1889–1982
Mrs. Agnew Demarest

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 31, 1889, Pa­ris, France.

Died: Ap­ril 1982, Pi­nel­las Coun­ty, Flo­ri­da.

Buried: Cave Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky.

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Biography

Victoria was the grand­daught­er of Sal­va­tion Ar­my foun­der Will­iam Booth, daugh­ter of Ca­the­rine Booth-Clib­born, and wife of Cor­ne­li­us Ag­new De­ma­rest (1882–1959).

She con­duct­ed re­vi­val meet­ings in 1919 in a Me­tho­dist church in St. John’s, New­found­land. 2,000 are said to have come to Christ in this cru­sade. She be­gan the Am­eri­ca for God Cru­sade in 1934, found­ed the World As­so­cia­tion of Mo­thers for Peace in 1946, and was or­dained a Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter in 1949.

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