San Joaquin County Biographies


This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm



 
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 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 the '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.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p 1103         
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.