McKinlay, Margaret Edna (Edna)

Margaret Edna was born on January 10, 1881 to Margaret and Angus McKinlay of Georgetown, Ontario.  She died in Toronto, Ontario on February 15, 1956.

She was a warm, lovely, sweet person.  Edna was mainly the housekeeper for her sister Lyla and her mother Margaret.  All three of them lived in a lovely duplex at 761 Euclid Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.  She sometimes worked as a milliner and was a good seamstress.  Occasionally she made her niece Muriel's dancing costumes.  Edna was a great cook and did all the cooking in the family.  She is remembered for her daffodil cake and sea foam fudge.

She remained a spinster throughout her life.

Siblings:

Isabella Lyla 1877-1953
Archibald Franklin 1883-1918

James Murray 1886-1960

Barbara Jessie 1889-1974

Alexander Nicoll, 1891-1958

Isabel Lyla & Margaret Edna McKinlay
A remembrance for Lieut. Archibald Franklin who is buried in Somme, France.