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My grandfather was Edvard (Edward) Lundy,
he was born in 1886 and passed away in 1941. He immigrated to Bancroft Iowa from Norway in 1906.
He married Severina Erickson Sandvik
in 1909 after she joined him in the United States.
They had seven children five sons (Randall, Harold Martin, Merlin,
Clarence and Harold Sigval) and two daughters (Mabel and Velma) which were all born in
Webster City between 1910 and 1922. Randall, Clarence, Mabel
and Velma all married and remained in central Iowa or southern
Minnesota. Harold Martin died when he was a young child and
Merlin remained single and continued to live in the family home in
Webster City for many years.
His name was
spelled Edvard Rasmussen Lunde according to his immigration records
when he left Norway. It appears that our last name was changed
to Lundy when he went through immigration and his middle name to
Edward.
He grew up on the island Rodøy, in the
parish of Manger in the town and farm of Lunde. The island of Rodøy is north of Begen on the west coast
of Norway. In May of 2001 we traveled to Norway
to meet up with many of our relatives and to visit the family farm.
My grandfather's parents were Rasmus
Olsen Lunde and Anna Ingebrigtsdtr Ystebö, he had eight brothers and
sisters. My grandfather was the only sibling to immigrate and
remain in the United States. A generation later descendants of
his older brother (Peder) immigrated to the Seattle area and I have
several relatives who still live there.
I have been able to trace back 8-9 generations of the Lunde's and
Ystebö's, please see my Ancestor and Descendant Charts for
more details.
You many also want to take a look at Ole Rasmussen Lunde's
Descendant Chart and Report he was my 8th great grand father.
My grandmother was Severina Eriksdtr Sandvik,
she was born in 1883 and passed away in 1959. She immigrated to Iowa
from Norway in 1907. She married Edvard
Lunde in 1909 after she joined him in the United States.
They had six children four sons (Randall, Harold Martin, Merlin and
Clarence) and two daughters (Mabel and Velma) which were all born in
Webster City between 1910 and 1922. Randall, Clarence, Mabel
and Velma all married and remained in central Iowa or southern
Minnesota. Harold Martin died when he was a young child and
Merlin remained single and continued to live in the family home in
Webster City for many years.
Her name was spelled Severina Eriksdtr Sandvik
according to her immigration records when she left Norway. It
appears that her middle name may have changed when she went through
immigration. Here records in Iowa show the spelling as
Erickson, which is the naming convention that would have been
reserved for the male member of the family vs the female. We
are assuming her father's name was Erik or Erick based on Norwegian
naming conventions.
I believe she lived grew up in
the county of Luster (Lyster). I have no additional information on
her family in Norway at this time. This will be my focus
during my next trip to Norway.
Please Note:
I would like to acknowledge many family members for their help and
contributions, especially the contributions of Kathy Lundy, Kathy Myrass and
Ginny Krieger.
You may have noticed that several of the dates are XX'd out, this is to
protect the privacy of living family members. The actual rule I'm
using for XX'ing out the dates is anyone who's birthday is in the last 80 years.
If your a family member and would like the birthday information or you have
found an error, drop me a
EMail
or stop by our Guestbook.
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