Robert Gerald Lund

12 July 1919–4 February 1969 (Age 49)
Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States

The Life of Robert Gerald

When Robert Gerald Lund was born on 12 July 1919, in Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States, his father, George Arthur Lund, was 26 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Shallow, was 25. He lived in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Inglewood Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 4 February 1969, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Robert Gerald Lund
1919–1969
Helen Jewel Brick
1923–2000

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

    George Arthur Lund

    Male1892–1974Male

    Mary Elizabeth Shallow

    Female1893–1921Female

siblings

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World Events (8)

1920

Age 1

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920 · First Electric Blow Dryers Invented

Age 1

The first electric blow dryers were invented by Racine Universal Motor Company and Hamilton Beach, both Wisconsin companies.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

Age 15

Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

Name Meaning

Scandinavian, German, and English: topographic name for someone who lived by a grove, Old Norse lundr; the word was adopted into northern dialects of Middle English and also into Anglo-Norman French. There are a number of places in England named with this word, as for example Lund in Lancashire, East Yorkshire, and North Yorkshire, Lunt in Merseyside, and Lound in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Suffolk, and the surname may derive from any of these. The Swedish surname is probably more usually ornamental. When surnames became obligatory in Sweden in the 19th century, this was one of the most popular among the many terms denoting features of the natural landscape which were adopted as surnames, usually compounded with some other such term.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Robert Lund in household of George Lund, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Robert G Lund in household of George A Lund, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Robert J Lund in household of George A Lund, "United States Census, 1930"

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