Last time I shared some findings on the Taylor family. Continuing that theme, I thought I better get to know Pearl’s parents, William and Ada Rose Taylor.
From their tombstone, we learn that Ada Rose died the same day as her baby Hannah. So, the search began in trying to find their death certificates. I couldn’t find one for Hannah, and then I thought… since it appears that she died the day she was born, with only the one date on the tombstone, maybe she didn’t have one. So I looked for a birth certificate instead.
Source: Weber County, Utah, Birth Certificates, cn 485, 1909; Weber, Sep 1-15, image 17, Hanna Maria Taylor birth certificate, 9 September 1909; digital images, Utah Office of Vital Records, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 10 January 2012).
Interesting items:
While her name is listed as “Hanna Maria” on the birth certificate, the tombstone lists “Hannah” which I think is more correct since I found out later that was the spelling of Ada’s mother’s name.
Hannah is the ninth child, but only seven are living, so I know I have to look for 8 more children, 7 since I already know about Pearl.
Hannah was not born prematurely but she was Stillborn.
The doctor who filled this out crossed out Ada’s last name “Taylor” thinking it wasn’t her maiden name. But it was…they both had the last name Taylor.
I’m fascinated by the date, 9/9/09 and that Hannah was the 9th child.
I’m continuing my work on the Lund family, but now I’m focusing on the next two generations…particularly the wives and their families. Today, during naptime, I chose to research a bit more about Edith Pearl Taylor’s family (she went by Pearl). Here was all I had to go on:
Grandma Pearl was born about 1892 based on her marriage certificate. She was married on 18 Jan 1911 to Victor Erastus Lund. According to my MIL her father was William and her mother was Ada. She lived in Plain City, UT and died when my husband was a young boy. That’s it!
First, I hoped to verify the dates for Pearl’s birth/death. Since I knew that Edith died in Plain City, I searched for her gravestone on FindAGrave.com.
I think their children’s names are listed across the bottom, but it’s difficult to read. I’ll have to go see it in person sometime. What was really helpful on the FindAGrave.com website was the “family links”. There I found her parents – William and Ada Rose. Their gravestone also gave me a lot of new information.
In addition to the gravestone, another user “Burnt Almond Fudge” added the picture of William’s Death Certificate. So I tracked it down myself. With these three finds, I now have a lot more information about Pearl and her parents…in fact, I now know her paternal grandparents’ names. Score!
Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, entry 18685, William Taylor, 11 April 1942; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 10 January 2012); Series no. 81448.
Transcription:
1 Place of Death
a.)County
b.)City or town
c.)Name of hopital or institution
d.)Length of stay: In hospital or institution
In this community
Weber
Ogden
2518 Lincoln Ave.
Residence
25 Years
2 Usual Residence of Deceased:
a.)State
b.)County
c.)City or Town
d.)Street No.
e.)If foreign born, how long in U. S. A.
Utah
Weber
Ogden
2518 Lincoln Ave.
3
a.)Full Name
b.)If veteran, name war
c.)Social Security No.
William Taylor
none
4 Sex
Male
5 Color or Race
White
6
a.)Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced
b.)Name of husband or wife
c.)Age of husband or wife if alive _ years.
Widowed
Ada Rose Taylor
7 Date of Birth
September 3, 1870
8 Age
71 years, 7 months, 8 days
9 Birthplace
Plain City, Utah
10 Usual occupation
Retired Farmer and Laborer
11 Industry or Business
12 Name of Father
John A. Taylor
13 Birthplace of Father
Texas
14 Maiden Name of Mother
Hannah Poulson
15 Birthplace of Mother
Christiana, Wales
16
a.)Informant’s own signature
b.)Address
(signed) Earl Taylor
Carlin, Nevada
17
a.)(Burial, Cremation Removal)
b.)Date thereof
c.)Place: burial or cremation
Burial
April 15, 1942
Plain City Cemetery
18
a.)Mortuary
b.)Signature of funeral director
c.)Address
d.)License no.
e.)Was body embalmed
f.)Embalmer’s license no.
Lindquist & Sons.
(signed) Clyde A Lindquist
Ogden
64
Yes
283
19 Date received local registrar
Registrar’s Signature
April 15, 1942
(signed) A. B. McQuarric
20 Date of Death
April 11, 1942
21 I hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from _____ to _____ that I last saw him alive on not seen alive, death occurred on the date stated above, at about 8 A.
Immediate cause of death cardiac dilatation / (duration) sudden
Due to Arteriosclerotic heart disease / (duration) years
Due to Generalized arteriosclerosis / (duration) years
Other Conditions _____
Major mindings:
Of operations: none done
Of autopsy: none done
22 If death was due to external causes, fillin the following:
a.)Accident, suicide, or homicide (specify)
b.)Date of occurrence
c.)Where di the injury occur?
d.)Did injury occur in or about home on farm, in industrial place, in public place?
I love the Family History Library! Yesterday was my graduation from the Master’s program and the gift I asked for was a few hours at the FHL in Salt Lake. I was able to get a few church records and ship records I wanted to finish up the Lund Family Book for Christmas. Then, I thought I should see what they had about Plain City, Utah, the town all the Lund’s lived in when they moved to Utah.
I did a place-name search in the catalog and found a book with Cemetary records which also listed relationships when they were known (like who was married to who and child of who, etc.). I found another book with some LDS church records, and then another with Plain City History. Most of it was the same history I’d already found online from the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, but the book also had pictures!
So I looked through all the pictures to see if any included the Lund family. Here’s one of the good ones –
Source: Cook Lyman and Dorothy, editors, History of Plain City: March 17th 1859 to 1977 (N.p.: n.p., 1977), p. 110, photograph.
Here’s Edith Pearl Taylor (Lund) in 1907. She later married Victor Erastus Lund, son of Mathias Christian Lund, and Troy’s Great-grandfather.
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!
