Patience is an unincorporated area (hamlet) about 20 miles west northwest of Wetaskiwin, or about 30 miles south southwest of Edmonton. Gordon Jay Champion wrote: > Hello > There was a place called Patience I can't tell you which present day town it > was closest to, but I believe it was located at this land location 17 47 26 > W4 or 53degrees, 03 minutes N--133degrees, 45 mins W > Jay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allen Jess" <aljess@home.com> > To: <ALBERTA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 9:07 AM > Subject: Re: [ALBERTA] Looking for Patience > > > Alice, > > > > Ponoka is a town 100 km south of Edmonton or 50 km north of Red Deer. > > Ponoka is in the centre of a major agricultural area of central Alberta. > > County of Ponoka surrounds the town. > > > > Millett is a village 40 km south of Edmonton, just south of Leduc. It > > too is in an agricultural area. Millett is in the County of Leduc. > > > > Patience may have been a hamlet, as it's not on the current highway map. > > > > Allen Jess > > > > "Ledee, Alice D." wrote: > > > > > > My grandparents, Arthur and Jessie Dickens moved to Alberta Canada > sometime > > > around 1902. As far as we can tell they lived in Ponoka or Millet, > Alberta. > > > Since I am not familiar with Alberta I don't know if these are towns, > > > districts or counties. Family history says that my Grandfather was one > of > > > the founding fathers of a place called "Patience", Alberta. Does anyone > > > know if this place even exists or existed? > > >