Source: 1910 Census, Plain City, Weber, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 236, p. 4B, dwelling 76, family 78, William M. Taylor Family; digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : downloaded 1 February 2012); T624, 1178 rolls.
Transcript: Utah, Weber, Plain City Precinct, SD Utah, ED 236, sheet no. 4 B 23-25 April, 1910 by Centennial E. Palmer Lines 71-78. Dwelling #76, Family #78.
Line 71. Taylor, William M, Head, M, W, age 38, Wd. place of birth: Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Den. Danish. Speaks English. Farmer, general farm, Employer, can read, can write. Owned, free, farm, farm schedule #56.
Line 72. —, Edith P, Daughter, F, W, age 18, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. Speaks English. Servant, at home, worker, not out of work, 0 months unemployed, can read, can write.
Line 73. —, William L, Son, M, W, age 16, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. Speaks English. Farm laborer, at home, worker, not out of work, 12 months unemployed, can read, can write, attended school.
Line 74. —, Ada E., Daughter, F, W, age 14, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. Speaks English. No employment, can read, can write, attended school.
Line 75. —, Manilla F., Daughter, F, W, age 12, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. Speaks English. No employment, can read, can write, attended school.
Line 76. —, Lila M., Daughter, F, W, age 9, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. No employment, can read, can write, attended school.
Line 77. —, James L., Son, M, W, age 4, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. No employment.
Line 78. —, Joseph E., Son, M, W, age 2, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah. No employment.
Interesting:
William L’s birthplace is listed as Utah, but in the 1900 census it was listed at Idaho. I’ll have to try to confirm one or the other.
Edith is listed as a servant at home. Is she filling in for her mother who passed away not quite a year prior? Is she paid for this “employment”?
I’m continuing my research into the Taylor family. Now I’m looking at Census records.
Source: 1900 U.S. Census, Plain City, Weber, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 194, p. 8B, dwelling 160, family 163, William Taylor family; digital images, Family Search (FamilySearch.org : downloaded 1 February 2012); FHL microfilm, 1854 reels.
Transcript: Utah, Weber, Plain City Precinct, SD 273, ED 194 sheet no. 8 B 21 June, 1900 by Edwin Dix Lines 93-98. Dwelling #160, Family #163.
Line 93. Taylor, William, Head, W, M, Sep 1879, age 28, married for 9 years. place of birth: Utah, father pob: Texas, mother pob: Denmark, Farmer, can read, can write, can speak English. Owned, free, farm, farm schedule #96.
Line 94. —, Ada, Wife, W, F, Aug 1878, age 27, married for 9 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living. place of birth: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: Wales, can read, can write, can speak English.
Line 95. —, Edith P. Daughter, W, F, June 1891, age 8, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, can speak english.
Line 96. —, William L. Son, W, M, May 1893, age 7, single, place of birth: Idaho, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah, can speak english.
Line 97. —, Ada E. Daughter, W, F, Sep 1895, age 4, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah.
Line 98. —, Manilla. Daughter, W, F, July 1898, age 1, single, place of birth: Utah, father pob: Utah, mother pob: Utah.
Interesting:
There is another Taylor family on this same page. I believe it to be William’s father, John.
I believe that William and Ada’s birth years are listed incorrectly. Otherwise, William would have been 12 years old when Pearl was born, and Ada would have been. Besides, their ages don’t match either. I’d sooner believe that Ada was actually 27 years old in 1900.
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?
Moving on to another of Mathias’ brothers, let’s check in on Janus Lund’s family in 1880.
1880 U.S. Census, Plain City, Weber, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 100, p. 473A, dwelling 6, family 6, Janus Lund Family; digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : downloaded 6 May 2011); Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Transcription: US Census 1880 Page 3, ED 100 Plain City Precinct 2 Jun 1880 Lines 21-26, Family 6, Dwelling 6 Line 21. Lund, Janus, W, M, 28, [head], married, Teamster, 4 mo unemployed, pob: Denmark, father pob: Denmark, mother pob: Denmark. Line 22. —–, Christina, W, F, 28, wife, married, keeping house, pob: Sweden, father pob: Sweden, mother pob: Sweden. Line 23. —–, Annie, W, F, 5, daughter, pob: Utah, father pob: Denmark, mother pob: Sweden. Line 24. —–, Lucinida, W, F, 3, daughter, pob: Utah, father pob: Denmark, mother pob: Sweden. Line 25. —–, Lorenzo, W, M, 1, son, pob: Utah, father pob: Denmark, mother pob: Sweden. Line 26. Miller, Albert, W, M, 9, stepson, at school, pob: Utah, father pob: England, mother pob: Sweden.
Of interest:
According to wikipedia: The term “teamster” originally referred to a person who drove a team of draft animals, usually a wagon drawn by oxen, horses, or mules. This term was common by the time of the Mexican-American War (1848) and the Indian Wars throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries on the American frontier.
Janus’ wife, Christina is the sister of Mathias’ wife Pauline.
Albert is Christina’s son from a previous marriage…according to the newFamilySearch.org family group sheet Christina was married to an Albert Miller in 1869. I haven’t found a census for them yet but will look for that next.
The second daughter’s name is listed in newFamilySearch as Lucinda which makes a lot more sense then Lucinida.
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!
