Margaret Edith Heyes1,2

b. 20 October 1910, d. 18 September 1986
Edith (Heyes) Jago in about 1960.
Margaret Edith Heyes, daughter of Joseph Heyes and Alice Maud Domville, was born on 20 October 1910 at Great Sankey, Lancashire, England,1 and baptized on 4 December 1910 at St. Mary, Great Sankey, Lancashire, England.3

When Edith was 13 years old she and her parents and siblings moved to Canada and settled in St. Catharines, Ontario. Her uncle Peter Heyes had already moved there a few years earlier. The family sailed on the S.S. Montcalm, leaving from Liverpool on 2 November 1923, and arriving in Quebec a few days later. They likely took a train from Quebec to St. Catharines.4,5

When Edith was in high school she became friends with a girl named Marjory Jago. Edith evntually met Marjory's brother, Charles.

Charles and Edith courted for many years before finally getting engaged in 1936 or 1937.6

Margaret Edith Heyes married Charles Alfred Jago, son of Charles Jago and Elizabeth Mary Jenkins, on 24 July 1937 at St. George's Anglican Church, St. Catharines, Ontario.7

Although Edith had been working before she and Charles were married, she spent the next several years working in the home and raising their children.

When the children were in high school English Electric closed their St. Catharines office and Charles had to commute to Toronto to work in the offices there. He would stay at Edith's brother Stan's place during the week and be home for the weekends.

After Gail and Charles finished school, Charles and Edith moved to Toronto.

Edith found a job as a secretary at a local school. She worked there for many years before retiring in the mid-1970s.6

Shortly after their retirements, Charles and Edith moved from Toronto back to St. Catharines.

Charles and Edith spent many of their retirement years travelling and spending time with their children and grandchildren.6

In 1984 Edith suffered a massive stroke early one morning. She was left partially paralyzed on her left side but managed to make good progress with physiotherpy.

Edith told a story of going to the mall with Charles and having difficulty dealing with the escalator which seemed like "a fire-spitting, clanging monster."8

Edith died on 18 September 1986 at Shaver Hospital, St. Catharines, Ontario, at age 75.9 Her funeral was held on 22 September 1986 at St. George's Anglican Church, St. Catharines, Ontario. She was buried on 22 September 1986 at Pleasantview Memorial Gardens, Christus Garden, block 216c, lot, Fonthill, Ontario.9,2,10
Charts
Pedigree of Margaret Edith Heyes

Children of Margaret Edith Heyes and Charles Alfred Jago

  • Gail Edith Jago b. 25 Jun 1940
  • Dr. Charles Joseph Jago b. 21 Mar 1943

Exhibits

The Heyes family in about 1945. Alice (Domville) Heyes, Edith (Heyes) Jago, Elizabeth (Jenkins) Jago, Vera Heyes, Joseph Heyes (sitting) and Gail Jago (sitting).
Edith Heyes in about 1937.
The Jago family in 1940. Charles, Edith and their daughter, Gail.
Charles and Edith (Heyes) Jago and their children, Charles and Gail, taken in about 1944.
Charles Jago and Edith Heyes on their wedding day, 24 July 1937.
Charles and Edith (Heyes) Jago in about 1960.
From left to right: Marshall Kostash, Mae (Wulff) Kostash, Edith (Heyes) Jago, and Charles Jago. This picture was taken in 1984, in Barry's Bay, Ontario.
Charles and Edith (Heyes) Jago, in about 1984.
Funeral card for Margaret Edith (Heyes) Jago.
Obituary for Margaret Edith (Heyes) Jago from the St. Catharines Standard.

Citations

  1. Margaret Edith Heyes, England birth registration, 14 November 1910; citing book 17, entry 83, Warrington registration district, Sankey subdistrict; privately held by John Kostash, Hamilton, Ontario.
  2. Margaret Edith Jago, funeral flyer, 22 September 1986, privately held by John Kostash, Hamilton, Ontario.
  3. Margaret Edith Heyes baptism (4 December 1910), Great Sankey Parish (Lancashire, England), Baptisms 1898 - 1914, p. 77, entry 613; FHL microfilm 1,952,266.
  4. Margaret Edith Heyes, 2 November 1923, image 503, Ocean Arrivals, Form 30A, 1919-1924; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ : accessed 21 May 2010); citing LAC microfilm T-15061,.
  5. Joseph Heyes and family, S.S. Montcalm, 2 November 1923, p. 3, outgoing passenger lists for Liverpool, England; digital image, Find My Past (http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ : accessed 31 December 2007); citing PRO BT 27,.
  6. Edith (Heyes) Jago, (St. Catharines, Ontario), personal recollections of John Kostash, in the approximate years of 1980 to 1986;.
  7. Charles Alfred Jago-Margaret Edith Heyes, marriage, 24 July 1937, St. George's Church (St. Catharines, Ontario), Parish Register Z, Marriages 1935-1938; roll 113, Anglican Diocese of Niagara Archives, William Ready Archives, McMaster University, Hamilton.
  8. Escalator story, written by Margaret Edith (Heyes) Jago, March 1986, privately held by John Kostash, Hamilton, Ontario.
  9. Margaret Edith Jago, death certificate, reg. no. 1986-05-047653, Office of the Registrar General, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
  10. Margaret Edith Jago, burial (22 September 1986), St. George's Church (St. Catharines, Ontario), Parish Register RR, Burials 1982-1996,; roll 331, Anglican Diocese of Niagara Archives, William Ready Archives, McMaster University, Hamilton.