Margaret Elizabeth Pickering was born around 1921 in East Dean Raw, Hayden Bridge.

Margaret married Douglas Cherrington Hale in 1953 in Birmingham, Warwickshire,.

She had the following children from her marriage to Douglas Cherrington Hale:

- Peter Hale	born in 1954 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.
- Susan Elizabeth Hale	born in 1955 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.