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JOHN WILLIAM MARTIN LUND
A very progressive and successful
rancher, whose life-story is always interesting, is John William Martin Lund,
who lives in the lower division of Union Island, about twenty-five miles to the
southwest of Stockton. He is the only
son of Martin J. and Mary (Moran) Lund, of Delta fame, Martin J. Lund being
widely known as the “Father of the Delta.”
Mr. Lund was born at Tracy on
January 9, 1892, and as a lad went to the local schools, where he acquired the
nickname of “Billy” Lund, which still clings to him today. As soon as he was old enough to do work,
Billy helped his father, the association between father and son increasing in
pleasant intimacy each year; and together they have carried on an extensive
delta farm business, paving the way for his own more recent successes on the
Lund Rancho in the Lower Reclamation of Union Island. His practical and thorough knowledge of Delta
farming has thus been gained by hard work; nor does he
begrudge the effort and sacrifice made.
All that he has accomplished seems natural enough, when one reflects
upon the career of his parents, whose life-story is given elsewhere in this
volume.
Mr. Lund was married in San
Francisco, October 23, 1916, to Miss Anna Charlotte Van Horn, a native of New
Orleans, who came with her parents to San Jose and was educated in the San Jose
public schools and the San Jose state normal.
Their union has been blessed with the birth of two children, Martin
Stanley and John William, both born at San Francisco. Mr. Lund is a member of Stockton Lodge, No.
218, B. P. O. E.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1103. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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