I’ve postedaboutAda before but today after showing Troy some of what I’ve been doing, I ended up finding a newspaper notice for her death.
Source: University of Utah, “Random References,” death notice, Ogden Standard Examiner, 10 September 1909, Ada Rose Taylor death announcement; online images, Utah Digital Newspapers (digitalnewspapers.org : downloaded 15 March 2012).
Mrs. Taylor Passes Away — Mrs. Ada Rose Taylor, wife of William Taylor of Plain City and daughter of Joseph Taylor of Harrisville, died yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Her bebe died a few minutes after. Mrs. Taylor had many friends by whom she was held in high esteem. She was but thirty-seven years old and leaves a husband and seven children.
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.
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
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).
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.
Why, its the study of the Lund's, of course! I am jumping in to researching our family history and seeing where it takes me. We are the Lund's. We come from Lund's, Ranson's, DeMacedo's, Lima's, Anderson's, Warner's, Ferreira's, Da Silva's and beyond! Since my own side of the family is from Brazil, it is quite difficult to track things down. Troy's side, on the other hand, has proven to be much easier. So, I'll be jumping back and forth and all around to learn about where we come from.
Are you related to us? I'd love to learn more about you and share what I know about our common ancestors!
