Law Land born 1858 in Batley, England, was the first son of John Land by his second marriage to Lydia Sheard.

John Land (1818-1877) was born in Leeds the son of Charles Lewis Land and Anne Dinsdell

Charles Lewis Land (1797-1844) was born in Wakefield the son of Charles Land and Elizabeth Dunford.

Charles Land, the son of John Land, was baptized on January 1, 1767 in Wakefield.

John Land was born circa 1730 most likely in Wakefield.

• Lineage, Occupation, Literacy, Name
• Land, John (1730-?) m. unknown and the Early Land Records in Wakefield
• Early Lands in the West Riding of Yorkshire (1500s and later)
• Later Land Records in Wakefield (Mid 1700s)
• Charles Lewis Land (1797-1844) and descendants in the English Censuses
• Where the Lands Lived in Leeds, England
• Other Lands in Leeds
• Land, Charles (1767-?) m. Elizabeth Dunford
  • New Zion Chapel, Wakefield
• Land, Charles Lewis (1797-1844) m. Anne Dinsdell
  • Queen Street Chapel, Leeds
  • Land Records in Birstall
• Land, John (1818-1877) m. Mary Dyson & Lydia Law
  • Samuel Land, son of John Land, in Philadelphia
  • Lydia Law, widow of John Land, and her children in Philadelphia
  • Other Lands in Batley, Yorkshire, England
  • Related Lands and others in the UK censuses
  • Other Lands in Toronto, Canada
  • Other Lands in Philadelphia, USA
  • Other Lands in both Batley, England and Philadelphia, USA
  • Mickelthwaite
• Land, Law and Elizabeth Sykes Land
  • Clarence Land and Victoria Grace
  • Addie Land and Edward Moseley
  • Percy Land and Meta Petermann
  • Arnold Land and Jean Avery Land
  • Helen Land
  • Allen Land and Mary Dickerson
  • Edgar (Bud) Land and Agnes Goehle
  • Percy and Meta Land on Long Island
  • Ethel Land and Frank Courier
  • Mary (Edna) Land and Peter Wiedenkeller
  • Ruth Land and Paul Wiedenkeller
  • Joe Land and Mary Elizabeth Lorah
  • Norman Land and Madeline Moir
  • New York State Records
  • Migration Route of Law Land and Elizabeth Sykes
  • Law Land and family in the US Censuses
  • Law Land's Property, Long Island
• Lands from Scarborough and York, Yorkshire researched by Charles Land can be found at Charles Land
• Lands in Toronto, Canada Other Lands in Toronto, Canada

To view the Land Family photo album, click on the tintype of Percy and Meta

Information on Yorkshire

In 1939 Bud Land made a fire run from New York to California. To see photos of of some of the places they visited, click on the picture of Bud

Thanks to:

• Helen Land, the daughter of Percy Land and Meta Petermann, who did early research and collected information on the Land family with out which I would not have known where to looks for the Lands in England. Helen also gave me the Land family photos.
• Bud Land, the son of Percy Land and Meta Petermann, who also collected family information, stories, and photos.

• Justina Land Leler, the daughter of Bud and Agnes Land, and the grandaughter of Percy and Meta Land, for photos and documents.

• Julia Land, the daughter of David Land, and the grandaughter of Ruth Land and Peter Wiedenkeller, who contributer information on the Ruth Land Wiedenkeller, Mary Land Wiedenkeller, and other children of Law and Elizabeth Land

• Holly Wooler, the wife of a descendant of Polly Land Wooler of Philadelphia, for information on the Woolers in Philadelphia, 2004

• Jean Land Bird, the daughter of Arnold Land and Jean Avery and the grandaughter of Law Land and Elizabeth Sykes, for information on her mother's family, the Averys, and on her husband, Donald Bird, Januay 2005

• Michael Tyrkala, a grandson of Joseph Land (the son of Law and Elizabeth Land) for information on the family of Joseph's wife, Mary Elizabeth Lorah, April 7, 2002

• Dru, the daughter of Teddy Wiedenkeller and Doris Land, for corrections on the family of Paul Theodore Wiedenkeller and Doris Wiedenkeller Land Wiedenkeller, May 2005

The information on the Land and related families was derived from:

• Family information
• Church of England Records from Wakefield and Leeds Parishes, Yorkshire, England
• New Zion church Records, Wakefield, England
• Queens Street Chapel Records, Leeds, England
• 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 censuses in England
• English Vital Record
• Canadian Vital Records
• US Censuses
• Canada Censuses
• New York State Vital Records
• New Jersey Vital Records

The English church records and English and Canadian censuses records are available on microfilm through the archives of the Family History Center of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, AKA the LDS or the Mormons. US census availabe at NARA