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? > > > > Alice D. Ledee > > Asst. Professional Affairs Coor. > > Naval Hospital Rota > > PSC 819 Box 18 > > FPO AE 09645 > > DSN 727-3524 > > Com'l 011 34 956 82 3524 > > Fax 011 34 956 82 3126 > > > > ==== ALBERTA Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from ALBERTA-L, e-mail to: > > ALBERTA-L-request@rootsweb.com In the body type only: unsubscribe > > (Turn OFF signature file and leave subject line blank) > > > ==== ALBERTA Mailing List ==== > Search ALBERTA Mailing List Archives with the > Rootsweb Mailing List Interactive Search at > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >