school was named for her, the first public building in Victoria named for a woman.

Personal life

Margaret Townsend married twice, to Englishman Jonas Fox in 1866 and to Welsh shoemaker David Jenkins in 1879. She was widowed twice, in 1876 and 1904. She had four children in her first marriage, three in her second marriage, and raised nine Jenkins stepchildren as well. Margaret Townsend Jenkins died on 4 June 1923, aged 79. Her gravesite is in Ross Bay Cemetery.

One of her residences in Victoria is a designated heritage

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