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With Bob dead and Jean married, Edith was on the farm alone with Roy. Roy was the sort of kid who had done pretty much what he had wanted to do, he was the sort of guy people would describe as spoiled. He took up smoking when he was a little kid and was like his brother and two sisters, a cheerful happy guy. But the responsibility of farming was huge and he was attempting to make a go of it on a farm that his father had trouble supporting them on. It was poor land with persistent weeds that in those days, before the modern chemicals of agriculture now, were impossible to control without the most intensive and costly tiling. Roy had dropped out of school early but was always willing to work hard and yet no matter how hard he worked, or how hard his mother worked, their efforts would not make a profit. But neither Roy nor his mother were quitters and they struggled to make that farm work for over five years, then with a sense of defeat, they rented the land and moved to Wawota. Roy worked at various jobs until he married Joey Clark from Kenosee Lake and went to work for the railway and had a son Larry who now continues to work for CN. As the years went, by their marriage failed and Roy was fortunate to find happiness in a second marriage and had yet another son. This happy, hard working man lived a good life but his smoking may have shortened that life considerably, as he died of cancer in the mid 80s. So Bob, the Englishman, had come to Canada, married, had four children who would have four grandsons carrying on the family name, who in turn have five great grand sons. His eldest daughter had one son and that grandson and his wife had two more great grand children. Bob had only one grand daughter, Bert's youngest who married and adopted a daughter, while Bert's second son and his wife had two daughters. Edith lived in Wawota and after many years remarried. She and her husband took vacations around North America and together they had a good life. After many years Arthur became ill their relationship changed and they were divorced in 1972. Edith was a rugged individual, the thirties tended to produce a certain toughness in people and she lived to overcome a series of assaults from various forms of cancer, but lived on until her death in the early 80s having lived as long after her husband's death as the length of time they had been married. She was the generation that saw the most change in the history of mankind. During her life time the first airplane was flown, radio, television and motion pictures were all developed and became interests in her life. For her the changes were taken in stride, but noticed and put into context. Her sense of fun was her legacy to her children, grandchildren and great grand children. An accomplished card player, a woman who loved to dance and a person who could discuss politics or religion as easily as bad weather and the price of grain.