Wenceslas and Alice Poirier
Falher Alberta Canada
Early 1950's

Wenceslas Joseph Poirier, the son of Joseph Poirier and Olivine Houle, was born on June 29, 1889 at St. Gabriel Cté Joliette. He was raised on a farm, and took the trade of blacksmith, a trade at which he worked in Port Daniel Cté Bonaventure, in the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec.

Alice Belanger was the daughter of Désiré Belanger and Marie Lévesque, and was born on September 19, 1887.

Wenceslas and Alice were married in Port Daniel on July 5, 1910. Life was very difficult during those years, and the conditions in the area forced them to seek their fortune elsewhere, or face the prospects of poverty if they stayed.

In 1927 Wenceslas left Port Daniel on the advice of his brother Aristide, and embarked for the Peace River Country in Alberta. Aristide had come to the area several years earlier, and recommended it to Wenceslas. Aristide had lost an arm in an accident, and the story is told that he found life very difficult, partially disabled and alone in such a remote place. But he wrote letters to his brother, saying that life in the area was good and that the country was very bountiful.....