This new house which is built on the paternal estate is destined for Joseph, Emile 's second son. Besides Joseph being the preferred son of his mother Sophie, he wanted to take over the family estate. In the fall of 1905 Joseph married Alice Lebel of Notre-Dame-du-Portage and she gave birth to her first child named Albert.

Emile has other children, still very young, which also live at the family home and, of course, Georgiana, who is considered "the-maid-of-all-work". Didier, Emile's third son left Canada for Lewiston, Maine. His intent was to earn a living and reside there permanently. Didier was not yet twenty years old when he moved to Lewiston, following in the footsteps of many aunts and uncles, as well as many Quebecers at the end of last century.

The fact remains that at the beginning of the year 1907, on June 30th, Joseph and his brother Emile also called "Pitoune" (floating wood) and other companions from Saint-André, went on an outing to Îles Les Pèlerins (Pilgrims Islands). Joseph decided to go hunting, alone, at the end of the Island. He unfortunately never returned, for reasons which remain unexplained. Thought was that he would have slipped on a rock, fallen in the water and drowned. What a drama for the immediate family and particularly, his mother, as well as the small community of Saint-André. The loss is specially heavy for his wife Alice, pregnant with a second child, Alberta, who was born shortly after her father's death. When Emile's children talk about Joseph, tears gush out of their eyes, and this, even many years after the tragic event. Still today, his only living sister, Marie-Ange, who is 96 years old, and living in Quebec City, talks about the "defunt frère" (dead brother) with much respect and emotion.

After Joseph's funeral, they had to think about his succession on the paternal estate. The first son of the family, "Pitoune" prefers the sea to the land. They then decide to ask Didier to come back to Canada to take over from the "défunt frère". Didier accepts and, in 1908, he marrys Mary Ouellet from Saint-Pascal. Only one child is born from their marriage. He is the "petit Lucien" (little Lucien). Contrary to his father, Lucien can boast to have had a bit larger family. The family home, the big red house in the curve, which has shelterd many "hobos" will be 100 years old in 1990. Antonia, Lucien's wife still lives there with her son, Yvan, who owns the house.

Author's note:

Since this text was written, in December 1989, two people have died. That is to say old aunt Marie-Ange, died on September 23, 1993 at 99 years and 8 months old, and my mother Antonia died on April 10, 1995 at 87 years old. The house is now more than 100 years old and is still located at the same place.

There is no doubt that that event has changed the course of history. If Joseph's life hadn't ended tragically, the names that appear on the attached family tree would have been different, starting with the 9 th generation.