With grateful thanks to Liz Tobin for finding the poem that sparked off this research, and to Annette Fulford for finding a great deal of information about Margueretta
Margueritta had a poem published in “The Gold Stripe”, edited by Felix Penne, pen-name of J. Francis Bursill. The publication was “published as a tribute to the British Columbia men who have been killed, crippled and wounded in the Great War”. "The Net Profits of this Publication will go to the Amputation Club of B.C., Vancouver, for men who have been maimed and wounded in the Great War."
Margueretta Stuart Taylor was born in Scotland in around 1899. Her parents were William Taylor and his wife Margaret Taylor, nee Stuart. Annette tells us that in the 1911 and 1921 Canadian Census, she is listed as Margaret Taylor. Both records indicate the Taylor family went to live in Canada in 1905.
According to Margueretta’s obituary she became a teacher and taught at Hastings School in Canada from 1921 until she retired. In Vancouver in November 1929, she married William Dennis Nash (1896 – 1939), who was born in Lewisham, London, UK and worked for the Hudson Bay Company in Canada. The couple had two daughters. Margueretta died on 26th September 1982.
I wonder if she wrote any other poems?
If anyone knows please get in touch.
Sources:
Additional information found by Annette Fulford @avidgenie - a Canadian genealogist who specializes in researching First World War Brides and soldiers' dependents 1914-1921 and Canadian Immigration.
Marriage certificate and obituaries for Margueretta and her husband found by Annette Fulford
Gold Stripe cover from https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08724/1?r=0&s=1
Report of the death of William Dennis Nash from the Province Newspaper December 15, 1939, page 9.
Margueretta’s obituary from the Vancouver Sun, Sept 29, 1982, page 69
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/gold-stripe-tribute-to-british-columbia-men-who-have-been-killed-crippled-and-wounded-in-great-war
