Marguerite Tucker
Known as Grace Tucker, she studied the Japanese language and culture in Japan from 1931 to 1934 and worked in the Holy Cross Mission until war broke out in 1942. From 1942 to 1946, Tucker was the welfare manager to the M.C. Security Commission in Slocan City. Later, she moved to Toronto, remaining there until 1956 to help Japanese Canadians resettle east of the Rockies. (Spirit of the Nikkei Fleet.) While in Slocan, Tucker was involved with the B.C. Citizenship Defence Committee. She was potentially involved in a letter campaign sending property claim forms to the government in early 1946.
(RG27 vol. 653 file 23-2-6-9 part 1)
Metadata
| Surname | Tucker |
| Forename | Marguerite |
| AddName | Grace |
| Regularized Name | Marguerite Tucker |
| Affiliation | B.C. Citizens Defence Committee |
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