Source: 1920 U.S. Census, Weber County, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 169 (SD) 1, sheet 1-B, dwelling 16, family 16, Mathias C. Lund Family; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : downloaded 31 May 2011); NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls.
Entry: Lines 64-68. Farm. Dwelling #16, Family #16.
Line 64. Lund, Mathias C., Head, Owned, Free. M, W, age 70, Married, immigrated 1869, Naturalized 1874, did not attend school in 1919, can read, can write, place of birth: Denmark, mother tongue: Danish, father pob: Denmark, mt: Danish, mother pob: Denmark, mt: Danish, can speak English, Farmer, Gen. Farm, employer, farm schedule #16. (“000” written off to the side)
Line 65. —, Pauline, Wife, F, W, age 65,Married, Immigrated 1869, Naturalized 1874, did not attend school in 1919, cannot read, cannot write, place of birth: Sweden, mother tongue: Swedish, father pob: Sweden, mt: Swedish, mother pob: Sweden, mt. Swedish, can speak English.
Line 66. —, Sadie, Daughter, F, W, 26, Single, can read, can write, pob: Utah, father pob: Denmark, mother toungue: Danish, mother pob: Sweden, mt: Swedish, speaks English.
Line 66. —, Clyde, Daughter, F, W, 19, Single, can read, can write, pob: Utah, father pob: Denmark, mother toungue: Danish, mother pob: Sweden, mt: Swedish, speaks English.
Line 66. —, Lloyd, Son, M, W, 1 2/12, Single, pob: Utah, father pob: Denmark, mother toungue: Danish, mother pob: Sweden, mt: Swedish.
I don’t know who
Lloyd Lund is. He is listed as being 1 2/12, so he was born around Oct/Nov 1918. I don’t believe he is Pauline’s son because she would have been almost 64 years old when he was born – not very likely his mom! he may be the son of either Sadie or Clyde, so Mathias and Pauline’s grandson. I’ll have to investigate this more. I don’t have a Lloyd Lund in my database right now – mostly from other family research. I think I’ll start by looking for Clyde and Sadie in the 1930 census (Mathias and Pauline both pass away before then). Perhaps Lloyd is listed with one of them…as their son. Or, I could look for Lloyd’s birth certificate. Because he was born after 1911, his records aren’t digitized at the Utah State Archives. I would have to go to the county (I assume Weber County, where Plain City is) and order it for $18. I think I’ll check the census’ first. Any other ideas?
Also, I’d like to find Farm Schedule #16 which should list more details about the Lund Farm. I’d also like to know what the “000” means – listed after Mathias’ Line. Many of the other “heads” have a “000” but some have other numbers. I wonder what they mean…not sure where to find the answer to that one. I’ll have to find an expert.
Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 20 June 2011 | Posted in Census, Lund |
Chapter 2 – Early Life Memories (up to about 12 years old.)
This topic deals with your friends and playmates from your earliest memories up through your elementary school years….approximately age 12.
Who were your friends or special playmates during this time? Did you play a lot with your brothers and sisters or with children from other families? What games or activities were you good at? Which ones were most difficult for you? Tell me about some memorable event that happened during your play…Did you ever “cook up” and/or eat anything out of the ordinary?…Ever get lots?…Break any windows? Did you ever discover anything strange or unusual? As you played, what was special that you made or took apart, buried or dug up, read or listened to, painted decorated, etc? Did you fly any kites? Were they “store bought” or did you make them yourself? Who helped you?
Did you sew or cook anything special or important to you at the time? Did you (or you and a friend) ever make a gift for a parent, brother or sister, friend, teacher, etc?
What was the gift and why do you remember it so clearly? In those early years, did you ever go exploring in the woods, on a construction site, etc.? What else did you do with your friends and playmates that was significant to you? In addition to your real friends, did you also have any imaginary friends? What were their names? What did you do with your imaginary friends? Why were they important to you?
Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 19 June 2011 | Posted in Book of Memories |
What a find! The other day I decided to do a Google search for Mathias in all his various names. When I used “Mathias Christan Funk Lund” look what I got — A book about Scandinavian Missionaries! Apparently, Mathias served an LDS mission back to the motherland. The entire contents of the book are online for all to see. Below is his entry.
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| Source: Anderson Shauna C., and Susan Easton Black, and Ruth Ellen Maness., Legacy of Sacrifice: Missionaries to Scandinavia, 1872-94 (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, January 2007), page “K, L”; electronic copy, Brigham Young University, (: accessed 10 June 2011. |
Mathias Christian Funk Lund
(Mathias Kristian Funch)
1849–1926
Residence: Plain City, Weber Co., Utah
Arrival date in Copenhagen: 20 June 1888
Missionary labors: Copenhagen Conference
Departure date from Copenhagen: 24 April 1890
Name of departure ship: Cameo
Birth date: 31 August 1849
Birthplace: Arnager, Nylarsker, Bornholm, Denmark
Father: Funch, Didrik Jacobsen
Mother: Hansdatter, Karen (Catherine)
Spouse: Swensson, Pauline Persson
Marriage date: 11 May 1874
Marriage place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
Death date: 2 March 1926
Death place: Ogden, Weber Co., Utah
Burial place: Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber Co., Utah
On 5 September 1858, Mathias was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was endowed on 11 May 1874 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City (see FamilySearch).
While a resident of Plain City, Weber County, Utah, he accepted a mission call to Scandinavia in 1888. He arrived in Copenhagen on 20 June 1888 and was assigned to labor in the Copenhagen Conference. After completing this mission, he departed from Copenhagen on 24 April 1890 aboard the steamer Cameo with 116 emigrating Latter-day Saints and six other missionaries. The voyage across the North Sea was marked with considerable seasickness and stormy weather. The Cameo arrived at Hull, England, on 27 April 1890 (see Jenson, History of the Scandinavian Mission, 307, 313).
Mathias returned to Weber County, where he worked as a farmer in Plain City. He died from pneumonia at the Ogden Hospital at age seventy-six. His funeral was held in the Plain City chapel (see “Plain City Resident’s Funeral Set for Thursday,” Deseret News, 3 March 1926).
Not only did this entry provide me with lots of new information like mission dates/locations, ship names, and other sources to look for, when combined with everything else I know, I learn more about his wife. Mathias left for his mission in June of 1888 at the age of 38, leaving Pauline at home with 4 young children (ages 11, 6, 3, 1) and 6 months pregnant with her fifth! Wow!
Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 13 June 2011 | Posted in Lund |
Now that we have the basics out of the way, we’ll spend the next few weeks focusing on your early life memories…until about 12 years old. Remember back to the old days…
From the time of your birth up until you were approximately 12 years old, where did you live? Do you have any pictures of this house? Where are they? Label them.
Was it a big house or an apartment? What color was it? Was it in a city or in a rural area? Do you know if that house still exists? What happened to it? Did you have a room all to yourself or did you share a room with someone else? Did anyone live with you and your family? Was there a room or a particular piece of furniture that had a special significance to you? Someplace you would go to feel secure?…a chair that was your dad’s favorite?…a couch you used to jump on?…A dresser that you marked on, nailed on, or scratched and got you in trouble? Did you have a television? How big was your first TV set? What were your feelings as you watched those first historic shows? Do you remember the first TV program that you ever watched? What was it? Did your family have a radio? Describe it. What are your special memories regarding that radio and the program(s) that you and your family listed to? What about outside the house? Did you have a big or small yard? Did you have a garden? Did you ever try to plant/eat anything unusual from that garden? What games did you play out there? In the future, I will ask more questions about the homes you lived in later in life.
As always, you can respond to these questions or ignore them or focus only some of the questions. Perhaps these questions aren’t relevant to you but spark other topics…feel free to write about those as well!
Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 12 June 2011 | Posted in Book of Memories |
