- Person
- 1866-1928
Margaret MacKay was born in Zorra, Ontario on 10 July 1866, the child of William P. MacKay, a Presbyterian minister, and Amelia Jane (Youngs). She married William Sharpe MacTavish, also a minister in the Presbyterian Church, who served in St. George, Deseronto, Kingston, and Madoc. The couple had eight children. They retired to Belleville in 1922, where Margaret died on 23 August 1928. She wrote poetry, some of which was published by her husband after her death.