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Monterey County Herald
Thursday, May 11, 1967
Agnes Melin


Mrs. Agnes Archer Melin, 91, died this morning in a local convalescent hospital after a long period of failing health.
She had made her home in the Jamesburg area of Carmel Valley for the past six y years. Mrs. Melin was born Feb 18, 1876 in Santa Rita, daughter of Dr. S. M. Archer, Monterey County's first medical officer. She was long widowed.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Lefors of Jamesburg and Mrs. Kathryn Anselmi of Sacramento, a sister, Mrs. Sally Zane of Carmel, three grandchildren, and seven great-grand children. Interment will take place in Cemetario El Encinal.
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Notes: From Grace Brune, 1951, in Hastings Files:
Louisa Robertson (Dr. Archer's wife) was a daughter of the builder of the Robertson House on Hastings, and Bartola, the Indian woman. Luisa Robertson had a sister, Susana Robbertson, who married Ignacio Boronda.