Page 3. THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner. OR. Thursday. Mar. 25. 1976
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THE LUNDELL FAMILY
By Jut tine Weatherford
Gladyi Lundell Drake (Mr. Cleo), lone, hai record book
about her pioneer Swedish family. She lives in the home
where her grandparent Frank August and Anna Louise
Lundell lived from 1918 until their deaths. This home contains
furniture, dishes and other items they brought from Sweden,
where they married in 1870 and where their first five children
were born: August Wllhelm, Carl Emil, Ernest Richard,
Anna Emily and Ellen Augusta. ,
Mr. Lundell came to California In 1881 and soon sent for his
family to Join him. Their first American home was at Balota,
where they engaged in farming, where their twins Mary
Louise and Oscar and then a son Algott Walfred were born
and where their daughter Ellen Augusta died.
Having learned land was available in Morrow County, for
homesteads, Mr. Lundell came to Gooseberry in the spring of
1887, filed a homestead claim and returned to California for
his family. The parents and their seven children moved to
Oregon that fall by covered wagon and buckboard. All went
well until they reached northern California where one of the
wheel horses of a six-horse team belonging to another
wayfarer became frightened and Jumped from a bridge. The
harness held, swinging the horse in mldfr until the harness
could be cut and the horse dropped into the dry river bed.
At Gooseberry, while they were building their house on the
homestead, the family lived with another pioneer neighbor
Andrew Peterson. The Lundells continued farming,
gradually Increasing their 160 acre homestead to a
prosperous 1100 acre wheat ranch. (Charles "Swede"
Carlson farms this land today.)
For their education the children walked to Gooseberry
school. They all attended Sunday School and Church at
whatever places were provided until the completion of the
Valby Lutheran Church in 1897. Frank Lundell, who had
worked as a stone mason in Sweden, was chairman of the
church building committee. He later took part in the building
of the old Congregational Church at lone, now torn down.
Frank and Anna lived at their ranch until 1918 with the
exception of several years spent in Portland. They moved to
the 2nd St. house in lone where their granddaughter Gladys
now lives. They celebrated their Golden Anniversary in 1920.
In 1928 Anna died at the age of 84. Frank continued to live
there until his death In 1932. also at 84. They are both buried
at Valby.
All of their children are gone now. Their first son August
Wilhelm went from Morrow's public schools to graduate
from the Albany Oregon College of Music. He married Ninna
Naoma Akers. He was director of the Pendleton Round-Up
for some years. His children were Leon Wilhelm, Virgil
Elmore, Eva Leonora and Frank Harvey.
The second son. Carl Emil farmed on his homestead until
his death in 1918. He never married.
Ernest Richard Lundell, the third son, married Lena Pearl
Baker In the Valby Church In 1904. They farmed in that area
until they moved to lone in 1915 where their children had
more convenient schooling. Ernest bought the Independent
Garage, later run by his son-in-law Cleo Drake and now run
by Cleo and Glady's son, Robert Drake. Ernest and Pearl's
children were Gladys Augusta. Frank Martin, Walter
Richard. Ernest Norton, Mildred Irene, Helen Margaret and
Shirley Louise. Presently Frank lives in Milwaukie, Richard
in Pendleton, Mildred (Mrs. Lloyd Morgan), Helen (Mrs.
Paul Pettyjohn) and Gladys are at lone.
To return to the second generation Mary Louise Lundell
married Emil Swanson and their children were Eleanor.
Irene. Garland, Norman. Alice and Eva (Mrs. Adon Hamlett,
lone.) Anna Emily Lundell married Otto Lindstrom in the
first wedding performed in Valby Church In 1899. Their
children were Albert. Effie. Louise. Franklin, Roy and Edna.
Oscar married Mary Petrie and their children were Harlan.
Dale and Kenneth. Algott married Beulah Wagner who is
living in Portland. Their children were Charles, Raymond
and Wallace.
Many of the families of the lone area are related to this
pioneer Swedish family. Several members of the family have
been mayors of lone Gar Swanson served for several years;
Robert C. Drake is mayor now. Roy Lindstrom served on lb
town council for many years. Many family members have
played Important parts in the development 6f the county.
In 1945 the children of Frank and Anna Lundell held their
first Thanksgiving reunion a custom they continued each
year until the mid-1960s.
Ernest Lundell s death at 95 In 1971 brought to an end the
original Swedish member of this family who came to this
county In 1887.
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High School Gym.
Admission 50 cents
15 schools attending from a five
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2 mass groups,over 300 musicians
Guest conductors:
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Lewis & Clark University
Mr. Del Chinburg,
North Salem High
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