Leonisia Marinho de Macedo – Death Certificate

My father gave me a few documents that he has collected over the years. This is the Death Certificate for my Paternal Grandfather’s Mother, Leonisia Marinho de Macedo. My parents went to the registry office to get a transcribed copy of the death certificate.

Source: Paraiba, Brazil, Cartorio do Registro Civil, Death Certificate reg. no. 168/84, page 68-v, book C-5 (6 July 1922, copy 5 April 1984), Leonisia Marinho de Macedo; Servico de Notas Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais de Barauna, Centro Baruna/PB.

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Translation:

Interesting Information:

• Leonisia died in childbirth. According to the dates she died on 6 July 1922. Her last child, Amilton Marinho de Macedo, my father’s uncle, was born on 3 May 1922. So, Leonisia was ill for about a month before she died.
• The Declarant is my great-grandfather, Leonisia’s husband.
• I’m surprised that so many fields were left blank. It would have been great to find her father and mother and where they were born. I will have to look for some sort of marriage record which I hope will have this information on it.

Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 12 September 2011 | Posted in de Macedo, Death Certificate, Do Rego | Comment

Week 12: School

Chapter 2 – Early Life Memories (up to about 12 years old.)

Did you attend a formal (public or private) elementary school or were you taught at home? Do you remember the names of the school(s) you attended up through the 6th grade? What were those schools like…big or small…always hot or too cold or just right? Well lit or poorly lit? Quiet or noisy?

Were those elementary schools close to home or did you have to walk a long way to get there? How did you get to school? Did you ride a bus (or a horse, or a bicycle, or something else?) or did your parents take you?

Did you ever get into “trouble” at elementary school? What games did you play at recess? Do you remember anything significant or unusual that happened on your way to or from school? Did you have any special teachers in elementary school (or up until the time that you were approximately 12 years old)? What do you remember about them? Why were they so special? Any particularly memorable principals (or ones who used a big paddle)? Were those early school years fun and exciting, or were they difficult and frightening, ro some of each? Why? What made them that way? I’d like to hear about it.

Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 11 September 2011 | Posted in Book of Memories | Comment

Newspaper – Mathias Lund – death notices

I searched for Mathias Lund on the Utah Digital Newspapers site and got a few hits for his death announcements.


The first one was published on 2 May 1926, the day he died.

Source: University of Utah, “Deaths,” death notice, Ogden Standard Examiner, 2 May 1926, Mathias C. Lund death announcement; online images, Utah Digital Newspapers(digitalnewspapers.org : downloaded 8 September 2011).

DEATHS —– Mathias C. Lund of Plain City, aged 76, died this morning at 2 o’clock at the local hospital following a week’s illness. He is survived by six daughters, three sons, and one brother, Willard R. Lund. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Lindquist undertakers, and will be announced tomorrow.

Then the next day there was another announcement.

Source: University of Utah, “Deaths,” death notice, Ogden Standard Examiner, 3 March 1926, Mathias Christian Lund death announcement; online images, Utah Digital Newspapers (digitalnewspapers.org : downloaded 8 September 2011).

DEATHS —– Mathias Christian Lund, son of Dedrick F. and Karen Christina Hansen Lund, died at the local hospital Monday after an illness of three weeks. He was born in Bornholm, Denmark, Sept. 1 1849. He joined the Latter Day Saints church in 1853 and in July of that year left his native land to cast his lot with the Mormons in Utah. He arrived in Ogden over the Union Pacific railway. The terminus was then at Riverdale, where he got off the train at 3 o’clock in the morning. After a short sleep in the willows nearby he walked to Plain City. He established his home there and had since resided in that place. He was married to Pauline Swenson in 1874. Mrs. Lund died two years ago. Mr. Lund was an earnest and devoted Latter Day Saint, having been deacon, teacher, priest, elder, seventy and high priest, which latter office he held at the time of his death. For the last few years he had done genealogical work. He was the father of 10 children, nine of whom survive. Thy are Mrs. J.D. Moore of Ogden, Mrs. P. M. Folman and Francis M. Lund of Plain City; Mrs. R. A. Witten of Perry, Victor, Heber, Sadie and Clyde Lund and Mrs. Lawrence Cottle, all of Plain City. One brother, W. R. Lund of Plain City. 27 grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 1:30 o’clock at the Plain City meeting house with Bishop Wilmer Maw presiding. Flowers left at Lindquist’s on Friday until 11 o’clock will be taken to the home at Plain City. The body may be viewed there Thursday evening and also on Friday until the funeral.

Isn’t that an awesome obituary!?! It added so much more information to his immigration. Now I wonder if there is a way to find passenger lists for the Union Pacific Railroad.


A few days later the family posted an acknowledgement in the paper for all the people who have helped them:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —– To the many friends who have assisted us in any way during the sickness, death and burial of our beloved father, Mathias C. Lund, and especially for the many beautiful floral offerings, we extend our heartfelt thanks and deep appreciation.
   May you all be likewise remembered in your hour of affliction.
       With Sincere Gratitude.
                          THE FAMILY
                             2724

Not sure what the 2724 means at the bottom…any ideas?

Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 9 September 2011 | Posted in Death Notice, Lund, Newspaper | Comment

Weber County, Utah – Newspapers

I found a great new site for geneological information – Utah Digital Newspapers. This site, created by the University of Utah, has a bunch of articles from different Utah newspapers – digitized and indexed! I did a quick search for Mathias Lund and Karen Lund in the Ogden Standard Examiner and found a few interesting articles, which I’ll post over the next few days.

For now, here’s some interesting information about the Ogden Standard Examiner from the Utah Digital Newspapers website.

Ogden Standard

The Ogden Standard Examiner April 5, 1920

1879 – 1927
With the completion of the transcontinental railroad in northern Utah in 1869, Ogden saw the rise and fall of several dozen newspapers. Because of the short tenure of many of these newspapers, Ogden became known as the “graveyard of Western journalism.”
The Ogden newspapers available on this webpage are listed below.

• Ogden Junction (1879-1881)
• Ogden Herald (1881-1887)
• Ogden Standard (1888-1908)
• Ogden Standard Examiner (1923-1927)

Gaps in the collection of the daily Standard are being filled with the semi-weekly version of that paper: Jan-Dec 1889, Jan-Jun 1896, Jan-Jun 1900, Jul-Dec 1905, Jul-Dec 1907.

More information about the Ogden Standard (from the website):

Historians have referred to Ogden, Utah, as the graveyard of western journalism because of the short life expectancy of the dozens of newspapers that sprang up there after 1869. The completion of the transcontinental railroad that year quickly transformed the sleepy agricultural town into a bustling transportation hub. Newspapers came and went, vying for the thousands of potential readers arriving on the nine rail lines with terminals in the city. The Ogden Standard bucked the trend. Founded by Frank J. Cannon, the Standard first appeared on January 1, 1888, with its front page featuring a poem entitled “A Hymn to Progress.” When Cannon was elected to the U.S. Congress four years later, the paper’s business manager, William Glassman, took over day-to-day operations. He acquired the Standard outright in 1894 and quickly molded it into a promotional organ for his own political career – Glassman served three terms as mayor.

The paper also carried world and national news. When the Spanish American War erupted in 1898, the story occupied the Standard’s entire front page. Local news included articles about Utah’s booming mining industry, notes from the local police blotter, and such nuggets as the Christmas Eve 1907 account of a hapless man who accidentally killed his friend in a failed attempt to shoot his cowboy hat off with a pistol.

In 1920, the paper merged with the Morning Examiner, becoming the Ogden Standard Examiner. Today, the Standard-Examiner is the third-largest daily in the state.

Posted by jullianalund@gmail.com on 8 September 2011 | Posted in Researching | Comment