Hans P F Lund - Grave Marker

Source: Grave marker for Hans P. F. Lund, born 17 Apr 1844, died 25 Sep 1872, Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States. photograph.

Transcript:

Hans P. F.
Lund
Born
Apr 17, 1844
Died
Sep 25, 1872
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Andrew F
Lund
Born
Jan 23, 1827
Died
Sep 24 1871
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Born at Bornholm
Denmark

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But who is Andrew? In the database I have a brother for Hans named Jacob Andreas Funk Lund, and I have that he died 24 Sept 1871. But I have that he was born 23 Jan 1846. Could Andrew be an uncle? Is the birth year wrong on the grave marker? That seems odd as I would think the family would want a correct grave marker. I'll have to look for a grave marker for Jacob and see if he is buried somewhere else. I would really like to find out how these brothers died as they were both so young (25 and 28 years old).

Janus (James) Lund's Death

Example of a Threshing machine from about 1900.

Going back over some documents, I decided to investigate Janus Lund's death. I previously posted his death certificate. On it his cause of death is listed as Internal injuries which happened 4 days earlier, at home. Also listed was a fractured skull. I figured with such a traumatic injury there had to be something in the local paper, Ogden Standard Examiner - all found online.

5 Sept 1908

Plain City Farmer is Seriously Injured

  On his farm near Plain City, yesterday, James Lund, while at work on a threshing machine, met with a rather peculiar accident, which is likely to prove fatal.

  In some manner unexplained, a sack of grain fell upon the unfortunate man, bearing him back and down to the ground, where his head struck an iron projection, facturing his skull.

  At the time the sack of grain struck him, Lund had an open knife in his mouth, the blade between his teech [sic]. Paralysis resulted from the blow received by the sack of grain, or from the fracture and it required considerable effort to remove the knife blade from between the unfortunate man’s teeth, which were locked upon it like a vice.

9 Sept 1908
Funeral of J. F. Lund. – The funeral of J. F. Lund will be held at PlainCity at 2 p. m., Thursday. The remains may be viewed from 7 to 9 this evening and from 9 to 10 a. m., Thursday, at Lindquist’s parlors, where the cortege will form, at 10 a. m. on day of funeral and proceed to Plain City.

11 Sept 1908
J. F. Lund Laid to Rest – The body of J. F. Lund was laid to rest in the Plain City cemetery yesterday afternoon, the funeral services being held in the Plain City meeting house at 2 o’clock p. m. Bishop Henry Garner presided over the funeral services and the ward choir furnished appropriate music for the occasion. There was a large attendance at the services and many beautiful floral offerings were brought to the bier by the many friends of the deceased. The speakers were Elders Peter Poulson, Thomas Morgan of Logan, Bishop James Stewart, George W. Brammell and Charles Weatherston.

Death Certificate - Karen Lund

Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, Entry no. 12318, Karen Lund, 17 May 1907; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 7 June 2011); Series no. 81448.


Transcript:

Place of Death County of Precinct of City , Town or Village of Street and No.	Weber Plain City
Sex	Female
Color	White
Date of Birth	Oct 9th 1815
Age	91 yrs. 7 mos. 8 ds.
Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced	Widow
Birthplace (State or Country)	Bornholm, Denmark
Name of Father	not remembered
Birthplace of Father (State or Country)	Denmark
Maiden Name of Mother	not known
Birthplace of Mother (State or Country)	Denmark
Occupation	housewife
Informant	J.F. Lund
Address	Plain City
Place of Burial	Plain City
Date of Burial	May 19th 1907
Undertaker	M. Larkins
Address	Ogden
I hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from {blank} to {blank} that I last saw her alive on {blank} and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at {blank}. The Cause of Death was as follows: Chief Cause: General Debility. Where Contracted: Plain City Duration: 10 ds. Contributory: {blank} Duration: {blank} Where Contracted: {blank} (signed) Wm Mathers Registrar Date: May 18, 1907 (Address) Plain City
Filed	May 21, 1907
Registered No.	40
no of Burial Permit	40

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According to my mother-in-law General Debility means "weakened after a slow decline". Basically, she died of old age. Her son, Janus F Lund was the informant on the death certificate and all of the information on it is correct according to my database.


In addition to her death certificate I also found two newspaper notices of her death.

18 May 1907 – Death Notice – Karen Lund (Sat.)
Mrs. Karen Lund, 91 years of age, a native of Denmark, died at her home in Plain City at 9:25 p. m., Friday. She was born in Bornholm, Denmark, on Oct. 9 1815, became a member of the Mormon church 52 years ago and came to Utah in 1871. She leaves six sons, 45 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held in the Plain City meeting house at 4 p. m., Sunday.
Source: University of Utah, "Random References," death notice, Ogden Standard Examiner, 18 May 1907, death of Karen Lund; online images, Utah Digital Newspapers (digitalnewspapers.org : downloaded 8 September 2011).

According to this article, she joined the LDS Church 52 years prior to her death (i.e. 1855) but according my database, and Family Search, she was baptized in 1853 (54 years prior to her death). Family Search also has various baptisms for her done after her death, but within her lifetime 1853 is the only year listed.

20 May 1907 – Death Notice – Karen Lund (Mon.)
Service [sic] were held yesterday afternoon over the remains of Mrs. Karen Lund, at Plain City. Mrs. Lund was 91 years old at the time of death.
Source: University of Utah, "Random References," death notice, Ogden Standard Examiner, 20 May 1907, death of Karen Lund; online images, Utah Digital Newspapers (digitalnewspapers.org : downloaded 8 September 2011).

Birth Certificate - William Archibald Ranson

Yesterday I posted Archie's obituary. Today, lets take a look at his birth certificate.

Source: Rich County, Utah, Birth Certificates, 1909; Rich, Jan-Jun, Box 21, Folder 29, image 19, William Archibald Ranson, 21 March 1909; digital images, Utah Office of Vital Records, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 9 June 2011).

Archie's Birth Certificate also includes a Supplemental Report of Birth. According to the Utah State Archives website:

Included are Supplemental Report of Birth forms, which are used to certify that a name has been given to a child who was unnamed at the time the original birth certificate was filed, and Affidavit to Amend a Record forms, which are used to correct erroneous information or provide information missing from the original record. In some cases, these documents may be supplemented by correspondence or a copy of church records.

I wish I had the date when the Supplement was filed. It would be nice to know how long it took Joseph and Valate to name him.

Transcript:

State Board of Health File No.	18
Place of Birth County of Precinct of Town of Village of City of	Rich Randolph
FULL NAME OF CHILD	William Archibald Ranson
Sex of Child	Male
Twins, Triplet, or Other?     and Number in order of birth	One ---
Legitimate?	Yes
Date of Birth	March 21, 1909
FATHER Full Name Residences Color Age at Last Birthday Birthplace Occupation	Joseph Ranson Randolph White 23 Utah Lineman
MOTHER Full Maiden Name Residence Color Age at last Birthday Birthplace Occupation	Valate Corless Randolph White 26 Utah ---
Number of Child of this Mother	3
Number of children of this Mother now living	3
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR MIDWIFE I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child, and that it occurred on March 21, 1909 at 5 a.m. Premature NO or Still Birth NO Signature A. Ewing (or A.E. King) MD Date March 21, 1909 – Physician Address of Physician or Midwife – Randolph
Filed	March 24, 1909
Registrar	(signed) MS Reay
Registered No.	8

Supplemental Report of Birth, State of Utah

Place of birth	Randolph
Registered No.	8
Sex of Child	Male
Twins, Triplet, or Other?     and Number in order of birth	--- ---
Date of Birth	March 21, 1909
Father Full Name	Joseph Ranson
Mother Full Maiden Name	Valate Corless
I hereby certify that the child described herein has been named:	William Archibald Ranson
(Signature)	MS Reay, MD (Phys)

Death Notice - Archie W. Ranson

As part of my recent scanning adventures at the in-laws house, I came across an awesome scrapbooks my mother-in-law put together. It included lots of pictures I haven't seen. Even my husband hadn't seen most of these! I scanned a few pages - really only the one's with any documents - knowing I would have to go back and scan all of it. I'll also need to sit down with my mother-in-law and get names for everyone in the pictures.

Here is one page for Troy's grandfather - Archie W. Ranson. He always went by "Archie" but his given name was William Archibald Ranson.

Page: Source: Midge Lund's private scrapbooks.
Obit. Source: clipped from Standard Examiner.

I spoke with Troy's mom to verify dates for all the pictures. Here's what we know.
Top Picture: Ervie Joseph, William Archibald "Archie", and Zentha Martha. I guessed taken about 1909-10, and Midge verified the image was dated 1910. Babies (boys as well as girls) wore dresses until about 2 years old...plus Archie doesn't look to be much older than 1 year. I assume this was taken in Randolph, as that is where Archie was born and raised until he was 12 years old.
Bottom Left Picture: Dated 1935.
Bottom Right Picture: Dated 1927. The L on his jersey is for Lewis Junior High School where he played on the team.
Obit Picture: Taken 1976. It is half of a picture of him and his wife Margaret.

His obituary was written by his wife Margaret Warner Ranson.

Transcript:
Archie W. Ranson
OGDEN – Archie William Ranson, 85, died Friday, March 3, 1995 at a local care center. He was born March 22, 1909 in Randolph, Rich County, Utah, a son of Joseph H. and Vilate Corless Ranson. At age 12, he moved to Ogden and received much of his education. Here he served a four year machinist apprenticeship on the Southern Pacific Railroad. He worked 46 years and retired in 1974.

In June of 1929, he married Ester Bennett. They had five children and then divorced. In April of 1934 he married Margaret Warner and they had five children.

He played Church basketball for the Ogden 17th Ward for several years. He served as Sunday School and M.I.A. Superintendent. He served as a Counselor in the Bishopric and Bishop of the Ogden 23rd Ward. He was a Home Teacher and Bishop’s Clerk and served as an ordinance worker in the Ogden Temple.

He was active in the Democratic Party as well as the Machinist Local 1429, where he was Local Chairman and President.

Surviving are his wife of Ogden and his children; Mrs. Duane (Dolores) Gibson, Ogden; Jerry Ranson, Layton; Mrs. Hyrum (Bonnie Jean) Price, Ogden; Clifford Ranson, Aiken SC; Mrs. Robert (Fern Kay) Freeman, West Point; Mrs. Keith (Helen Elaine) Wight, Fruit Heights; Mrs. Brent (Midge) Lund, Ogden.

He was preceded in death by three sons.

The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff of Aspen Care Center, for their care and concern during his illness.

Family services will be held on Tuesday prior to burial at the Ogden City Cemetery. There will be no public viewing.

Funeral Directors, Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary.

1900 Census - Karen Lund

Source: 1900 U.S. Census, Plain City, Weber, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 194, sheet 1, dwelling 12,, family 12, Karon C. Lund; digital images, Family Search (FamilySearch.org : downloaded 30 August 2011); FHL microfilm, 1854 reels.

Transcription:
Line 45. Dwelling #12, Family #12.
Lund, Karon C., Head, W, F, born Oct 1815, age 84, Widow, had 6 children 4 still living,  place of birth: Denmark, father pob: Denmark,  mother pob: Denmark, immigrated 1871, in US for 29 years, can read, can write, can speak English, Owned, free, House.

At this point, Karen is living alone in her home in Plain City, Utah. Her husband Diderick died five years earlier in 1885. She will live for another 7 years. 

One interesting item in this entry - "had 6 children, 4 still living". From my records she actually had 7 children and three would have died by 1900. Her oldest child, Claudina Christina was born about 3 years prior to her marriage to Diderick, from a prior (non-marriage) relationship. Could this be the missing child? I don't know when or if Claudina immigrated to the United States, so perhaps Karen hadn't seen her since 1871 when she herself immigrated. Claudina died earlier in 1900. Did Karen know?

Didrick and Karen Lund - Grave Marker

I just scanned in a bunch of documents at the in-laws house. I'm so excited to sort through them and add them as sources in my database. Since most of the documents are for living relatives, I won't be adding them to the blog.

In the meantime, I was looking through my "to file" folder and came across this:

Source: Tombstone for Didrick F. Lund and Karen C., Didrick died 21 Oct 1885, Karen died 17 May 1907, Plain City Cemetary, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States. photograph.

This is the grave marker for both Didrick and Karen Lund - Troy's third-great-grandparents. All the information on the marker matches what I had in the database - except, the name spellings. This is yet another way to spell Didrick. I also have Diderich, and Didrich and various combinations of Lund, Funk, and Funch, sometimes together, sometimes not. Also, I have Karen's name as Karen Kathrina Chirstine Hansen, but that only comes from Family Group Records from the new Family Search. I'll have to find a birth record for her to get her "real" name at birth.

Transcription:

Didrick F.
LUND
born
Mar. 25. 1816.
died
Oct. 21. 1885.
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Karen C.
Wife of the above
born
Oct. 9. 1815
died
May 17. 1907
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Born at Bornholm Denmark
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REST

I think it says "REST" but it also looks like RBST or RβST, but those don't really make sense. I got this photograph from findagrave.com so I'll have to go to Plain City in person to get a better image.

Secrets and Lies...

I was sitting with my mother in the hospital today for a few hours and thought, since I had my laptop, I might take a look at some database information on Utah marriages and organize what I wanted to get at the Utah State Archives.

In this process, Aliene and Eugene Lund showed up on my list...Troy's grandparents. I don't have a place for her first or last marriages (she was married and divorced 3 times), but she lived in Utah. However, her 2nd marriage, to Troy's grandfather, took place in Wyoming. I thought, since I had time, and no where to go I would try to see what Wyoming had online. It was quite confusing so I decided to call them.

The archivist was extremely helpful and after I gave her the information I had, she said she'd pull the certificate and email it to me.

When she called me back she informed me that Aliene was listed on her Marriage certificate as Aliene Harvey (1st married name) and listed as divorced. Also, the date on the certificate didn't match what I had on file.

Here's the Certificate:

Source: Wyoming, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, marriage certificate 1289 (11 May 1946), Eugene Lund and Aliene Harvey (Anderson); Wyoming State Archives, Cheyenne.

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Transcription
State of Wyoming
Department of Heath
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Marriage
File No. 1946
Certif. No 1989

I, Victor W. Matthews a Bishop of the Evanston 1st Ward in the L.D.S. Church officiating in the County of Uinta and State of Wyoming, do hereby certify that I did on the 11th day of May A.D. 1946 in Evanston, County of Uinta, State of Wyoming, unite in marriage Eugene Lund of Plain City, County of Weber, State of Utah, and Aliene Harvey, of Ogden, County of Weber, State of Utah the parties named in the within license, in said County and State according to the laws of the State of Wyoming.

Ellis M. Lund (Witness)
RFD #2 Ogden (Residence)
Ray S. Chislton (Witness)
R.F.D. #2 Ogden (Residence)

(Signature of person officiating and P.O. address) Victor W. Martinez, Evanton, Wyoming

Groom
Full Name: Eugene Lund
Residence: Plain City, Utah
Age: 27
Color or Race: W
Single, Widowed or Divorced: D
Occupation: Farming
Birthplace: Utah
Name of Father: Victor Lund
Birthplace of Father: Utah
Maiden Name of Mother: Pearl Taylor
Birthplace of Mother: Utah

Bride
Full Name: Aliene Harvey
Residence: 3453 Porter Ave. Ogden, Utah
Age: 27
Color or Race: W
Single, Widowed or Divorced: D
Maiden Name if Previously Married: Aliene Anderson
Birthplace: Idaho
Name of Father: Oscar Anderson
Birthplace of Father: Utah
Maiden Name of Mother: Annie Mills
Birthplace of Mother: Utah

Date Received by County Clerk: May 11, 1946
Recorded by Clerk on page 188 Book 177
Signature: Joseph M P---- County Clerk
Date received by State Registrar: May 16, 1946

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So, the date I had on file - which was listed in Aliene's own "Book of Rememberances" on multiple pages (so it's not a typo) was 11 May 1945 - one year earlier.

Aliene and Eugene's son was born in November of 1946...6 months later! It would appear she was pregnant before they were married.

My burning question - Why did they go to Wyoming to get married? They are both from the Ogden, Utah area, as are both Witnesses.

Also, I would like to track down all of Aliene and Eugene's divorce records. Those should be interesting as well.