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Letter, 9 April 1887
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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.
Letter from H. Haultain to John William Dawson, written from Peterbouough.