Amelia Caroline Lund[1]
1869 - 1955 (86 years)-
Name Amelia Caroline Lund [2] Birth 2 Aug 1869 Gridley, McLean Co., IL [3] Gender Female Religion Mennonite USR1 Cerebral Trombosis Death 29 Oct 1955 Albany, Linn Co., OR [3] Burial Albany, Linn Co., OR - Willamette Memorial Park
Person ID I213 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 30 Dec 2019
Father August Lund, b. 30 Sep 1833, Stockholm, Sweden d. 18 Nov 1909, Beemer, Cuming Co., NE (Age 76 years) Mother Barbara King, b. 8 May 1838, Wooster, Wayne Co., OH d. 12 Apr 1927, Beemer, Cuming Co., NE (Age 88 years) Family ID F4845 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joseph E. Birky, b. 9 Sep 1862, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 5 Oct 1935, Albany, Linn Co., OR (Age 73 years) Marriage 4 Feb 1888 Oberlin, Decatur Co., KS - Mennonite Church, by Vishop Joseph Schlegel of Milford
Children 1. Caroline Isabel Birky, b. 18 Jul 1889, Oberlin, Decatur Co., KS d. 10 Feb 1979, Shedd, Linn Co., OR (Age 89 years) 2. Amon William Birky, b. 23 Aug 1893, Oberlin, Decatur Co., KS d. 22 Aug 1985, Corvallis, Benton Co., OR (Age 91 years) 3. Joseph Alvin Birky, b. 19 May 1895, Wisner, Cuming Co., NE d. 6 Feb 1980, Albany, Linn Co., OR (Age 84 years) 4. Lydia Barbara Birky, b. 12 Oct 1897, Beemer, Cuming Co., NE d. 22 Oct 1997, Albany, Linn Co., OR (Age 100 years) 5. Emma Mary Birky, b. 13 Sep 1902, Wisner, Cuming Co., NE d. 2 Aug 1992, Albany, Linn Co., OR (Age 89 years) 6. Ada Alma Birky, b. 18 Oct 1905, Shickley, Fillmore Co., NE d. 24 Dec 1999, Albany, Linn Co., OR (Age 94 years) Family ID F100 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 May 2001
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Event Map Birth - 2 Aug 1869 - Gridley, McLean Co., IL Marriage - 4 Feb 1888 - Oberlin, Decatur Co., KS Death - 29 Oct 1955 - Albany, Linn Co., OR Burial - - Albany, Linn Co., OR = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit: Gospel Herald - Volume XLVIII , Number 49 - December 6, 1955 ----- page 1176
Birky, -- Amelia Caroline, youngest daughter of August and Barbara (King) Lund, was born Aug. 2, 1869, near Gridley, Ill.; passed away Oct. 29, 1955; near Sweet Home, Oreg., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Stutzman. She was received into the Mennonite Church by baptism at the age of 14, and was a faithful member until called to her reward. In 1886 she moved with her parents to Oberlin, Kans. She taught school one year. On Feb. 4, 1888, she was united in marriage to Joseph Birky. In 1894 they moved to Wisner, Nebr., later to Shickley, Nebr., then in 1912 to a farm near Tangent, Oreg., and lived in the Tangent, Albany, and Sweet Home communities until the time of her death. This union was blessed with 2 sons and 4 daughters (Caroline Sutzman, Sweet Home, Oreg.; Amon, Albany, Oreg.; Joseph, Canby, Oreg.; Lydia Steckley, Lebanon, Oreg.; Emma Jantzi, Tangent; and Ada Roth, Albany), and also 36 grandchildren, 74 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. Preceding her in death was her companion who passed away Oct. 5, 1935, also 2 brothers, 2 sisters, 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. Even to her very last days she always had a word of encouragement for all and carried a large correspondence with messages of love and encouragement for many relatives and friends.
“Amelia’s father left Sweden for America at the age of 17, intending to g to the gold fields of California. Running out of funds in Illinois he arrived at a German-speaking Mennonite settlement. There he met and married Barbra King. ….their youngest daughter, Amelia Caroline (at 17) taught school in Kansas for a year and married at 18.” [2]
- Obit: Gospel Herald - Volume XLVIII , Number 49 - December 6, 1955 ----- page 1176
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