Ruth Lola Lund

1 December 1895–16 October 1988 (Age 92)
Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Ruth Lola

When Ruth Lola Lund was born on 1 December 1895, in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States, her father, Niels Mortensen Lund, was 23 and her mother, Myrum Ellinor Draper, was 20. She married Evan Lorenzo Aiken on 11 October 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Sterling, Logan, Colorado, United States in 1930 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 16 October 1988, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Evan Lorenzo Aiken
1893–1944
Ruth Lola Lund
1895–1988
Marriage: 11 October 1916
Earldean Aiken
1918–2005
Evan Aiken Jr.
1920–1998
Phil Lund Aiken
1924–2012
Patricia Ruth Aiken
1928–2020

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 October 1916Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 1
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
    1909 · Pioneer Park Opens
    Age 14
    A monument honoring the Provo pioneers and Indian war veterans was dedicated on July 24, 1909, as Pioneer Park opened to the public.
    1920
    Age 25
    The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Anders, Lars, Nils, Thor, Iver, Nels, Obert, Berger, Einer, Knute, Morten.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. As a Swedish surname it is probably most often ornamental.German: habitational name from any of the places called Lund or Lunden in Schleswig-Holstein.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Lundt
    Lunt
    Lunn

    Sources (32)

    • Ruth L Lund in household of Niels Lund, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Ruth Lola Lund, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937" (1916)
    • Ruth Lund en entrada por Evan Lorenzo Aiken, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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