Ferguson, Helen

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Ferguson, Helen

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  • Ross, Helen

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1892-[1981]

History

Helen Ross was born in 1892 in Burford, Ontario. She studied art at Moulton College in Toronto before her family moved to Wynyard, Saskatchewan in 1911. She was engaged to Dr. Robert George Ferguson from 1912 until their wedding on July 5, 1916. During their engagement she trained to be a nurse at the Winnipeg General Hospital but contracted scarlet fever, diphtheria, and pneumonia towards the end of her third year and had to discontinue her training (1912-1915). After their wedding, the pair resided at the Fort San Sanatorium. After his retirement, they moved to Balfour Apartments in Regina while still summering at a cottage on Echo Lake near Fort San. Helen is remembered as an artist and for her ability to remember names, accompanying her husband as he visiting patients in the sanatorium. Helen lived past her 89th year.

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Burford, Ontario
Moulton College, Toronto, Ontario
Wynyard, Saskatchewan
Winnipeg General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Fort San, Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
Echo Lake, Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
Balfour Apartments, Regina, Saskatchewan

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Ferguson, Robert George (Dr.) (1883-1964)

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Ferguson, Robert George (Dr.)

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Ferguson, Helen

Dates of relationship

July 5, 1916 - 1948

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Married July 5, 1916 until the death of Dr. Ferguson in 1948.

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R.G. Ferguson, Crusader Against Tuberculosis by C. Stuart Houston

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