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Helen Lorna Jones was born in Ithaca, New York on April 16, 1895 and was the first child of Howard Parker Jones and Elizabeth Isabel (Ridd) Jones. In 1907, Helen moved to Halifax with her family when her father was appointed chair of Modern Languages at Dalhousie University. On June 26, 1917 she enlisted as a nursing sister in the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Prior to this, she served in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), providing nursing services in the Gifford House Hospital and Leicester Base Hospital. On February 4, 1920 she married Richard Edward Graham Roome, a jeweller, in Dartmouth.
R.E.G. Roome was born on May 1, 1892 in Woodside and was the son of George Nathaniel Roome and Florence August (Graham) Roome. In 1915, at the age of 23, he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. During World War I, he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery and the British Royal Field Artillery. He was also a member of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force. After the war, Roome returned to Halifax and co-founded Harris and Roome Ltd. He was also involved in forming the 87th Field Battery in Dartmouth in 1921. Reg Roome also served in World War II and, in 1942, was promoted to brigadier. In 1943 he was appointed Deputy Adjutant General in Ottawa. Reg and Lorna had two children, Howard born in 1924 and Lorna born in 1927. R.E.G. Roome died in August, 1985 at age 93.