Agda's mother died when she was very young and she was brought up by her stepmother (aunt). Agda was living near Meirl (spelling?) 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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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.
More about Agda Josephina Almen Worth
Agda's mother died when she was very young and she was brought up by her stepmother (aunt). Agda was living near Meirl (spelling?) 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.
More about Agda Josephina Almen Worth
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.
More about Agda Josephina Almen Worth
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