Kate Lund

These are the three children of John Albert Olson (b.IL-d.23May1963Ca)and his wife Annie Halling(b.PA-d.CA). They married about 1908 probably in Texas. John is said to have left Texas after killing a man there and fleeing from the law. Annie had given birth to Gilbert out of wedlock. Gilbert's father abandoned her and the baby. John married Annie and adopted the newborn and moved the family to CA. Gilbert is on the right in the photo, dark haired. He was born about 1907 probably in TX and married to 'Amy'. They had no children. On the left is the son of John and Annie, Edward Lawrence Olson (12May1909Bakersfield,CA-d.27Oct1984Fresno,CA) and he married first to Mollie Horn about 1933 and they had two children: Jon Eugene Olson and Marilyn Gayle Olson. He and Mollie divorced and he married second to Lucian Dee 'Polly' Pickett(b.30Jan1915Dudley,DexterCo,MO-d.31Aug2000AppleValley,CA). They had no children. They owned a grape farm near Fresno,CA. Eds son, John, married Hurlane Huntley, daughter of John Vernon Huntley and his wife Hurlane Sporleder. They had 7 children , 3 stillborn and 4 live births:Kelly,Jon-John, Thor and Heather. I have no information on whether Ed's daughter ever married. Bernice Olson (b.21Jan1918Fresno,CA-d.?), center of photo,married MR. Pinhero who died fairly young. They had three children:Monte, a boy name unk., and Vicki. They also had grandchildren, but I don't know details. As far as I know, the Pinheror line by Bernice Olson Pinhero is still in the Fresno area.

This is the family of Peter Petersen Dam Lund and his wife Alida Sophie Liddie/Lydia ne'Wold in about 1905. They are with their first 6 children. Their 7th and last child was born in 1911. Pictured are left to right: standing back row Jens Jensen Lund, Thomas Jorgenson Lund (tall boy), and their daughters, Emma Josephine Lund and Dora Cecelia Lund. Seated in front left to right are: the father, Pete Lund; son Elmer James Lund; and the youngest son in curls, Frank Merril Lund; the mother , Alida ne'Wold Lund. In the very front, sleeping on the floor, the careful observer will notice the family dog. The was taken in a studio, so getting that dog to be so cooperative must have been a challenge! The dates and histories of the individuals in the photo will appear with their individual portraits over time. This photo was taken at or near Meckling or Vermillion in South Dakota. Several people have donated copies of this photo to the family archive, including Stephanie Benoit and Jim Erickson. This one is the best version we have available. The portrait was passed out to the family and exists in several branches in varying degrees of preservation.

This is the wedding of Elmer James Lund, son of Pete and Alida Lund, to his second wife, Eva Lucile Annes. They married on 17 Aug 1942 at Aberdeen, South Dakota. Eva is the daughter Neal/Neil Delos Annes b. 1887 SD-d. 1953 and his wife Blanche Louise Febuary b. 25 Aug 1892 Carter Co, TN - d. Oct 1972 Phoeniz, AZ. Eva was an only child and she and Elmer had no children of their own issue, but she raised his three children by his first wife, who had been tragically killed when they were small, as if they were her own. Eva was very interested in genealogy and came from a famous line of the Annes family. She compiled a Lund record as well. She was born 30 Aug 1912 at Johnson City,TN and died on 14 July 1988 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, Arizona. She is buried at Greenwood Mausoleum, at Phoenix, AZ.

This is Estella Florence ne'Boyd Lund, wife of Elmer James Lund the son of Pete and Alida Lund. She was the daughter of John H. Boyd b. 1 Nov 1869 and his wife Myrtle Imogene Sturtevant. Estella and Elmer had three children: Jeannene Joy b.1933 in South Dakota - d. 1985 in Texas, Patricia [living], and Elmer Jr. [living]. Estella was born on 8 March 1905 at Tulare, South Dakota. She married on 31 May 1930 to Elmer Lund. When their youngest child was about 2 and their oldes child about 7, she died, on 11 Dec 1940 in a tragic auto collision in Los Angeles, California while on a trip to see relatives during the holidays. She is buried in Tulare, South Dakota. Her husband later remarried. Her surviving daughter loaned this photograph to the family archive so a negative could be made.