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==History==
Thomas White Letts (1813-1901) was born in Northumberland, [[England]], the son of Charles Letts (b. 1778 Eng.). On Feb. 1, 1837, he married Elizabeth Thomson Thompson (1818-1894) at Chatham, Argenteuil, [[Quebec]]. Thomas' father, Charles (b. 1778 Eng.) emigrated to Quebec also, and died in May 1839 at St-Philippe-D'Argenteuile, QC. Between 1839-1842, the family relocated to Calumet Island, [[Quebec]] to farm. Their third son Thomas Letts, was born Apr. 5, 1842 there.
In the 1861 Census, Thomas Letts is registered with the Church of England, but his wife and all of his children are registered as with the "Free Church". Robert Stott? (b. 1839) and his wife Jane (b. 1841) are similarly listed, who were servants of the neighboring Cahil family, as is Isabella Cahil (b. 1825), though her husband and children were all listed is Catholic.
Their eldest son William Letts (b. 1837 Chatham, Argenteuil, [[Quebec|QC]] - d. 1927 Westlock, [[Alberta|AB]]) married Dorothy White (b. 1842 West Hawkesbury Twp., Prescott, [[Ontario|ON]] - d. 1915 Westlock, [[Alberta|AB]]), daughter of Thomas and Amelia White, on July 28, 1862. All of their ten children were born ton Calumet Island. Three of their children died as toddlers and one as a teenager, due to common ailments of the time, diphtheria, whooping cough, etc.