Elizabeth was born in 1847 to parents George Black Wyllie and Mary Ann Reid, an Anglican family who immigrated to Canada from Scotland. In 1865, she married Samuel Fenton McMaster, who was the nephew of
William McMaster, founder of
McMaster University. In 1866, Elizabeth and Samuel were baptised into the
Bond Street Baptist Church. Elizabeth was a member of the Ladies Bible Association and supported the Toronto Home for Incurables. == Career ==