Memorials › James Edward Landers
8 Jul 1873 – 9 Jul 1948
| Birth | 8 Jul 1873 |
| Death | 9 Jul 1948 |
| Cemetery | Restwood Memorial Park Clute , Brazoria County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Lois Martin McDonald on 09 Dec 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100340439 |
Grandpa Lander was a Home Child from England. Home Child was a child living in poverty in England and they would ship them to Canada to work on farms for room and board...Basically Child Slavery. He came to Texas after seeing an ad for Farm Land in Danbury, Texas. Ended up working for the railroad in Houston where is first wife died. Freeport Sulfur Company went to the Houston Railroad looking for workers, so he came to Freeport to work. Changed his last name from Lander to Landers.
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