Author talk:Kate Alberta Meakin

=Sources= Born in Chicago as Kate Alberta Helliwell. Married Budgett Meakin in 1900 and moved from the United States to the London metropolitan area. Had one son and lived as a widow from 1906 until her death in 1956 in Hendon.
 * Colonel Charles J. Helliwell was from Liverpool and lived for some years in Vancouver. Kate's mother was Isabella Helliwell (who was born in Ireland in 1838 or 1839).