Sr.Margaret was born in Largs, Scotland, in 1905, and lived with her parents, until sadly, her mother died when she was only 7 years old. Her father then took her to Ireland where she lived with her uncle’s family on his farm. There she received her primary education and experienced life on the farm, until she was 14. She was treated very kindly there, like one of the family. 1939 - World War 1 over, Sister returned to Glasgow and was put in the care of her aunt (her mother’s sister) who saw to her secondary education until 1922, when her father remarried and had 5 children – her step brothers and sisters (Terry, Joan, twins Philip and Margaret and Peter) 

She lived with her new family, while finishing her schooling and later doing a M.A. degree at Glasgow University. In 1933, now aged 28 and having taught for 4 years, she decided to enter our Novitiate in Ireland. Later she went to Paris where I was professed in 1937. After this she was sent to Sierra Leone in W. Africa, where she taught in the College in Freetown.

In 1939 Sr. Margaret was recalled to Scotland to teach in St. Joseph’s convent. It was while she was on board ship  that the 2nd World War broke out. Girvan was her base for the next 38 years, mainly teaching Maths. Sr.Margaret was highly esteemed as a very gifted teacher and was renowned for her capacity for hard work - wasting time was something she had no time for! She was a person of deep prayer and until the end of her life, she would always assure people, family and friends, of her prayers, for all their needs. When she retired at the age of 70, Sister went to Trochrague, (our Guest House) and for 13 years, until 1990, gave herself unstintingly to the care of the guests’ rooms – no mean task! When this ministry ended, Sr.Margaret then chose to go to Stranraer where she became Parish Sacristan, visited the sick and shared the housework. She was also very gifted at embroidery, knitting and calligraphy. In 2002, Sr. Margaret was welcomed Ayr where she lived a quiet and prayerful life for two years. She had the conviction that her future was all in God’s secret and safe  keeping. In 2004 she moved south to our convent, in Stafford, where everything was ready for her reception. It was a warm welcome, for which she declared she would be eternally grateful. Because of her deafness and other disabilities, Sister became a resident in the Nursing Home where she was given the kind help of the nurses and carers. Sr. Margaret was kept up to date on current events inside and outside the convent, and almost to the end, never lost interest in her favourite football team!She told us that the level of spiritual or material care made of the Nursing Home, an ideal haven for the sick from every walk of life. So ended Sr.Margaret’s  ‘Book of Life’ but we know that the beginning of her new Book of Life came gently and very peacefully on January 17th 2009. May she rest in peace and pray for us all, as she did while she was with us.