Edith Shackleton Heald was born in Manchester, the daughter of J. T. Heald and Mary Shackleton, and had a sister, Nora Shackleton Heald, with whom she co-owned the Chantry House.
Edith Shackleton Heald was born in Manchester, the younger daughter of John Thomas Heald, and Mary Shackleton. She had an older sister, Nora Shackleton Heald, with whom she co-owned the Chantry House.