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Thomas' eldest son William Letts (b. 1837 Chatham, Argenteuil, [[Quebec|QC]] - d. 1927 Westlock, [[Alberta|AB]]) is the earliest certain connection to the PB, identifying as such in the 1881 census. He married Dorothy White (b. 1842 West Hawkesbury Twp., Prescott, [[Ontario|ON]] - d. 1915 Westlock, [[Alberta|AB]]), daughter of Thomas White and his wife Amelia Letha Letts 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.
The family eventually moved to the Westlock area of [[Alberta]] due to persecution by the Catholics of the area. Being the only Brethren of the area, they did not have access to the community Threshing machine as well as the help to harvest. This was a hindrance to being able to farm well as many farmers of that era relied on the community to help harvest and, in turn, help others. As their children grew up and married, the limitations imposed by their Catholic neighbours caused the sons of William and Dorothy Letts to look elsewhere to farm. Thomas White Letts (b. 1863 Calumet Island, QC - d. 1948 Westlock, AB), the eldest son, heard of good land in Alberta. He went looking in 1903 and found some to his liking in the Pembina district of the Northwest Territories (later to become a the province of Alberta in 1905).
Thomas, along with his younger brother George Henry "Harry" Letts (b. 1874 Calumet Island, QC - d. 1957 Westlock, AB), filed their homesteading claims on two quarters side-by-side in present day Westlock County in 1904. Their families and belongings would join them in 1905. William and Dorothy moved to Alberta in 1909 as they were getting old. George W Struthers and his wife, Elizabeth Amelia Letts (called Aunt Lizzie), moved to Alberta in 1909 as well. Earnest and Lucy (referred to as "Emma"), along with their children, moved to Alberta in 1912/13). At some point, William and Margaret (nee Stitt) Letts moved to North Bay, Ontario. It is presumed that their son, either Albert or Russel, visited the [[Calumet Island Meeting]] in 1986.<br /> <br />This started the family exodus from Calumet Island and led to the end of the exclusive brethren influence until the 1980's when a French assembly was commenced with labours in the gospel in this area by Michel and Susan Pigeon. The [[Calumet Island Meeting]] began in 1981. Some of the families who joined were French Swiss immigrants who had gathered with assemblies in their home country in the French Cantons of Switzerland.