Worthington, Ada E., 1899-1989

Ada E. and John C. Worthington were married on August 19, 1926, and lived for a short time in Trinidad before settling in Truro, Massachusetts in 1933. They had three children: John C., Jr., 1927, Christopher H. "Toppy," 1928, and Diana, 1939.

Ada Elizabeth (Warden) Worthington, daughter of William and Marie Christine (Halsey) Warden, was born September 2, 1899, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Educated in England, she served in the Women's British Auxiliary Ambulance Corps during World War I before coming to the United States in 1918. She worked at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, eventually becoming a registered nurse. In 1933, AEW founded Cape Cod Fish Net Industries, a firm that by 1938 employed more than 40 people. She owned and operated women’s boutiques in Hyannis and Truro, Massachusetts; New York City; Sausalito, California; and Miami, Florida. In New York her fashions were sold in 21 stores; she and her fishnet products, which included dresses, scarves, dolls, curtains, etc., were featured in several fashion magazines. She retired in 1980 and died on April 17, 1989.

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