Find A Grave - The Lindbergh Kidnapping

Hauptmann, Bruno Richard b. November 26, 1899 d. April 3, 1936
Bruno Hauptmann was born in Germany in 1899. He entered America illegaly in 1923 and found work as a carpenter. On September 15, 1934, he was arrested and charged with the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. (the son of the famous airman), who had been kidnapped and murdered in March of 1932. At the time of his arrest Hauptmann was in possesion of nearly $4,000 of the marked Lindbergh ransom money. He proclaimed his innocence but at trial the prosecution put forth some very damaging evidence...[Read More] (Bio by: Candy Taylor)
Cause of death: Executed by the electric chair
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow b. June 22, 1906 d. February 7, 2001
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, her father was the American Ambassador to Mexico when Charles Lindbergh made his famous solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Ambassador Morrow then wrote Lindbergh, inviting him to make a good will tour of Mexico and South America, which Lindbergh accepted. He met Anne Spencer Morrow for the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cremated, Ashes scattered
Plot: Scattered over various places in Hawaii
Lindbergh, Charles b. February 4, 1902 d. August 26, 1974
Explorer, Adventurer, Aviator. "The Lone Eagle." The first solo aviator to fly non-stop directly from New York to Paris. His singular exploit made him a hero in the eyes of the world and forever changed aviation. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for is exploit. Born in his grandfather's house in Detroit, and the son of Charles Agustus Lindbergh Sr and Evangeline Land Lodge, he grew up on a farm near Little Falls, Minnesota, where he took an interest in machinery. After two years at the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Palapala Ho'omau Church Cemetery, Kipahulu, Maui County, Hawaii, USA
Lindbergh Jr., Charles b. June 22, 1930 d. March 1, 1932
Kidnapping, Murder Victim. His death resulted in the enactment of the "Lindbergh Law," which made kidnapping a federal felony offense. The press nicknamed him the "Eaglet." First born child of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, he was kidnapped from his second floor bedroom the evening of March 1, 1932, between the hours of 8:00pm and 10:00pm. Police were immediately notified, and a crude wooden ladder was found leading up to the nursery window outside the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, Ashes scattered in the Atlantic Ocean
Schwarzkopf, Herbert Norman b. August 28, 1895 d. November 25, 1958
US Army Major General, and first Commandant of the New Jersey State Police. He is also the father of US Army General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, Junior, the Commander of coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War (sometimes referred to as Operation Desert Storm). Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was the son of Julius George and Agnes Arah Schmidt Schwarzkopf, German immigrants. From his parents and immigrant neighbors, he learned the German language, a skill that would benefit him in future years...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, Orange County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 10, Row I, Grave 160
GPS coordinates: 41.3982391, -73.9667511 (hddd.dddd)
Trenchard, Thomas Whitaker b. December 13, 1863 d. July 23, 1942
Jurist. He gained everlasting notority as the trial judge in the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping case.
Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
Wilentz, David T. b. December 2, 1894 d. July 6, 1988
Lawyer. He was the prosecuting attorney in the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping case.
Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Block 19, Section G, Plot 22, Grave 2

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