The unlikely journey of a missionary from Shawville
Margaret Hanna was born and raised in the Shawville area. She married Christopher Willis and together they worked as medical missionaries around the world. Along the way, their lives intersected with people also with local connections, such as the family of Shawville’s Dr. Powles. Margaret, now 96, has written a book about her life. While it was intended mainly for her grandchildren and great-grand-children, her son William has reached out to THE EQUITY to make the book available to the local community at the Printshop and offers the following overview.
My mother, Margaret Lucille Hanna was born February 15, 1927 to William and Eva Hanna. Of their eight children, seven of whom were boys, Margaret and her brother Neil are the only survivors.
She lived first on the family homestead in Yarm (9th Line near Highway 303), just north of Shawville, and later on what is now the Hanna Line at Radford, attending #7 elementary school at Radford and high school in Shawville. When she was 17, she taught at Murrells School #8.
Some will know her from her community . . .
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