Regular family history research has you go back in time to find your ancestors. By doing this, you find your direct line family — grandparents, great grandparents, great-great, and so on.
Decendancy Research on the other hand has you choose an ancestor a few generations back and work your way forward in time to find all their descendants. I’ve decided that will be one of the things I work on … in this case for the Lund line, starting with Didrich and Karen Funk/Lund.
Didrich Funch Lund
Karen Kathrina Christine Hansdatter Funch Lund
Here’s one question I got from my husband Troy – Why? I have many reasons but one of the biggest is that I want to find out if family documents/artifacts ended up with other lines of the family. Also, I’d like to see if there are others out there doing research on this same family so we can collaborate. I even suggested we hold a “Lund Family Reunion” next summer (2013) and invite all the living descendants we could find. (Case in point – Those photos I have of Didrich and Karen came from a completed Family Group Record Sheet from my father-in-law’s aunt. Who has the originals?)
So, now I’m focusing on Didrich and Karen’s oldest child – Christine Funk Lund and her family. I started by using new.familysearch.org to see what was already out there.
I then created a separate database for all this un-sourced information and called it “Reunion_Lund”. As I find sources I can add facts to my “real” database.
Source: Grave marker for Hans P. F. Lund, born 17 Apr 1844, died 25 Sep 1872, Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States. photograph.
Transcript:
Hans P. F. Lund Born Apr 17, 1844 Died Sep 25, 1872 —– Andrew F Lund Born Jan 23, 1827 Died Sep 24 1871 —– Born at Bornholm Denmark
But who is Andrew? In the database I have a brother for Hans named Jacob Andreas Funk Lund, and I have that he died 24 Sept 1871. But I have that he was born 23 Jan 1846. Could Andrew be an uncle? Is the birth year wrong on the grave marker? That seems odd as I would think the family would want a correct grave marker. I’ll have to look for a grave marker for Jacob and see if he is buried somewhere else. I would really like to find out how these brothers died as they were both so young (25 and 28 years old).
Let’s take a look at the 1870 census for Hans and Bertha. Remember, that by the 1880 census Bertha is married to Hans’ younger brother Willard. Unfortunately, this census gives us little information.
1870 U.S. Census, Plain City, Weber, Utah, population schedule, Plain City Precinct, page 8, dwelling 58, family 58, H.P. Funck Family; digital images, Family Search (FamilySearch.org : downloaded 30 August 2011); FHL microfilm.
Transcription:
Page No. 8, Plain City, Weber, Utah, 18 Jun 1870 Lines 35-37. Dwelling #58, Family #58.
Line 35. Funck, H P, 26, M, W, farmer, pob: Denmark, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth. Line 36. —–, Bertha A, 22, F, W, keeping house, pob: Norway, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth. Line 37. —–, Anna, 2/12, F, W, pob: Utah, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth, born in Apr 1870.
Items of note:
Using the last name Funck.
We now know that Anna (Annie) was born in April of 1870.
I have Hans’ death date as 26 Sep 1872, from a family group record for his father Diderich from the new Family Search. I wonder what he died of at such a young age (28 years old). That same family group record lists the marriage between Willard and Bertha as 1868…when Hans was still alive, and Willard would have been 10 years old! I think someone looked at Anna’s age and assumed that Willard and Bertha married before the baby was born. I think 1868 might be when Hans and Bertha were married. So now I wonder when Willard and Bertha were married. By 1880 they had two children young Willard (2) and George (2 mo). So perhaps sometime around 1877-8? Maybe the 1868 on the family group record was a typo for 1878. These are all questions yet to be answered.
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.
A few interesting things about this census.
Her name is misspelled as Karon instead of Karen.
She’s using the Lund last name instead of Funk.
Karen was living alone in a house in Plain City.
She never did end up naturalizing.
She is listed as having had 6 children with 4 still living. I have 7 children’s names (although only 4 would be living in 1900).
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!
