Margaret Inez “Peggy” <I>Kalmar</I> Allison

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Margaret Inez “Peggy” Kalmar Allison

Birth
Westchester County, New York, USA
Death
24 Feb 1964 (aged 35)
Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Margaret Inez ("Peggy") Kalmar was the daughter Bert Kalmar and Jessie Brown.

She married Robert Freeman Allison, Jr., son of Robert Freeman Alison and Irene F. Mahoney, on Saturday, January 21, 1950, at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick, 460 Madison Avenue, New York, New York; they were married until her death. The couple had no children.

Margaret Kalmar was baptized on November 27, 1949, at Corpus Christi Church in New York City. Robert Freeman Allison was baptized on January 31, 1927, at St. Anne's Church [now St. Anne-St. Augustin Parish] in Manchester, New Hampshire.

NEW YORK TIMES; New York, New York; Sunday, October 16, 1949; Page 81:
"Troth of Margaret I. Kalmar
Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Margaret Inez Kalmar, daughter of Mrs. Bert Kalmar of this city and Beverly Hills, Calif., to Robert Freeman Allison Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Allison of Manchester and Pleasant Lake, N.H. The bride-to-be is an alumna of the Anoakia School, Arcadia, Calif., and of Finch Junior College. Her fiance was graduated in 1948 from Princeton University, where he was a member of the Dial Club."

NEW YORK TIMES; New York, New York; Sunday, January 22, 1950; Page 74:
"MARGARET KALMAR WED
Bride of Robert F. Allison Jr. in Lady Chapel of St. Patrick's
Miss Margaret Inez Kalmar, daughter of Mrs. Bert Kalmar of 448 Riverside Drive and Beverly Hills, Calif., and the late Mr. Kalmar, was married yesterday morning to Robert Freeman Allison Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Allison of Manchester, N.H., in the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Rev. E. Harold Smith performed the ceremony and was celebrant of the nuptial mass.
Escorted by her brother, Bert Kalmar Jr., the bride had Miss Nellie Mae Oliphant as maid of honor. Mrs. Louis Davidson Sage and Miss Janice Torngren were the other attendants. James J. Brokerick Jr. was best man, and the ushers were Willard J. Hamilton and William Kroll. A reception was given at Sherry's.
Mrs. Allison was graduated from the Anoakia School in Arcadia, Calif., and Finch Junior College. Her father was author of plays, motion picture scripts and lyrics. Mr. Allison is an alumnus of Princeton University, where he belonged to the Dial Club.
The couple will live in Princeton, N.J."

NEW YORK TIMES; New York, New York; Wednesday, February 26, 1964; Page 35:
"ALLISON---Margaret Kalmar, wife of Robert F., daughter of the late Bert Kalmar and Jessie Kalmar of Van Nuys, Calif., brother [sic-sister] of Bert Kalmar Jr. Services on Thursday, 9 A.M., at The Cromwell Memorial Home, 71 E Prospect St., Hopewell, N. J. Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at St. Alphonsus at 10 A.M. Thursday. Interment Parish Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday afternoon and evening at the funeral home."

LOS ANGELES TIMES; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; Tuesday, February 25, 1964; Part III, Page 2:
"Deaths
Funeral Announcements
ALLISON, Mrs. Margaret Kalmar, wife of Robert F. Allison, passed away Feb. 24, at her home on the Cherry Valley Road, Princeton Township, N.J., after a long illness, daughter of the late Bert Kalmar (well-known songwriter) and Jessie Kalmar, of Van Nuys, Calif.; Mrs. Allison was a well-known actress and had appeared on many network TV, local and Broadway stage plays; member of the University Players and the Theatre Intime of Princeton; in addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by a brother, Bert Kalmar Jr., of Burbank, Calif.
Requiem Mass at St. Alphonsus Church, Hopewell, N.J., Thursday, 10 a.m. Interment Parish Cemetery."
Margaret Inez ("Peggy") Kalmar was the daughter Bert Kalmar and Jessie Brown.

She married Robert Freeman Allison, Jr., son of Robert Freeman Alison and Irene F. Mahoney, on Saturday, January 21, 1950, at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick, 460 Madison Avenue, New York, New York; they were married until her death. The couple had no children.

Margaret Kalmar was baptized on November 27, 1949, at Corpus Christi Church in New York City. Robert Freeman Allison was baptized on January 31, 1927, at St. Anne's Church [now St. Anne-St. Augustin Parish] in Manchester, New Hampshire.

NEW YORK TIMES; New York, New York; Sunday, October 16, 1949; Page 81:
"Troth of Margaret I. Kalmar
Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Margaret Inez Kalmar, daughter of Mrs. Bert Kalmar of this city and Beverly Hills, Calif., to Robert Freeman Allison Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Allison of Manchester and Pleasant Lake, N.H. The bride-to-be is an alumna of the Anoakia School, Arcadia, Calif., and of Finch Junior College. Her fiance was graduated in 1948 from Princeton University, where he was a member of the Dial Club."

NEW YORK TIMES; New York, New York; Sunday, January 22, 1950; Page 74:
"MARGARET KALMAR WED
Bride of Robert F. Allison Jr. in Lady Chapel of St. Patrick's
Miss Margaret Inez Kalmar, daughter of Mrs. Bert Kalmar of 448 Riverside Drive and Beverly Hills, Calif., and the late Mr. Kalmar, was married yesterday morning to Robert Freeman Allison Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Allison of Manchester, N.H., in the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Rev. E. Harold Smith performed the ceremony and was celebrant of the nuptial mass.
Escorted by her brother, Bert Kalmar Jr., the bride had Miss Nellie Mae Oliphant as maid of honor. Mrs. Louis Davidson Sage and Miss Janice Torngren were the other attendants. James J. Brokerick Jr. was best man, and the ushers were Willard J. Hamilton and William Kroll. A reception was given at Sherry's.
Mrs. Allison was graduated from the Anoakia School in Arcadia, Calif., and Finch Junior College. Her father was author of plays, motion picture scripts and lyrics. Mr. Allison is an alumnus of Princeton University, where he belonged to the Dial Club.
The couple will live in Princeton, N.J."

NEW YORK TIMES; New York, New York; Wednesday, February 26, 1964; Page 35:
"ALLISON---Margaret Kalmar, wife of Robert F., daughter of the late Bert Kalmar and Jessie Kalmar of Van Nuys, Calif., brother [sic-sister] of Bert Kalmar Jr. Services on Thursday, 9 A.M., at The Cromwell Memorial Home, 71 E Prospect St., Hopewell, N. J. Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at St. Alphonsus at 10 A.M. Thursday. Interment Parish Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday afternoon and evening at the funeral home."

LOS ANGELES TIMES; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; Tuesday, February 25, 1964; Part III, Page 2:
"Deaths
Funeral Announcements
ALLISON, Mrs. Margaret Kalmar, wife of Robert F. Allison, passed away Feb. 24, at her home on the Cherry Valley Road, Princeton Township, N.J., after a long illness, daughter of the late Bert Kalmar (well-known songwriter) and Jessie Kalmar, of Van Nuys, Calif.; Mrs. Allison was a well-known actress and had appeared on many network TV, local and Broadway stage plays; member of the University Players and the Theatre Intime of Princeton; in addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by a brother, Bert Kalmar Jr., of Burbank, Calif.
Requiem Mass at St. Alphonsus Church, Hopewell, N.J., Thursday, 10 a.m. Interment Parish Cemetery."


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