Dr. Edmund Landis (middle name unknown),
born 19 Dec 1816 (9), married on 20 October 1845 in Baltimore to Hannah P. Robinson (10),
listed in 1850 Baltimore, Maryland census as follows:
(Pg 384 ward 3) age 33, wife Hannah age 29, son Edmund R. age 4, son Thomas age 2 (who apparently died young),
Edmund (Sr) born in Penn, Hannah born in Rh. I.
Apparently, Roland R. and John William are yet to come at census time. The 1850 US census for Maryland lists no middle initial for Edmund Sr.,
and lists a 4-year-old son as "Edm R.", but 2 obituaries of Edmund 2nd, as well as that of Hannah (below) name the
younger Edmund as "Edmund M." ("M" = Matthew). Furthermore, in 1887, Edmund M. named a son "Edmund R."
and a picture of this son exists exists, identified on the back as "Edmund Robinson Landis".
A brief account of the early life and educaton of Edmund, Sr. occurs in one of his two available obituaries.
An Edmund Landis (of Lancaster, PA) filed a patent in 1842 for an improvement of a (medical) device for treatment of hernia.
Edmund Sr. is listed as a physician in Chicago.city directories as early as 1865 (see below).
Seven contributors to Hannah's book of Poems were MHB, LRL, JMD, Caroline A. Sawyer, EHS, WSF, and CCS,
all from Baltimore, and 2 photographs in the Cox album (22, 23) were made in Baltimore. Edmund Sr. seems
not to be listed in the 1840 or 1860 US censuses, nor in "deceased American Physicians 1809-1929". Edmund Sr appears in Baltimore as husband
of Hannah Robinson in their 1845 marriage license; their meeting may have resulted from Edmund's efforts to establish himself as a
physician, as applied to health problems in Hannah's family.
The 1885 Chicago city directory (microfilm P75-1459) contains 3 Landis listings :
[1] Landis, Edmund M. physician 91 Fullerton Av house 175 Howe
[2] Landis, John W., clk 2542 Cologne, house Hinsdale
[3] Landis, Roland R. lawyer, 603 Opera House Bldg house Hinsdale
The 1880 Chicago city directory (microfilm P72-1291) contains 3 Landis listings :
[1] Landis, Edmund M. physician 80 Webster Av house 178 Howe
[2] Landis, Hannah, wid. Edmund, house 167 Howe
[3] Landis, Roland R. (Rickaby & Landis), 122 LaSalle house 167 Howe
The 1878-79 Chicago directory (microfilm P72-1289) contains 2 Landis listings :
[1] Landis, Edmund physician 260 S. Halsted house 167 Howe
[2] Landis, Roland R. (Rickaby & Landis) 31 (age), 122 LaSalle house 167 Howe
The 1875 Chicago city directory (microfilm P72-1286) contains 3 Landis listings :
[1] Landis, Edmund M. physician 675 Larabee r. 167 Howe
[2] Landis, John W., clk r. 167 Howe
[3] Landis, Roland R. r. 167 Howe
The 1870 Chicago directory (microfilm P72-1282) contains 3 Landis listings :
[1] Landis, Edmund (E.M. Landis & Co.) and physician 126 N. Clark r. 768 Sedgwick
[2] Landis, E.M. & Co. (Edmund M. and Edmund Landis) druggists, Clark se cor. Asylum Pl
[3] Landis, Roland R. law student Hutchison & Luff r. 768 Sedgwick
The 1865 Chicago directory (microfilm P72-1280) contains 2 Landis listings :
[1] Landis, Edmund physician office 193 Clark r. 193 Hurlbut
[2] Landis, Edmund M. ; clk 124 Clark bds same
Edmund Sr. buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago ; his son John, notes that
Edmund Sr. died 7 May 1881. In 1964, Nell Landis
wrote to Adele Landis stating "Dr Landis (our grandfather) was from Lancaster, Penn".
Two obituaries of Edmund Sr are available, and in March 2002,
David Schmucker, historian and genealogist for the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
located records tracing the family of Edmund Landis family to 1717 Swiss immigrants.
Hannah Potter Robinson was probably born
16 June 1820 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, though the Hazard book
gives her birth year as 1811 : see a discussion of these dates, and see 1850
census for Edmund below. Died of pneumonia 4 January 1901, in
Chicago; Hannah's Cook County death certificate was obtained, but it does not
contain information on her parents. The 1900 census lists her as living with her second
son Roland. Dates come from notes by her third son John.
1850 census for Edmund Landis (using Mormon website)
City : Baltimore, Maryland ; date : 7 September 1950
Name |
age |
sex |
profession |
Value of R. E. |
Birthplace |
Edmd Landis |
33 |
M |
Physn |
|
Pa |
Hannah " |
29 |
F |
|
|
R.I. |
Edmd R. " |
4 |
M |
|
|
Md |
Thos " |
2 |
M |
|
|
" |
Mary Black |
22 |
F |
|
|
Irel d |
Margt Flood |
12 |
F |
|
|
Irel d |
Saml Harman (race: black) |
18 |
M |
|
|
Md |
|
Much work has been done to reconstruct Hannah's life before her marriage, and in May of 2011, it appears almost
certain that Hannah Potter Robinson was a great-grand-daughter of Gov. Wm. Robinson.
Credit should be given to Vermont historian Doug Campbell for this suggestion.
Hannah left to her descendents three (perhaps 4) items casting light on her life before marriage:
[1] a high-quality photo album [2] a book of poems,
and [3] a record of her birth in Kingston, Rhode Island. A fourth item, of sorts,
consists of the names she chose for her 3 children: Edmund Matthew , John William,
and Roland Robinson, the underlined being the names of her father, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather.
[2] Carroll Flood, great-great-granddaughter of Hannah, owns a
writing book dedicated "To Hannah P. Robinson
presented by her brother E.W. Robinson". This book contains 36
handwritten poems dated 1842 and 1843, and a story attributed to "Willie"
which was added about 1893. This writer (Tom L. McFarland in
December 2003) suggests that the book was begun as Hannah prepared to
move to Baltimore with her new husband, Edmund Landis, but includes
memorials to Hannah's sister Sarah who died
about 1843. |
There have been others named "Hannah Robinson", including a famous and beautiful "Hannah Robinson",
granddaughter of colonial Rhode Island Deputy Governor Wm. Robinson through his first wife, Martha Potter,
and her son Rowland (see Hazard book, footnote below).