1863 - 1951

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• Birth	4 Dec 1863	Skillingmark, ____, Värmlands Län, Sweden
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1950
  Person ID	I15	Korp Family
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2007 20:07:00
  Father	Olof Korp, b. 2 Feb 1826, Köla, _____, Värmland, Sweden
  Mother	Karin Persdotter, b. 1826, Eda, ____, Värmlands Län, Sweden
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Biography: Beda KORP was born in Skillingmark, Värmland, in December 1863 to Olof and Karin (PERSDOTTER) KORP. I have no information on her baptism. It is likely that, along with her brother Jordan, she followed the Methodist religion. She emigrated to the United States, settling in the Worcester, Massachusetts, area sometime in the 1880s. According to Susan Korp Snedeker in 2001, Beda Korp came to America on the S. S. Ivernia on 18 October 1905 at age 41. She arrived in Boston and was sworn in by F. W. Quinn. She had been a servant and had never married. She came to stay with her brother Patter/Petter (Peter) who lived in Worcester, Massachusetts, according to the passenger list. She never married. She lived in North Grafton, Massachusetts later in life. She visited her niece Louise (KORP) RIDSDALE in New Rochelle, New York in the early 1950s. I have no information on her death or where she is buried. Sources: 1. Kinship Center, Karlstad, Sweden: Skillingsfors, Skillingmark film GV 222. 2. Worcester City Directories. 3. Interviews with Dorothy (RIDSDALE) LISLE, 1988. 4. Personal recollections of John B. LISLE.