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Frederick W. Haultain
Frederick W. Haultain (November 7, 1821 – December 9, 1882) was a British Army officer and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1821 to Major General Francis Haultain and Eliza Ann Dean. He was a grandson of Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Haultain (British Army officer), Theodore Haultain. Haultain lived in Belgium while his father was stationed there and eventually returned to Britain. He studied at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, England, served with the Royal Artillery and retired as lieutenant-colonel in 1860. He moved to Province of Canada, Canada and settled at Peterborough, Ontario, Peterborough later that year. He was elected to the 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing Peterborough in 1861 as a Conservative. In 1864, as a member of the Reform movement (pre-Confederation Canada), Reform Party, he was elected to the same seat in a by-election for the 8th Parliament of the Province of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Find A Grave
Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com. Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience." Volunteers can create memorials, upload photos of grave markers or deceased persons, transcribe photos of headstones, and more. , the site claimed more than 210 million memorials. History The site was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City resident Jim Tipton (born in Alma, Michigan) to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of celebrities. He later added an online forum. Find a Grave was launched as a commercial entity in 1998, first as a trade name and then incorporated in 2000. The site later expanded to include graves of non-celebrities, in order to allow online visitors to pay respect to their deceased relatives or friends. In 2013, Tipton sold Find a Grave to Ancestry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
