Titus Gustav Engberg

Titus Gustav Engberg was born on Feb. 27, 1886 at Vastmestorp, Falköpings kommun, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, a son of a carpenter named Karl Engberg (b. 1851 Sweden - d. 1917 Galesburg, Knox, IL) & Josefina Larsdotter Engberg (b. 1860 Sweden - d. 1913 Galesburg, IL). Karl & Josefina married in 1883 in Sweden, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1888. By 1900, the family was living in Galesburg, where there was an exclusive assembly 1882-1883+, but records would indicate that Karl & Josefina were lifelong members of the Swedish Evangelical Covenant church, including in Galesburg.

On June 1, 1910, Titus married Edith Wilhelmina Larson (1885-1975 Knoxville, IL), a daughter of John Nels Larson (b. 1843 Vinnerstad, Motala kommun, Östergötlands län, Sweden - d. 1932 Knoxville, IL) & Emma Justina Andersdotter Larson (b. 1854 Sweden - d. 1935 Knoxville, IL), whose family emigrated in 1869 as Evangelical Covenant. In 1910, prior to her wedding, Edith was employed as a public schoolteacher in Knoxville. In 1917, Titus & Edith were living in Galesburg, employed as a grocer for Larson-Hultgren at 808 S. Cedar.

By 1927, Titus was affiliated with the TW exclusives at Knoxville Meeting Room, which continued as an assembly until the early 2010's. He and Edith had three children, their eldest two never married, and their youngest, Barbara, married laboring brother Clarence Edward Lunden. Edith died on Feb. 12, 1975 in Knoxville, Titus followed on Aug. 29, 1977.

Children

• Herman Titus Engberg (b. 1911 Galesburg, IL - d. 1959 Knoxville, IL). Never married. Farmer.
• Jean Harriet Engberg (1914-2008 Galesburg, IL). Grad 1932 Knoxville High School, earned her RN degree from Galesburg Cottage Hospital in 1935, retiring from the Galesburg Clinic in 1989, and in fellowship with the Knoxville assembly until the end of her life. Memorials were suggested for Galesburg Rescue Mission, Bible Truth Publishers, or Beacon of Hope Hospice.
• Barbara Edith Engberg Lunden (b. 1917 Knoxville, IL - d. 2011 American Falls, Power, ID). Husband: Clarence Edward Lunden (b. 1904 Oak Park, Cook, IL - d. 1995 Galesburg, IL), laboring brother with the TW's who also served as a correspondent from the mid-1980's on for the meeting room. Clarence was a son of Albert Axel Lunden (b. 1860 - d. 1931 Altadena, L.A., CA) & Christina Eugenia Erickson Lunden (b. 1861 Uppsala Ian, Sweden - d. 1941 Pasadena, L.A., CA).
  • Clarence David Lunden (b. 1926 Pasadena, CA - d. 2011 Federal Way, King, WA). Wife (1952 Pasadena, CA): Vauna Jean Kilcup Lunden (b. 1929 Hoquiam, Grays Harbor, WA - d. 2010 King Co., WA), daughter of George Emerson Kilcup (b. 1893 St. John West, N.B. - d. 1975 Hoquiam, WA) & Marion Gertrude Carter Kilcup (b. 1897 Seeleys Cove, Charlotte, N.B. - d. 1985 Hoquiam, WA). Vauna was active with Bible Study Fellowship.
  • Eleanor Kristin Lunden Brimlow (b. 1929 Pasadena, CA - d. 1989 Gig Harbor, WA). 1950 @ Sierre Madre, CA. Husband: Robert Albert Brimlow, Jr. (b. 1921 Brooklyn, Kings, N.Y. - d. 1999 Gig Harbor, WA), son of Robert Hobson Brimlow (b. 1881 Brooklyn, N.Y. - d. 1962 Santa Ana, Orange, CA) & Anna Alida Tryon Brimlow (b. 1889 Queens, N.Y. - d. 1973 Santa Ana, CA).

Sources

• Ancestry.com