1930 Census - Victor and Edith Lund Family

This is the last census currently available. The 1940 census will be available in April (yeah!) but for now, the trail of documents ends for the Lund family.

Source: 1930 U.S. Census, Plain City Precinct, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 29-07, sheet 1A, dwelling 10, family 10, Victor E. Lund Family; digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : downloaded 6 May 2011); NARA.


Transcription:
1930 Census
Plain City Precinct, Weber Co., Utah

SD 1, ED 29-07, Sheet 1A

3 April 1930

Lines 59-64. Dwelling #10, Family #10.

Line 59. Lund, Victor E., Head, Owned property, no radio, Farm.  M, W, age 40, Married, 22 years old when married, can read, can write, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Denmark, mother pob: Sweden, can speak English, Farmer, Gen. Farm, VVVV, Owner, at work, not a veteran, farm schedule #8.

Line 60. ---, Edith P., Wife, F, W, age 38, Married, 20 years old when married, can read, can write, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, can speak English, no employment.

Line 61. ---, Ada M., Daughter, F, W, 15, Single, attended school this year, can read, can write, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, can speak English, no employment.

Line 62. ---, Eugene L., Son, M, W, 11, Single, attended school this year, can read, can write, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, can speak English, no employment.

Line 63. ---, Verla, Daughter, F, W, 8, Single, attended school this year, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, no employment.

Line 64. ---, Jeanine, Daughter, F, W, 0, Single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, no employment.

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Interesting:
Their youngest daughter, Jeanine, is still living in Plain City. She was, in fact, the one who provided me with all of the photographs I have for the Mathias and Didrich Lund families. (Victor's father and Grandfather)

1920 Census - Victor Lund Family

Continuing on with Victor and Pearl, here they are in 1920.

Source: 1920 U.S. Census, Weber County, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 169, sheet 8A, dwelling 166, family 166, Victor Lund Family; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : downloaded 6 May 2011); NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls.

Transcription:

1920 Census

Plain City Precinct, Weber Co., Utah

SD 1, ED 169, Sheet 8A

24 January 1920

Lines 34-37. Farm. Dwelling #166, Family #166.

Line 34. Lund, Victor., Head, Rented. M, W, age 32, Married, can read, can write,  place of birth: Utah, father pob: Denmark, mt: Danish, mother pob: Sweden, mt: Swedish, can speak English, Farmer, Gen. Farm, employer, farm schedule #129. (“000” written off to the side)

Line 35. ---, Pearl, Wife, F, W, age 30, Married, can read, can write, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, can speak English, no employment.

Line 36. ---, Ada, Daughter, F, W, 4, Single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, no employment.

Line 37. ---, Eugene, Son, M, W, 1, Single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, no employment.

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Interesting:

• I had the name Ada as their daughter but didn't know anything more. Now I know that she was born around 1916.
• I already had Victor and Pearl's marriage record from 1911. It seems strange that it was 5 years before they had Ada. Perhaps there were more children? I'll have to look into that.

Marriage License - Victor and Pearl Lund

I'm excited to work further back on the Taylor side of the family, but before I can do that I need to make sure I know all I can about each generation. Starting with Victor Lund and his wife Edith Pearl Taylor.

Source: Utah, Utah Marriages, 1887-1966, batch no. M74786-4, source film no. 1324681, nef. no. 5428 p467 #F (833), Victor Erastus Lund, 18 January 1911; digital images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 May 2011); Family History Library.

Last year I found the record of Victor and Pearl's marriage on Family Search, but it was only the index and no image. On one of my trips to the Family History Library, I pulled up the film and copied it.

Transcription:

Mr. Victor Erastus Lund of Plain City in the County of Weber and the State of Utah of the age of 22 years and Miss Edith Pearl Taylor of Plain City in the County of Weber and the State of Utah of the age of 19 years the ___ of said ___ having given ___ assent to said Marriage.

                In Witness Wherof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office in Ogden City, Weber County, State of Utah, this the 17^th day of Jany AD 1911.

(signed) P.G. Dye, County Clerk

By (signed) Jno. V. Bluth, Deputy.

State of Utah

County of Salt Lake

I hereby certify that on the ___ day of JAN 18 1911 in the year of our Lord one thousand nien hundred and ___ at Salt Lake City in said County, I the undersigned an Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did join in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony according to the laws of this State Victor E. Lund of the County of Weber, State of Utah and Edith P. Taylor of the County of Weber, State of Utah.

Signed – Victor E. Lund (groom)

Signed – Edith P. Taylor (bride)

(signed) Alfred Solomon (witness)

(signed) B Morris Young (witness)

(signed) Anthon H. Lund 

An Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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It's so interesting to see that they were married in the same place as Troy and I were, the Salt Lake Temple. They were young, 19 and 22, which is only one year younger than Troy and I when we married almost 100 years later.

I love that this document also has their signatures:

I also love looking at photographs of our ancestors. It's interesting how much Troy and our son James look like Victor -

Victor Erastus Lund

Edith Pearl Lund

John Ammon Taylor - photos

A few weeks ago I went to the local Family History Center to download some records from Ancestry.com. While doing that I ran across some user uploaded photographs of John Ammon Taylor.

Source: John Ammon Taylor photograph, ; digital image, uploaded to Ancestry.com 3 Apr 2011; privately held by Alisonpure [address for private use].

Source: John Ammon Taylor photograph, ; digital image, uploaded to Ancestry.com 27 Apr 2010; privately held by rburgesslinn, [address for private use].

I would love to know if the that is in fact John's signature or if someone just wrote his name under the picture. I'll need to go back to the FHC and try to contact these users.

Death Certificate - Ellen Pederson Taylor

Ellen married William Taylor's older brother John H.

Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, Entry no. 5755, Ellen Pederson Taylor, 22 September 1905; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 2 February 2012); Series no. 81448.

Transcript:

Place of Death County of Precinct of City, Town or Village of Street and No.	Weber Plain City Plain City 0503494
Full Name Former or Usual Residence How long resident at place of death	Ellen Pderson Taylor Plain City 37 years
Sex	Female
Color or Race	White
Date of Birth	December 11, 1857
Age	37 yrs. 9 mos. 11 ds.
Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced	Married
Birthplace (State or Country)	Plain City, Weber Co
Name of Father	Hans Pederson
Birthplace of Father (State or Country)	Bornholm, Denmark
Maiden Name of Mother	Annie Martine Hanson
Birthplace of Mother (State or Country)	Bornholm, Denmark
Occupation	housewife
Informant	Wm Taylor
Address	Plain City, Utah
Place of Burial Date of Burial Undertaker Address	Plain City Sept 25 CJA Lindquist Ogden
Date of Death	Sept 22, 1905
I hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Sept 20, 1905 to Sept 22, 1905 that I last saw her alive on Sept 22, 1905 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 8:00 AM. The Cause of Death was as follows: Puerperal Fever  Duration: 10 ds. Contributory: Exhaustion (signed) Lyman Steve M.D. Sept 23, 1905  /  Ogden, Utah
Filed / Registrar	Sept 24, 1905  /  Wm Mathers
Registered No.	27
no of Burial or Removal Permit	27

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Interesting:

• I'm sure I've seen Ellen's father's name in my research into the Lund family from Bornholm. It will be interesting to see if there are more connections.
• Ellen gave birth to a son on Sept. 12, 1905. Since her fever lasted for 10 days, it appears to have been complications due to childbirth. Such a common trend among women of the time. (ETA: according to Midge - "The fever listed on the other one is puerperal fever. It is also known as childbed fever & sadly is usually a result of bacteria introduced by the doctor or midwife assisting with the delivery. They didn't understand the need for good handwashing & sterilizing instruments. With all the open blood vessels during childbirth, it would lead to an overwhelming infection also known as blood poisoning."
• William Taylor, Ellen's brother-in-law was the informant. He would lose his own wife Ada in childbirth only 4 years later.

1900 Census - John A Taylor Family

Source: 1900 U.S. Census, Plain City, Weber, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 194, p. 8B, dwelling 154, family 157, John A. Taylor Family; digital images, Family Search (FamilySearch.org : downloaded 2 February 2012); FHL microfilm, 1854 reels.


Transcript:
Dwelling #154, Family #157, lines 60-67

Line 60. Taylor, John A. Head, W, M, Feb (Un) (Un), married 32 years, pob: Texas, father pob: (Un), mother pob: (Un). Farmer, can read, can write, can speak English. Owns, Mortgaged, Farm, farm schedule 90.

Line 61. -----, Mary H, Wife, W, F, Mar 1849, 51, married 32 years, 10 children, 9 living. pob: Denmark, father pob: Denmark, mother pob: Denmark. Immigrated in 1859, in the US for 41 years.

Line 62. -----, George F. Son, W, M, Apr 1875, 25, single, pob. Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark. Farm Laborer, can read, can write, can speak English.

Line 63. -----, Charles E. Son, W, M, Mar 1880, 20, single, pob. Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark. Farm Laborer, can read, can write, can speak English.

Line 64. -----, Hyrum B. Son, W, M, Jun 1881, 18, single, pob. Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark. Farm Laborer, can read, can write, can speak English.

Line 65. -----, Eather G. Son, W, M, Sep 1884, 15, single, pob. Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark. At school 7 months, can read, can write, can speak English.

Line 66. -----, Parley P. Son, W, M, Feb 1887, 13, single, pob. Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark. At school 7 months, can read, can write, can speak English.

Line 67. -----, Lester P. Son, W, M, May 1892, 8, single, pob. Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark. can read, can write, can speak English.

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Interesting:

• We don't get John's birth year or age. I wonder who was reporting this information to the enumerator.
• At this point, the farm was mortgaged. By 1910 it would be owned outright.
• I believe the fourth son listed should be spelled Ether...possibly an enumerator error?
• If you'll remember from the 1910 census, only one son was living at home. His name was Elmer and he was 18, so born about 1892. He should show up on this census but doesn't. Age wise it looks to be Lester, but Elmer and Lester are quite different names. Are they both really sons? Could one of them be a nephew or even a grandson?

Death Certificate - John Ammon Taylor

Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, Entry no. 79583, John Ammon Taylor death certificate, 19 February 1921; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 2 February 2012); Series no. 81448.

Transcript:

1 Place of Death County or Precinct or City  /  no.  /  ward	Weber Ogden  /  640 22nd Street (4th Ward)
2 Full Name Residence No. / St. Length of residence in city or town where death occurred (yrs. mos. ds) How long in U.S., if foreign birth?	John Ammon Taylor 640 22nd Street (4th Ward) 4 years
3 Sex	Male
4 Color or Race	White
5 Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced If Married, Widowed, or divorced, Husband of (or) wife of	Married Hannah Poulson
6 Date of Birth	February 18, 1846
7 Age	75 yrs. 0 mos. 1 ds.
8 Occupation	Farmer
9 Birthplace (City or town)	Texas
(State or Country)
10 Name of Father	John Taylor
11 Birthplace of Father (State or Country)	Pennsilvania
12 Maiden Name of Mother	Hannah Berkatt
13 Birthplace of Mother (State or Country)	Kentucke
14 Informant	Elmer A. Taylor
Address
15 Filed / Registrar	Feb 3 1921  /  R Wilson
16 Date of Death	February 19, 1921
17 I hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Feb 9, 1921 to Feb 19, 1921 that I last saw him alive on Feb 18, 1921 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 1:20 AM. The Cause of Death was as follows: Apoplexy  Duration: 10 ds.
18 Where was the disease contracted if not at place of death? Did an operation precede death? Was there an autopsy? What was the confirmed diagnosis? (Signed), M.D. Date/Address	No, -- No -- (signed) Feb 19, 1921 / Ogden, Utah
19 Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal      Date of Burial	Plain City Cemetary Feby 22, 1921
20 Undertaker      Address	[Ija] Lindquist Ogden, Utah
21 Registered No.	2656
22 no of Burial or Removal Permit	2719

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Interesting: 

• John died one day after his 75th birthday.
• Listed as married but his wife died in 1916, according to his gravestone.
• His parents birthplaces, in addition to being misspelled, are inverted, maybe. His census records list his Father from Kentucky and his mother from Pennsylvania.
• ETA - According to Midge - "Apoplexy is the same as a stroke. Test confirming diagnosis looks like paralysis. They had few tests available to them back then but paralysis either complete or one sided is classic. More of a symptom than a test but I think that is what it says."