The United States joined World War I on April 6, 1917. The Selective Service Act of 1917 required all males aged 21 to 30 to register for military service. Later the age range was expanded to include ages 18 to 45 and to ban volunteering. 4.8 million Americans served during World War I, and about 2.8 million of those were drafted. Approximately 24 million men registered for World War I.
Victor Erastus Lund took part in the first registration, on June 5, 1917 which was for all men ages of 21 to 31. The draft cards are two sided with the draftee filling out the front side and the official completing the back.
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Source: “World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” digital image, United States, Selective Service System, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : downloaded 6 May 2011), Victor Erastus Lund Registration Card; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, form 664, card no. 10233.
Transcript:
Registration Card
Form 664
No. 10233
·Name in Full – Victor Erastus Lund, age in yrs. 28
·Home address – Plain City, Utah
·Date of Birth – Dec 13, 1888
·Are you – “natural born”
·Where where you born? – Plain City, Utah
·If not a citizen, of what country are you a citizen or subject? —
·What is your present trade, occupation, or office? – Farming
·By whom employed? – myself
·Where employed? – Plain City
·Have you a father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support (specify which)? – wife – one child
·Married or single (which)? – married
·Race (specify which)? – Caucasian
·What military service have you had? – none
·Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)? —
I affirm that I have verified above answers and that they are true.
(signed) Victor Erastus Lund
Registrar’s Report
A 43-1-34
·Tall, medium or short (specify which)? – Tall
·Slender, medium, or stout (which)? – Medium
·Color of eyes? – Dark Brown
·Color of hair? – Dark Brown
·Bald? —
·Has person lost arm, leg, hand, feet, or both eyes, or is he otherwise disabled (specify)? —
I certify that my answers are ture, that the person registered has read this own answeres, that I have witnesssed his signature, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows: _______.
(signed) ???Jackman
Precinct – Plain City
City or County – Weber
State – Utah
Date of registration – June 5
Interesting:
I found this card on Ancestry last year, before I had a photograph of Victor. I love that it lists his characteristics.
The triangle at the bottom of the front side says: “If person is of African descent, tear off this corner.” Not sure why they wanted this information displayed prominently…they already asked for race on the card.
In one of my Family History Library trips I found a book containing the cemetery records for the Plain City Cemetery. I copied the pages with Lund’s and Taylor’s then added them to my database. Under “LUND” there was an entry for Verla.
Source: Evelyn B. Christensen Harris, Plain City, Weber County, Utah cemetery records, typed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (N.p.: The Genealogical Society of Utah, n.d.), 26.
Verla, b. 20 Jan. 1922, Plain City, Ut. child of Victor Erastus Lund & Edith Pearl Taylor, d. 29 Jan. 1933.
This young girl died at 11 years old! At the time I didn’t continue my research, but since I’ve been looking at census records for Victor Lund’s family I found Verla’s name again. In the 1930 census she was 8 years old. How did she die? To find out I went to the Utah State Archives and found her death certificate.
Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, Series 81448, Entry 14159, Verla Lund, 29 March 1933; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 4 March 2012); Series no. 81448.
Transcript:
1 Place of Death
County or
Precinct or
City / no. / ward
Weber
Ogden / Dee Hospital
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?
Verla Lund
Plain City, Tuah
3 Sex
Female
4 Color or Race
White
5 Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced
If Married, Widowed, or divorced, Husband of (or) wife of
Single
6 Date of Birth
January 20, 1922
7 Age
11 yrs. 2 mos. 9 ds.
8 Occupation
Student
9 Birthplace (City or town)
Plain City
(State or Country)
Utah
10 Name of Father
Victor Erastus Lund
11 Birthplace of Father (State or Country)
Plain City, Utah
12 Maiden Name of Mother
Pearl Taylor
13 Birthplace of Mother (State or Country)
Plain City, Utah
14 Informant
Mrs. R. F. Cottle
Address
2975 Jackson Ave, Ogden
15 Filed / Registrar
Mar 30 1933 / N. H. Savage
16 Date of Death
March 29, 1933
17 I hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Feb 28, 1933 to Mar 29, 1933 that I last saw her alive on Mar 29, 1933 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 5 PM.
The Cause of Death was as follows: Ruptured appendicitis and peritonitis Duration: 31 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
Plain City, Utah
No
No
—
(signed)
3-30, 1933 / Ogden, Utah
19 Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal
Date of Burial
Plain City, Utah
April 2, 1933
20 Undertaker
Address
Lindquist & Sons
Ogden, Utah
21 Registered No.
126
22 no of Burial or Removal Permit
12
Cause of death is listed as “ruptured appendicitis and peritonitis”. So for 31 days this young girl not only had endured the pain of a ruptured appendix but the subsequent infection that ultimately took her life. How overwhelmingly sad. The more I research family history the more grateful I am for the blessings of living in the modern world, and especially for modern medicine. This cause of death would be unheard of in the USA today.
I’m not sure who the informant, a Mrs. R.F. Cottle, is. The only Cottle in my database is a Laurence Nelson Cottle, who married Victor’s aunt Lettie Rosella Lund. Could the R.F. refer to one of their son’s meaning the informant was his wife, making her Victor’s Cousin-in-law? Alternatively, perhaps one of Edith Pearl’s sisters married a Cottle.
The death date is listed incorrectly in the cemetery records.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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!
