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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Pyke, Frances Louise Taft
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Description area
Dates of existence
1887-?
History
Frederick Merritt Pyke (1884-1976), American missionary, and his wife, Frances Louise Taft Pyke (1887-?), their colleagues and missionary stations are the subjects of a collection of photographs.
The Pykes were both children of pioneer missionaries to China. His parents were James Howell and Annabel Goodrich Pyke, and her parents were the Reverend and Mrs. Marcus L. Taft.
The Japanese interned the Pykes in a camp at Weihsien, China, for thirty months during World War II.
The Pykes had three children: Louise, Ruth, and James. In 1958, Frederick became a member of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church.