Death Certificate – Karen Lund
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.
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Place of Death
County of
Precinct of
City , Town or Village of
Street and No.
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Weber
Plain City
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Sex
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Female
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Color
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White
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Date of Birth
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Oct 9th 1815
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Age
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91 yrs. 7 mos. 8 ds.
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Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced
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Widow
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Birthplace (State or Country)
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Bornholm, Denmark
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Name of Father
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not remembered
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Birthplace of Father (State or Country)
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Denmark
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Maiden Name of Mother
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not known
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Birthplace of Mother (State or Country)
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Denmark
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Occupation
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housewife
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Informant
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J.F. Lund
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Address
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Plain City
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Place of Burial
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Plain City
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Date of Burial
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May 19th 1907
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Undertaker
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M. Larkins
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Address
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Ogden
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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
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Filed
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May 21, 1907
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Registered No.
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40
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no of Burial Permit
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40
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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).
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).