User:Feoffer/sandbox Almeda Jane Haldeman.

Almeda Jane Haldeman Wilson was one of the first female chiropractors and reportedly the first chiropractor known to practice in Canada.

Early life
Almeda Jane was born on	March 19, 1877 to Joshua Norman and his wife Almeda Melissa (Densmore) Norman.

She married John Elon Haldeman on August 20, 1900. Their son, Joshua Norman, was born on November 25, 1902.

Career and death
In 1904, her husband John was diagnosed with diabetes. In an effect to heal him, Almeda enrolled in the Minneapolis School and Cure, receiving a Doctor of Chiropractic degree on January 20, 1905. A daughter, Almeda Rowena, was born on December 18, 1905. In 1907, she opened a clinic in Saskatchewa. After John's death on August 9, 1909, she opened a restaurant and boarding house. She attended Normal school to become a teacher and began teaching in 1910.

On March 2, 1915, Almeda married rancher and fellow teacher Heseltine Wilson. In 1916, Wilson became a town councillor in Herbert in 1916, later serving as reeve (mayor) for over three decades.

Almeda died on May 7, 1948 in Swift Current of viral pneumonia.