1885 - 1979 (94 years)
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Name |
Agda Josephina Almén [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Born |
16 Nov 1885 |
Masthugget, Göteborg och bohus, Sweden [5, 6] |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
20 Dec 1979 |
San Diego, California [7] |
Buried |
Church of Our Savior, San Gabriel, California |
Person ID |
I335 |
Don Worth's Ancestry |
Last Modified |
27 Jan 2016 |
Father |
August Andersson Almén, b. 19 Nov 1854, Lerum, Alvsborgs Lan, Sweden , d. 4 Feb 1936, Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden (Age 81 years) |
Mother |
Johanna Maria Olsdotter, b. 5 Nov 1859, Hjälteby, Tjörn, Valla p., V. Götaland, Sweden , d. 4 Apr 1893, Haga Östergata 5, Masthugget p., Göteborg (Age 33 years) |
Married |
13 Oct 1884 |
Sweden [5] |
Family ID |
F157 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Joseph William "Joe Willie" Worth, b. 19 May 1884, Lockwood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England , d. 5 Mar 1936, San Marino, California (Age 51 years) |
Married |
9 Apr 1910 |
Göteborg, Sweden [8, 9] |
Children |
+ | 1. Blanche Helfrid Worth, b. 8 Apr 1911, Paris, Ontario, Canada , d. 1 Nov 2000, Orange, California (Age 89 years) |
+ | 2. Elsie EVELYN Worth, b. 27 Jul 1912, Peterboro, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Nov 1994, San Diego, California (Age 82 years) |
| 3. Roy Almén Worth, b. 21 Sep 1913, Peterboro, Ontario, Canada , d. 15 Jul 2000, San Clemente, California (Age 86 years) |
+ | 4. Walter Dyson Worth, b. 28 Jul 1916, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada , d. 5 Aug 2000, Durango, Colorado (Age 84 years) |
| 5. II Joseph William "Bill" Worth, b. 13 Aug 1923, Pasadena, California (Huntington Mem. Hosp.) , d. 26 Jan 1997, Bellingham, Washington (Age 73 years) |
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Last Modified |
8 Jun 2013 |
Family ID |
F110 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Agda's mother died when she was very young and she was brought up by her stepmother (aunt). Agda was living (in Majorna?) on the outskirts of Göteborg prior to her marriage. She was in a choral society there.
Joe Willy courted Agda for three years and she wouldn't say "yes." She worked on a green wool tapestry throughout the period and Joseph hated it - "All she did was stitch on that thing!"
Doris Pilling remembered Agda's red dress in Canada. She had an ostrich plume with it and wore it to dances.
When the family was living in Canada on Wellar St. in Peterborough, a neighbor was a retired farmer who raised vegetables in his back yard. He had a horse and cart to deliver them to market in the summer. Agda was very impressed by how hard the neighbor worked in the garden, commenting, "He works so hard in his garden! He takes his horse out every night and waters his vegetables!" Of course she meant to say "hose", but everybody within earshot laughed uproariously. She turned to her husband and said, "Joe Villy! WHAT did I say?" He told her in Swedish and she broke out laughing as hard as anyone.
About 1914, Joe Willy and Agda returned to Sweden for a visit, bringing their children. They visited August and Beate in their apartment near the harbor and visited other relatives at their nearby farms. When they returned to the United States, the children, who were quite young at the time, were speaking exclusively Swedish. The family returned again in 1927. Walter remembers that, at that time, August was manager of his apartment building.
According to her son, Walter, Agda looked young even after having her children.
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Sources |
- [S12] Interview with Lilly Worth and Agda Worth. (EF#18, SN#20, 12 Feb 1977).
- [S106] Interview with Blanche Judson. (EF#19, SN#21, 12 Feb 1977).
- [S3] Interview with Doris (Pilling) Stuart Moore. (EF#127, SN#218, 7 Aug 1977).
- [S19] Interview with Walter D. and Barbara (Woods) Worth. (EF#6, SN#6, 1 Jan 1977).
- [S50] Correspondence with Margit Hedberg of Gúteborg, Sweden. (EF#168, SN#273, 15 Dec 1977).
- [S136] Sverige, namnindexerade födelseuppgifter, 1880-1920 Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1880-1920.
- [S68] Probate hearing notice for estate of Agda Worth. (EF#409, SN#609, 7 Feb 1980).
- [S143] Swedish Church Records.
- [S144] Records of St. Andrews, Goteborg, Sweden.
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