NameRollof O. Lund , 515
Birth Date28 Jun 1851
Birth PlaceNorway
Emig Date1857 Age: 5
Emig PlaceMinneola MN
Death Date18 May 1916 Age: 64
Death PlaceGoodhue County, Minnesota
Burial PlaceMinneola Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hader, Goodhue County, Minnesota
FatherOle R. Lund , 516 (1815-1885)
MotherJonetta O. Oppem , 517 (1817-1912)
Spouses
Birth Date18 Sep 1857
Birth PlaceNorway
Emig Dateabt 1855 Age: <1
Death Date3 Jan 1941 Age: 83
Death PlaceZumbrota, Goodhue County, MN
Burial PlaceMinneola Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hader, Goodhue County, Minnesota
FatherOle J. Hembre , 519 (1827-1908)
MotherIngeborg Baardsdatter Burneess , 521 (?-1865)
Marr Date8 May 1879
Marr PlaceRed Wing, Minnesota
ChildrenE. T. , 529 (1880-1880)
 Ole R. , 530 (1881-1934)
 Martin Eimer , 54 (1889-1970)
 Jonette , 532 (1883-1967)
Notes for Rollof O. Lund
From the book HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. published in 1909:

Rollof O. Lund, a retired farmer of Minneola, was born in Norway, June 28, 1851, son of Ole and Jennette (Opem) Lund, who emigrated to America in 1857. After stopping at Red Wing one month, they came in March to Minneola, where they acquired 160 acres of land, which they broke and improved, following general farming until 1879. At the end of this time they lived a retired life until Mr. Lund's death, January 6, 1885. Mrs. Lund still lives with her son, being ninety-two years of age.

Rollof came to America in 1857 with his parents, at the age of six. Receiving a common school education, he took up farming with his father until 1879, when he purchased the old home farm. This, with an addition of 240 acres, he has continued to cultivate, erecting thereon a pleasant home and a 36x84 barn. In 1908 he sold 115 acres of his farm, leaving 285, which he still owns. Besides this, he owns 320 acres of wild land in Edmunds county, South Dakota.

In 1897, at the opening of the Security State Bank in Zumbrota, Mr. Lund was called as its assistant cashier, which position he faithfully filled for three years, after which he succeeded Mr. Noeseth as manager of the Farmers' Elevator of Zumbrota, a position which he held for three years. He then removed to Wanamingo village, at which place he conducted an elevator of his own for one year, after which he sold it to the Milwaukee Elevator Company. This company retained him as manager of the elevator for three years, and he then returned to his farm, which is now conducted by his sons.

Mr. Lund was married May 8, 1879, to Johannah Hembre, daughter of Ole and Anna Hembre, natives of Norway, who located in Red Wing, where Mr. Hembre followed his trade as a carpenter until his death, in 1908.

Mr. and Mrs. Lund are the parents of nine children: Ole, Nettie, Oaf, Inga, Einar, Oscar, Robert, William McKinley and Harold. Of these, Inga teaches school.

In politics Mr. Lund is a stanch Republican and in religion a true Lutheran. He has served in many official capacities, having been supervisor of his village, a member of the village council and director of his school district, while for many years he was treasurer and one of the directors of Zumbrota Hospital. For sixteen years he held the office of treasurer of the Wanamingo, Cherry Grove and Minneola Fire Insurance Company, and for seven years he conducted a creamery of his own at Zumbrota. He operated a threshing machine for twenty-five years. Mr. Lund's life has been a busy one and the success gained by him is due to his own work, honestly and faithfully performed. He is loved by his friends and esteemed by all. 
Notes for Johannah (Spouse 1)
Johannah’s father, Ole J. Hembre was married 3 times. His first wife, Ingeborg Baardsdatter Burneess Hembre died in 1865 in Norway. He came to Red Wing, MN in 1866, so there is a good chance he married his second wife, Sirriana Johnsdatter Huseby Hembre, in Norway just before leaving. She died in 1869.

In the History of Goodhue County, 1909, when talking about the marriage of Rollof O. Lund to Johannah Hembre, it uses the name Anna for Ole J. Hembre’s wife and the mother of Johanna, so I am guessing that Sirriana Johnsdatter Huseby is the Anna being referred to here But, since Johanna was born in 1857, I am going to also guess that Johanna’s birth mother was the first wife, Ingeborg and that Sirriana was Johanna’s stepmother.
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