Joseph Richard Lund was born on 15/5/1906 at 48, Townhead,  Barnoldswick in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was the second born child of Joseph Lund, a Cotton weaver (1881-1940) and Eva Lund nee Woffenden (1885-1933)

Joseph Richard Lund  would only live to the age of 10 months and passed on 21/5/1907 at 48, Townhead in Barnoldswick with the cause of death being certified by the family doctor as Teething, Inflamation of the Lungs and Convusions