Anne Spencer Morrow

Brief Life History of Anne Spencer

When Anne Spencer Morrow was born on 22 June 1906, in Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, her father, Sen. Dwight Whitney Morrow Sr., was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Reeve 'Betty' Cutter, was 33. She married Gen. Charles Augustus Lindbergh on 27 May 1929, in English Neighborhood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada in 1931 and lived in Noroton, Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1950 and Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States for about 25 years. She died on 7 February 2001, in Passumpsic, Barnet, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Ashes Farm, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Gen. Charles Augustus Lindbergh
1902–1974
Anne Spencer Morrow
1906–2001
Marriage: 27 May 1929
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
1930–1932
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
1932–2021
Land Morrow Lindbergh
1937–1995
Anne Spencer Lindbergh
1940–1993

Sources (114)

  • Anna Melton Lindbergh, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World

At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.

1940

Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of McMorrow .

Americanized form of French and Walloon Moreau and of French Morin .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Author, Poet. She was the wife of famed aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh. Born in Englewood, New Jersey, her father was Dwight Whitney Morrow, an American diplomat and United States Senator. In 1927 …

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