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LANDOLT, Ethel M.

LANDOLT, Ethel M.

Female 1915 - 2008  (93 years)   Has 54 ancestors and 25 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name LANDOLT, Ethel M.  [1, 2
    Birth 8 Oct 1915  Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Education Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Camden High School 
    • She graduated and then attended Glassboro Normal School for 2 years working toward a teachers certification. But she dropped out before completing the courses after deciding that she did not like teaching.
    Election Ocean County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    County Committee Woman for the Republican party 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 106627146 
    Death 2 Nov 2008  Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Age 93 years 
    Burial West Creek Cemetery, West Creek, Ocean, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Address:
    West Creek Cemetery
    Willets Ave.
    West Creek, New Jersey
    USA 
    Person ID I1264  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2025 

    Father LANDOLT, John Theodore,   b. 6 Sep 1874, Lorenz & Charlotta Armbruster Residence, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1969, Cherry Hill Hospital, Cherry Hill Township, Camden, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Mother EYRE, Ethel Mary,   b. 29 Dec 1876, Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1959, Almonesson, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F27  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1987, Manahawkin, Ocean, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage Dec 1938  [1, 2, 3
    • In 1943 Bob quit his job at the Camden newspaper, took all their savings and bought a truck, and went to Uniontown, PA to haul coal as an independent driver. He was to send for his family after he located a house to live in. Ethel received letters for months saying he couldn't find housing. He also did not send any money, and the bank foreclosed on their house in New Jersey forcing Ethel and the children to move in with her parents. Ethel's father became irate, and he and his sons, Henry and George, went to Uniontown to see what the problem was. They found Bob living fairly well with a former babysitter, and a new baby boy. John LANDOLT offered to help Ethel get a divorce, but she was afraid the children would be placed in foster homes as she was unable to support them. John Landolt then gave Bob an ultimatum to find a house for his family, or else. He did, and Ethel and the four children moved to Uniontown. When the war ended in 1945, the coal companies took back their returning drivers, and the independent drivers, including Bob, lost their work. The family returned to New Jersey to live with Ethel's retired parents who were in their 70s, in what must have  been a very uncomfortable situation, both physically and  emotionally. [3]
    Age at Marriage She : 23 years and 2 months - He : 24 years and 9 months. 
    Residence
    • - Camden, NJ in 1938-1941
      - Blackwood Terrace, NJ in 1941-1942
      - Uniontown, PA in 1943-1945
      - 555 York St., Candem, NJ in 1945-1949 with Ethel's parents
      - Ocean County, NJ beginning in 1949
    Children 
    +  1. Female L
    +  2. Female L
    +  3. Female L
       4. Female VAN FOSSEN, Alice Ethel,   b. 23 May 1943, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 2010, West Creek, Ocean, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2011 

  • Notes 
    • (Medical):After spending the first 5 years of her life in a wheelchair due to a hip defect, she had surgery that allowed her to walk with a limp. [3]

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Oct 1915 - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Camden High School - - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElection - County Committee Woman for the Republican party - - Ocean County, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Nov 2008 - Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    West Creek Cemetery
    Willets Ave.
    West Creek, New Jersey
    USA - - West Creek Cemetery, West Creek, Ocean, New Jersey, USA
    Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Ethyl M. LANDOLT VAN FOSSEN
    Ethyl M. LANDOLT VAN FOSSEN

  • Sources 
    1. [S251] Ruth Roquitte, Research Report - Descendants - Armbruster, Charlotta Herman, 15 Oct 2011, p. 3-6.

    2. [S255] Memoirs - Landolt, John T., 30 Oct 2011, "Memoirs - John T. Landolt," Jan 1956; Typewritten, carbon copy, 20 pages plus introduction and 2 pages of names and dates.

    3. [S253] Ruth E. Roquitte, Research Report - The Landolt Family, 19 Oct 2011, p. 18-25.

    4. [S296] Ruth Roquitte (Morris, Minnesota), Letter - Roquitte, Ruth to Winston Cochrane, 19 Apr 2012.
      Letter - Roquitte to Cochrane
      Letter - Roquitte to Cochrane


    5. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 11 Mar 2013, accessed 11 Mar 2013<, Memorial #106627146, Ethyl M. Landolt Van Fossen.


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