Anne Halderman Research Notes
From CCE wiki archived
- sung by Anne’s mother, Luda Augusta (Yeomans) Lee in Ontario as “The Poor Lone Girl in Ontario”
- brought to Manitoba in 1882 when Anne’s mother came west
- Anne sang it as a small child
- later came to teach in Saskatchewan and changed the words to suit the Saskatchewan picture
- all people mentioned in the song actually lived around the Regina beach area
- organist, choir member, supporter of Centre St. United Church
- led a retirees orchestra, the Supertonics, in Weslaco Texas where she wintered until 1999
- Very active in the Co-op movement, founding member of Sahunavon Savings and Credit Union, active in the CCF and the NDP, supported medicare during its introduction in 1962
- from Folksongs of SK liner and Anne Halderman's obituary
