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Haultain, Helen, 1828-1915
1828-1915
Lucinda Helen Haultain (née Gordon) was born on December 18, 1828, in Eastbourne, Sussex, England.
In 1850, she married Colonel Frederick William Haultain (1821–1882), a British Army officer and political figure in the Province of Canada. They had 9 children. In 1860, the family moved to Canada and they settled in Peterborough, Ontario. Her son, Frederick William Aplin Gordon Haultain (1857-1942), served as Conservative premier of the Northwest Territories and played an important role in establishing the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
She died on November 15, 1915, in Peterborough, Ontario.