Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Forbes, Margaret (Peggy) Chellew Adams Clement
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Peggy
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1921-2010
History
Margaret (Peggy) Chellew Adams Clement Forbes was born to Dorothy and Stanley Adams in 1921 in Hamilton, through whom she had a brother Donald Adams. She was later adopted by her Aunt and Uncle William Pope Clement and Muriel Alberta Kerr Clement. Peggy graduated from University of Toronto as an occupational therapist and served overseas with the Red Cross in WWII. Peggy was very involved in the arts and established the LaCloche Art Show in 1977 as well as being involved in many other artistic organizations. Peggy married 21 year old Capt. Donald Rossell Forbes (1920-2005) in 1942 and they had two children: Diana Forbes and Jock Forbes. Donald died in 2005 and Peggy in 2010.