Person

Fong, Margaret Calder

1907-1952

Born August 28, 1907 in Montreal, Margaret Calder FONG was the second oldest child of the family of Fong Mun King 鄺文瓊 and his wife Alice Fong 鄺文周氏女.

Margaret was active in the Chinese Mission and the Chinese Presbyterian Church, becoming a group leader in the Canadian Girls in Training.

Margaret worked outside of the household to support it. For many years, she was the housekeeper for the Tarleton family in Westmount.

Margaret was a poet and short story writer whose publications appear in various English-language newspapers in Montreal under the name of Peggy King.

Margaret was engaged, but never married. She died in 1952 of an allergic reaction to penicillin.

Fong, Alice (1883-1964)

Fong, Ann Victoria (1916-2016)

Fong, Gertrude Annie (1909-1985)

Fong, Alice Wilson Meyers (1911-1995)

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