Poula Aarons

   Dødsårsag: cancer.

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Vejrup sogns kirkebog, fødte kvindekøn 1920: Moderen bar barnet. Faddere var landmandsdatter Lydia Madsen af Rebelsig, tjenestepige Mary Christensen af Bjerregården, landmandsdatter Ingrid Christensen af N. Vejrup. Forældrene viet i Hoven kirke den 2. november 1919 (vielsesattest forevist).

Kun 9 måneder gammel ankom Poula den 1. juni 1921 til New Yorks havn, Ellids Island, sammen med sin mor, Agnes, for at tage varigt ophold i USA.

Ved moderens død i 1930 blev Poula sammen med sine yngre søskende anbragt på et børnehjem i Elk Horn, Shelby county i staten Iowa. Opholdet varede i knap 3 år, indtil faderen giftede sig igen i løbet af 1932.

ELIM LUTHERAN CHILDREN'S HOME
The Elim Lutheran children's home was established in 1890 on a 40 acre farm purchased by the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. The two story house was built and four orphans were placed in the care of August L. Boysen and his wife. Additional rooms were added, as the number of orphan care increased.

The Elim Children's home closed its doors in 1961, when the state decided that there should be no more private orphan homes and that homeless children must be assigned to foster homes. Listed below are some of the children who lived at the home.

Name - Age - Birth Place - Year - Notes:

Aarons, Charles, 1, Minnesota, 1930, Resident
Aarons, Mary A. (Ellen?), 4, Minnesota, 1930, Resident
Aarons, Paula, 10, Denmark, 1930, Resident
Aarons, Sigrid, 8, Minnesota, 1930, Resident
Aarons, Werner, 6, Minnesota, 1930, Resident
(Transcription by Michele McNabb)

Albert Lea Evening Tribune, Thursday, July 27, 1933, Page-9: "Saturday The Misses Paula and Sigrid Aarons visited their friend Miss Mildred Thomas Friday evening".

Paula Aarons was a woman born in 1920 in Denmark. During the 1940 US Census she was 20 years old and lived in Cook, Illinois. She appears as the servant of her house in the 1940 US Census. Residence: 8438 Paulina Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Other household members: Lawrence Torrsen (56, male, born 1884, Denmark), Sophia Torrsen (52, female, born 1888, Denmark), Bollerup Jensen (59, male, born 1881, Denmark)

Poula og hendes mand bosatte sig i staten Minnesota. Omkring 1950 flyttede familien til en lille by, Sweet Home, i staten Oregon på USA's vestkyst. Her døde Poula kun 45 år gammel. I 2002 boede alle Paulas børn i staten Oregon. Hun fik 5 børn og et stedbarn.

Poula blev gift med William Eddy Wildung, søn af William H. Wildung og Beulah Eddy, cirka 1946. (William Eddy Wildung blev født den 28. maj 1909 i Howard Lake, Minnesota, USA, døde den 21. juli 1976 i Benton County, Oregon, USA og blev begravet i juli 1976 i Benton County, Oregon, USA.)