Death Certificate – Karen Lund

Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 29 October 2011 | Comment

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).


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