McKinlay, Isabella Lyla

Isabella Lyla McKinlay was born to Margaret and Angus McKinlay of Georgetown Ontario on March 17, 1877 and died on January 1, 1953.  Lyla was a school teacher.  She lived in a side-by-side at 761 Euclid Avenue in Toronto, Ontario with her sister Edna and her mother Margaret.  Lyla was the main bread winner in the family.  She was very proper and went to Beaverton every summer to see her sister Barbara Devine.

Edna and Lyla often hosted dinners for their brother Alex and his wife, Louise and their children Muriel, Frank and Douglas.  Edna was the cook and a very good one at that and Lyla did the "extra" touches.

Lyla McKinlay remained a spinster throughout her life.  She had five siblings:

Archibald Franklin 1883-1918 (died in Somme, France)
Margaret Edna 1881-1956
James Murray 1886-1960 (married Edna Harrison and had 3 children, Donald, John & Mary)
Barbara Jessie 1889 - 1974 (married Clement Devine, 8 children, resided in Beaverton, Ont)
Alexander Nicholl 1891-1958 (married Mary Louisa Judd, 3 children, Muriel, Frank & Douglas)

Isabel Lyla and Margaret Edna McKinlay's resting place
Remembrance of Lieut. Archibald Franklin who is buried in Somme, France