Margaretha Metta Lund was born November 29, 1855 in Huerup, Flensburg, Schleswig-Hols. When Heinrich left for America she was pregnant with another child. After the birth of the next son she took the long ship journey across the ocean with the children. Another child was born in America. This brought their total surviving children to 10. Margaretha died July 13, 1914 in Lisbon, ND.