Born in Stop 26, Manor Farm, Bedford Park, Toronto, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Howard Grainger
and Mary Victoria (Pemble) Grainger
Sister of
Sidney George Stringer [half], Frederick James Stringer [half], Amelia (Stringer) Blythe [half], Robert Ernest Stringer [half], Mary Hannorah Bridgette (O'Connor) Hayton [half], James Edward (O'Connor) Grainger [half] and [private sister (1920s - unknown)]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 95
in Santa Rosa, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jul 2016
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Biography
Peggy was born in 1922. She was the daughter of Howard Grainger and Victoria Pemble.
She emigrated with her family from Canada to San Francisco, America in 1923.
United States Census, 1930: Living with her mother Victoria, father Howard and various siblings in San Francisco, California, United States. Aged about 8. (She was born in Canada but according to the 1930 census Peggy was born in England.)
Both her parents passed away in 1937 when she was 15.
Peggy became a Nurse.
She married Howard Lee Eggers. They had at least one daughter.
Her husband died in 1994.
She passed away in 2017 at the age of 95.
Burial
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, United States. PLOT: SECTION CA SITE 2996[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182023753/margaret-victoria-eggers), memorial page for Margaret Victoria Eggers (6 Jul 1922–12 Jul 2017), Find a Grave Memorial no. 182023753, citing Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA ; Maintained by 13th Generation Fairbanks in America (contributor 48218542)
- "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP95-S2J : 27 November 2014), Margaret Grainger, 24 May 1923; from "Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Ship , arrival port Detroit, Michigan,, line 7, NARA microfilm publication M1464, roll 465, NARA record group 85, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Census Records
- "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCF1-N79 : 8 December 2015), Margaret Granger in entry for Howard Granger, 1930.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~0.78%
Linda (Groom) Prole
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