location of Grange meetings from 1875 to 1877 and again from 1886 to 1889. It was used as an apartment building rather than an inn for a number of years until 1918.(45) The porches were added in 1923.(46) The porte cochere, of pressure treated lumber, was added in 1987.

Lyme Common Historic District, National Register of Historic Places New Hampshire

Section 12 - McClellan Gate in distance.

The black cross marks the approximate location of the grave of Joseph A. Land, Jr., Grave 7636 Section 12