Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1912 — With 1,283 Letters He Finds Brother [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

With 1,283 Letters He Finds Brother

MINNEAPOLIS —To meet his broth-] OT err whom be had” never seen, in order to find whom he had written LW3 letters, addressing every man named Lundy that be learned of anywhere in the world, C. A. Lundy, 4341 Twelfth avenue S-, left the other day for Ferryville, Wis., where he will ■pend some time. Twenty-five ye&s ago John Lundy and wife and the little boy, who la now C. A. Lundy, 31 years old, came from near Bergen, Norway, and set* tied near Lanesboro, Filmore county, Minnesota. There Mrs. Lundy died ahortly after. * John Lundy married again, after a time. C. A. Lundy went to live with Mother family who brought him up. Martin Lundy came into the worldJohn Lundy died and hie widow married again and became Mrs. E. Anderson. C. 1, Lundy knew there had been a little child born to his father gad stepmother, bat his stepmother feed left Minnesota and had married somewhere trot of the state and he neither knew where, or what her jgjfoV-rY''’ ; V. : -Jv-;V',' * * '

name had become after her second marriage. Martin Lundy is now 20 years of age. : ** Week after week Mr. Lundy took his letters tto the postofflce, and week after week he opened replies, but from nowhere did he learn of a Lundy that was his brother until after a number of years. Then he heard of the Ferryville man, wrote and found his brother. He ceased writing letters thereafter and has been waiting several years for an opportunity to go to Ferryville and greet his brother ~4fc person, which opportunity came today. • ■ " ; Mr. Lundy may spend some time in Ferryville before returning to Mima. spoils. ' •