Eddy, Luther

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 13361

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

Received from J.H. Edey (the following)

Information on the EDEY family

......The name "Luther Edey" appears on a petition for a grant of land in
Tunbridge Gore. This petition, dated Feb. 5, 1780, is printed in Mary
Green Nye's "State Papers of Vermont Vol. V Petitions for Land" on pages
138-9, "Petitions of John Hutchinson et al for Tunbridge Gore". The State
of Vermont "Rolls of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1785" has
the following:

page 191 Luther Ede in Capt. Joseph Parkhurst's Co., Aug. 9 - 12, 1780.
pages 384-5 Luther Edye in Capt. Abner Seelye's Co. "from the beginning of
the campaign 1781 to the 30th June in said year. pages 536-7 Luther Eddy
in Capt. Abner Seelye's Co. July 1 - Nov. 17, 1781. Page 590 Luther Eddy
in Capt. Beriah Green's Co. Nov. 30, 1781 to March 23, 1782. Pages 627-8
Luther Edy in Capt. Frye Bayley's Co. for 11 days some time between May,
1781 to the end of the war.


Received from J.H. Edey (Harry) copies of correspondence which he has
received from Angus Gilday. This first letter is dated 28 April, 1986.

JANE, MOSES & SAMUEL EDEY. WHO WHERE THEIR PARENTS? FACTS AND
SPECULATION. WERE THEY LUTHER AND MARY?

From family records, and early research recorded by P.M.O. Evans in "The
Wrights" - Moses Edey came to Hull in 1805 from Randolph, Vermont. Jane,
Samuel and their mother followed in 1806.

Jane married Edmund Chamberlin. Moses married Edmund's sister Elizabeth.
Samuel married Abigail Wright, daughter of Thomas and niece of Philemon.

Recent research by Harry Edey (JHE), Patrick M.O. Evans (PMOE) and Joan
and Angus Gilday (JEG & AMG) has uncovered much of their background.

PMOE found a gravestone in Bellevue Cemetery, Aylmer, Quebec, in 1982 -
MARY, wife of LUTHER EDEY died November 23, 1842 aged 86 Hence, she was
born c. 1756.

JHE reported in "Who Was Wd. Edey?" in late 1983 that Vital Records of
Vermont report the Edey births, and show the father as Wd. Edey. His
further research brought him to the original records in Randolph VT.

JEG & AMG visited Randolph in April, 1986, and located the same page 74 in
Vol A. of Virths, Deaths, Marriages 1766 - 1868 for the Town of Randolph.
The index listing of Edey - Widdow was also noted.

Comment - There can no longer be any question of the letters W. meaning
anything other than widow. JHE speculatd that the entries were made in
1800 to 1803, while AMG leans toward 1798 or slightly earlier. The main
advantage of establishing this date would be to narrow down the period
during which the father died. To father Samuel, he must have been alive
past mid - 1785. He presumably was dead when Moses became the ward of
Evans in March 1798.

JHE found an entry in the Accelerated Indexing System which mentioned
Edey, Luther, and Tunbridge Gore. JEG found the attached in the
Montpelier library. (Note - the footnote is in error - the burning of
Royalton was in 1780, not 1777).

AMG found the following items in the same library.

In the "Historical Souvenir of Randolph, Vermont", Nickerson & Cox, 1895 -
"Oct. 16, 1780...Col. Horton's raid from Canada and the Lake up the
Winooski, up the Jail Branch, down the first branch of the White River,
and the devastation of Caughnawaga Indians in warpaint...These Indians had
got seven Randolph settlers, - except Edward Evans, Mr. Eddy, Israel
Kibbee, the two Blodgetts, James & Hanry, who had gon to Dresden on
Sunday, and young Zadock Steele, who was asleep in the shanty of his
father's lot in the north part of the town, and Asa Edgerton, who was in
Bennington asking for a charter for the town.

On page 2 of the same book - "William Evans...came with his wife, and a
brother Edward Evans". John Evans is also mentioned in the book.

JHE reported finding the Probate Records of the District of Randolph (copy
from his letter attached). JEG & AMG found the same record in Chelsea,
VT, where the Probate Court is located.

Comment - it is interesting that Evans brothers were chosen, more than 4
years apart, as guardians of Moses & Samuel.

Back to the library - the following was found in the census of 1800. Heads
of Families - Vermont - Randolph, Orange County.

Polly Edy 1 female of 26 & under 45, 1 female under 10 (Note: Jane would
be 19 or 20 when this census was taken)

Edward Evans 1 male under 10, 1 male of 10, under 16, 1 male of 16,
under 26, 1 male of 45 & over. 1 female under 10, 1 female of 10, under
16, 1 female of 16, and under 26, 1 female of 45 & over.

John Evans 1 male under 10, 1 male 10, under 16, 2 males 16, under 25, 1
male 45 & over. 1 female under 10, 1 female 45 & over. (Comment in the
margin by JHE - I am not too sure of his conclusions here.

Comment - Polly is a very common nickname for Mary. It would appear that
Samuel was already living with John Evans, even though the adoption was
not official until 1802.

Still in the library - The Vermont Revolutionary Muster Rolls show a
Luther Edey (or Ede, Eddy) in several Randolph companies. One roll, for
1781, show him in Newbury. This is also recorded in the "History of
Newbury, Vermont", and a copy of the page is attached. Note he was in the
same company as Nathaniel Chamberlin and several of Nathaniel's brothers.

The library also contained a book called "The Eddy Family in America". At
first this did not seem to offer a good clue. (JHE referred to this book,
and the author's sugestion that the father may have been Othniel Eddey.)
AMG found in the Supplement October 1940 an interesting addition. The two
relevant pages are attached.

Comment - Luther Eddy, a son of Elkanah and Patience (Cole) Eddy, B. Mar.
7, 1754, would be of suitable age to marry Mary "Polly", b. c. 1756.

Mary entrusted her sons to Edward & John Evans. Could she be their
sister?

Conclusion - There can be little doubt that Jane, Moses & Samuel were the
children of Luther & Mary "Polly" Edey.

Research now should concentrate on the suggestions immediately above and
any other leads to the originas of Luther & Mary.

AMG

1986 04 28

JANE, MOSES & SAMUEL EDEY - WERE THEIR PARENTS LUTHER & MARY EDEY?

Research by Patrick M.O. Evans, John Henry Edey, Joan E.G. Gilday & Angus
M. Gilday points strongly to Luther & Mary as parents of the three Edeys
who came to Hull early in the 19th. century........

In the international Genealogical Index, Angus Gilday found the following,
all recorded in Plainfield Twp., Windham City, Connecticut:

William Evans Born 10 Oct. 1731 son of Edward Evans/Jannet Edward Evans
Born 03 Mar 1750 son of William Evens/Jannet William Evens Born 31 Jan
1752 son of William Evens/Jannet Mary Evens Born 12 April 1756 daughter of
William Evens/Jannet John Evens Born 17 Nov. 1754 son of Edward Evens/Mary

(There were other children of both William & Edward recorded)

At this point, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the mother of
Jane, Moses & Samuel was Mary Evens (Evans), wife of Luther Edey (Eddy),
daughter of William & Jannet Evens, and probably grand-daughter of William
& Jane Evans, and that she arranged for her brother Edward and cousin John
Evens to be guardians of her sons. (note by J.H. Edey - quite possible and
an interesting speculation. I wouldn't state it quite so strongly as he
has done.)

Angus Gilday found in the 1940 Supplement of "The Eddy Family in America",
by Ruth S.D. Eddey: - Luther Eddy, son of Elkanah & Patience (Cole) Eddy,
born March 7, 1754. (This family lived in Swansea and Warren, Rhode
Island.) The Eddy/Cole marriage was found recorded in the I.G.I. and the
birth of a daughter Amey, but no Luther, and no marriage of Luther & Mary.

Luther married Evens\Evans, Mary (Polly) in 1779. Mary was born on 12 Apr 1756 in Plainfield Twshp, Connecticut; died on 23 Nov 1842 in Aylmer, Quebec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84273

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

Jane, a sister of Moses and Samuel Edey, came to Canada with Samuel. They,
with their mother, came in the dead of winter all the way from Vermont in
a sled drawn by an ox. Some of the family claim that they were not so
poor, and that they had two oxen. What's the odds! An ox more or less
makes little difference a century afterward.

Jane married Edmund Chamberlain, son of Nathaniel.

The Edeys have become connected with nearly every prominent family in this
part of the Valley.

Moses died at the age of 74 and Samuel at 82.

Jane married Chamberlain, Edmund in 1813. Edmund was born in 1772; died in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84881

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

From the Archives of Ontario, Microfilm N88 R7P, "The Christian Guardian",
May 7, 1856 - March 13, 1861

Dated April 22, 1857

Moses Edey of Aylmer Circuit

Died on the seventh day of February last, at his residence, near the
Village of Aylmer, in the seventy fourth year of his age, brother Moses
Edey, one of the oldest and most esteemed members of our church on this
Circuit. He was a native of Vermont in the United States. He emigrated
to Eastern Canada, and settled in the township of Hull, fifty-two years
ago where he continued to resided in the midst of a numerous and
respectable family, until the close of his life. During the early part of
his life, he manifested an entire indifference to the claims of the
Christian religion. A few years after locating in this country, he was
brought to feel His obligations to love and serve his Divine Redeemer,
while suffering from sickness, through the conversation and prayers of a
pious friend. It was not, however, until sometime after this event, that
he surrendered himself wholly to the service of God. In 1827, he sought
and obtained salvation, through faith in the atonement of Christ, and
connected himself with the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In which he held an
official position and in whose institutions he remained unswervingly
attached, until God removed him to the Church triumphant.

Brother Edey possessed an unblemished Christian character. To a
profession of piety, he added a general deportment that constrained all
who knew him to acknowledge the genuiness of his religious experience. The
joys of his piety were never ecstatic, but always earnest, never
enthusiastic, but always consistent. His advancement in holiness was not
the most rapid; but it was increasing. His course through the world was
as the path of the just, which shineth more and more unto the perfect
day." By brother Edey's death, the community has lost an influential and
valuable member; the church a wise councillor and liberal supporter; and a
family a tender husband and an affectionate parent.

Moses married Chamberlain, Senior Elizabeth (Sr.) in 1805. Elizabeth was born on 7 Jul 1790; died in 1829 in Aylmer, Quebec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84274

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

Edey, Samuel, (born 1786, died 1868), located in R. 2, lot 19, adjoining
what is now Aylmer, the village being bounded on the east and west by the
two brothers. He married (1) Abigail, daughter of Thomas Wright, who was
the brother of Philemon and father of Benj. Hooper and John, (2)
Elizabeth, a sister of Abigail. She was the widow of Abram Booth. His
third wife was Sarah Bloss.

Children: The first few were Samuels, but all died young; Jane, m. Ralph
Kenny, brother of Robert, the pioneer; Abigail, m. Henry McNally, whose
son Henry is now the well known Mayor of Aylwin, up the gatineau; Luther,
m. Mary Al, daughter of Frank Maswell, the pioneer; Lydia, m. Hugh Blair;
and Mary, M. Andrew Pritchard, son of James, of the Gatineau.

Family/Spouse: Wright, Abigail. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BOOTH (WRIGHT), Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BLOSS, Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 84280

Family/Spouse: MULLIN, Jeremiah. Jeremiah was born in 1824; died in 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84279

George married KIDDER, Emily on 8 Jun 1853 in Bytown. Emily was born in 1837; died in 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84880

Edmund married WYMAN, Hannah in 1833. Hannah was born in 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84884

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

"Strange Wedding" by J.H. Edey, A.G.S. No. 1300

While doing research in the Edmonton Branch of the Alberta Genealogical
Society library in the winter of 1982, I found a book entitled "Marriage
Notices of Ontario" by William D. Reid. In the index there was the name
Betsey Edey and referred to Page 176. There I found the following:

"20 January 1843. Upon the ice, on the Chaudiere Lake, on Tuesday,
December 27th, James F. Taylor, of Hull, to Betsey Edey, of the same place
(Rev. Mr. Williams)".

In the Introduction to this book I found that the book had been published
after Reid's death from extracts he had taken from different newspapers
and periodicals which were published between 1813 and 1854. The item
above had been extracted from "The Church" which was published at times in
Coburg and at times in Toronto between 1837 and 1849. I decided that when
I could I would find the original account in "The Church". On September
2, 1983, I was in the Archives of Ontario, Toronto, and got the Microfilm
N52 R1P, a copy of "The Church, Toronto, 6 May, 1837 - 30 June 1843". The
print was small and difficult to read but in the issue of 20 January,
1843, I deciphered the following information as best I could:

"STRANGE WEDDING - Taking it Coolly! - On Tuesday 27 Decr last, James F.
Taylor, Esq., of Hull to Miss Betsey Edey of the same place. The ceremony
was performed by the Revd (?) Mr. Williams at 7 o'clock in the evening,
upon the ice, on Chaudiere Lake.

'Not a drum was heard, or a conjugal note, As alone on the cold ice they
hurried."

The reasons assigned for selecting this cool retreat is that Ministers of
the Methodist persuasion are not authorized by the law to marry persons in
Lower Canada. The Revd Gentleman did not conceive Hymen's torch would
afford his optics sufficient light to read the marriage ceremony by, he
had therefore provided himself with a lantern. After the knot was tied,
the happy pair drove off for a more genial clime to enjoy the honeymoon.
Ottawa (Aylmer) Advocate, 3 Jan."

When I was in Ottawa later that month I asked to see a copy of the Ottawa
(Aylmer) Advocate of 3 January 1843 but it was not available in the Public
Archives of Canada or in the Ottawa Public Library. I would like to read
the original story.

It is interesting to note that Betsey (Elizabeth was her right name) was
the third wife of James Finlayson Taylor and that her brother, Nelson,
married Margaret Taylor, daugher of James F. Taylor and his second wife,
Nancy Olmstead on 10 March, 1853. Thus, Elizabeth was the step-mother of
her sister-in-law.

Edmonton 30.12.1983

Elizabeth married TAYLOR, James Finlayson in 1842 in Chaudiere Lake. James was born in 1796; died in 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84808

Moses married Chamberlain, Elizabeth on 26 Mar 1845 in Hull, Quebec. Elizabeth was born in 1826; died on 2 Sep 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84885

Family/Spouse: BURKE, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1823; died in 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84886

Nelson married TAYLOR, Margaret on 10 Mar 1853. Margaret (daughter of TAYLOR, James Finlayson) was born in 1832; died in 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84887

Family/Spouse: WYMAN, Mary. Mary was born in 1821; died in 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84888

Harriat married SYMMES, Thomas R. in 1840. Thomas was born in 1814; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84889

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

Miss Emily Edey of the Township of Hull (daughter of Moses Edey Senior)

From the Archives of Ontario, Microfilm N88 R5P. "The Christian Guardian",
June 3, 1846 - November 26, 1851

Dated Feb. 7,1849

Departed this life, on the 12th. Day of December, 1848, Emily Edey,
daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Edey, of the Township of Hull, Canada
East, aged twenty-three years. Thus a flower is cut down when just
beginning to bloom." In the midst of life we are in death. Be ye also
ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh.

A few weeks before her departure, the subject of these remarks was to all
appearance in perfect health. No one acquainted with her anticipated so
sudden a removal; but alas how are their hopes blasted in a moment! Emily
is gone! Yea, she is gone; but gone we believe to be an inhabitant of
that bright abode where the wicked cease from trembling and the weary are
forever at rest. Emily had the advantage of being a part of a family
whose united head feared God and endeavored to serve him. She waas the
subject of many prayers, and we have reason to believe that these prayers
were answered in the salvation of her soul.

The insidious foe was steady to his purpose, and she visibly declined in
strength day by day. Yet all had hopes of her speedy recovery except
herself and her mother. She never murmured nor complained, her mind was
calm and serene; and she met death without a struggle or a groan.

A few days before her death, on seeing her mother enter the sick chamber,
she looked up in her face with a smile and said, "Mother, Heaven is a good
place; I think I shall not get well; I have just been praying to my
Heavenly Father, and he says that 'not a sparrow falls to the ground
without his notice'. The inference is easily drawn. She felt her
insignificance; but being persuaded of the unbounded goodness and mercy of
God in Christ Jesus, she could with composure leave her all in his hands
for time and eternity.

The occasion was improved by the Rev. J. Elliott, from that portion of
holy writ, "She is not dead but sleepeth," to a very numerous assembly of
relatives and friends; after which, our dear departed one was conveyed to
the house appointed for all living. Her remains were deposited in her
father's orchard, there to remain till the last trump shall sound and call
the sleeping nations to the bar of God. May her numerous relatives at
that day be found associated with her at the right hand of the Judge! So
prays.

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• Reference Number: 84890

Delormy married ANDREWS, Eliza in 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84891

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• Reference Number: 84311

Family/Spouse: Kenny, Ralph. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84313

Family/Spouse: McNally, Henry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84312

Luther married Maxwell, Mary A. in 1844. Mary was born in 1820; died in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84314

Family/Spouse: Blair, Hugh. Hugh was born in 1814; died in 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84315

Mary married Pritchard, Andrew in 1848. Andrew was born in 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84316

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• Reference Number: 84290

Family/Spouse: WOODLEY, Doctor Walter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84283

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• Reference Number: 84284

Family/Spouse: ANDREWS, Adelaide. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84285

Family/Spouse: SCHRYER, Alanson E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84286

Family/Spouse: MCLEAN, Angus. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84287

Family/Spouse: CAMPBELL, Arthur S.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84288

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• Reference Number: 84289

Family/Spouse: WATER, Wilfred R.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84291

Family/Spouse: COOKE, Gordon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 84292

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• Reference Number: 84894

Henry married FORBES, Mary in 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84895

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• Reference Number: 84896

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• Reference Number: 84897

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84898

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84811

Family/Spouse: KEYES, Nellie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84812

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84814

Family/Spouse: EVOY, Henry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84810

Family/Spouse: Edey, Rosana (Rose). Rosana (daughter of EDEY, Elliott and BURKE, Elizabeth) was born in 1852; died in 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84671

Moses married Kilgore, Jessie Rebecca on 8 Oct 1890. Jessie was born on 1 Mar 1863 in Huntley Twnshp, Carleton Co., Ont.; died on 23 Sep 1913 in Wellwood, Manitoba; was buried in Wellwood, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84813

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

Hiram Edey

Brother of Moses Samuel Edey, son of Moses Edey Jr.

Hiram Edey, son of Moses Edey and Elizabeth Chamberlin, was born in
Huntley Township, Carleton County in 1867. His occupation was one of a
carter.

He married Elizabeth (Lyda) Bassett, a daughter of Thomas Bassett and
Isabella (Bella) Foster. Lyda ws born on August 29, 1875 in Eastman's
Springs (later renamed Carlsbad Springs in 1902), Gloucester Township,
Carleton County.

Hiram and Lyda had two children, neither married;

1) Wilbert Thomas Edey was born in Ottawa on December 10, 1900. He died
in Lakeland, Florida on March 6, 1977 at the age of 76, and is buried in
Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa.

2) Howard Edey was born in Ottawa on February 24, 1904. He died in
Whitehorse, Yukon on July 17, 1961 at the age of 57, and is buried in
Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa.

Hiram Edey died in Nepean Township, Carlton County, on September 12, 1941
at the age of 74. He was originally buried in the private Edey Cemetery
in P.Q. but was later moved to Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa.

Lyda Bassett died in Ottawa on November 4, 1960 at the age of 85, and is
also buried with her husband and sons in Pinecrest Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: BASSETT, Elizabeth (Lyda). Elizabeth was born on 29 Aug 1875 in Eastman's Springs, Gloucester Twnshp; died on 4 Nov 1960 in Ottawa; was buried in Pincrest Cemetery, Ottawa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84815

Emma married COX, Joseph in 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84939

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84934

Family/Spouse: EDEY, Amelia Luema. Amelia (daughter of EDEY, Nelson and TAYLOR, Margaret) was born in 1859; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84935

Family/Spouse: EDEY, James. James (son of EDEY, Nelson and TAYLOR, Margaret) was born in 1856; died in 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84816

Family/Spouse: Edey, Cyprian. Cyprian (son of Edey, Junior Moses (Juniour) and Chamberlain, Elizabeth) was born in 1848; died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84936

Family/Spouse: BELCHER, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1862; died in 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84940

Family/Spouse: MINION, Annie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84942

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84941

Family/Spouse: MCMILLAN, Joseph. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84943

Family/Spouse: LEACH, Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 85136

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84948

Family/Spouse: EDEY, Emily. Emily (daughter of EDEY, Elliott and BURKE, Elizabeth) was born in 1850; died in 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 84944

Family/Spouse: EDEY, Moses Dominic. Moses (son of EDEY, Elliott and BURKE, Elizabeth) was born in 1848; died in 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 85137

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• Reference Number: 85138

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 85139

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 85140

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• Reference Number: 83906

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• Reference Number: 83907

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 83908

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 83909

Family/Spouse: Sloan, J. Frederick. J. was born in 1874; died in 1957. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 83910

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 83915

Family/Spouse: LOUGH, Jane. Jane died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 83917

Family/Spouse: WALKER, Matilda. Matilda was born in 1857; died in 1901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 83918

Susanna married MCKECHNIE, William in 1880. William was born in 1845; died in 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 83919

Family/Spouse: MOHR, Edgerton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 83920

Family/Spouse: Edey, Luther Aylmer. Luther (son of Edey, Luther and Maxwell, Mary A.) was born in 1854; died in 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 75636
• Birth: Sep 1845

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

Moses Chamberlain Edey, Architect, etc., Ottawa, Ont. was born, in
September, 1845, in Pontiac County, Que. He is the son of Richard and
Mary Edey. His parental grand parents were born in Vermont, but being
dissatisfied with the changes that had taken place there, determined to
brave the difficulties and hardships of a pioneer life in Canada. In
1812, they settled in Aylmer, Queb., where the father of our subject was
born. His wife, whose maiden name was Wyman, is of a family distinguished
in the annals of both American and Canadian history, her forefoathers
having sailed from England for America in the "Mayflower". Mr. Edey's
parents are still living, and in 1892, celebrated their golden wedding,
under most auspicious circumstances. Mr. Edey received a good education
at the common schools. At the age of seventeen, he removed to Arnprior,
where he learned the carriagemaking trade, afterwards working three years
at the same business in Ottawa. He went to Toronto, spending a year under
Mr. Thomas, receiving instruction in the building trade. He then
proceeded to Moravia, N.Y., where he studied under Mr. Z. T. Stearns,
Architect, and was afterwards, for a time, connected with the Casey Tool
Co., of Auburn, N.Y. He then carried on building in Ottawa, but on
account of his health, retired, and has since devoted himself strictly to
his profession. For five years, Mr. Edey, attended the Ottawa School of
Art, and holds diplomas for practical geometry, free hand drawing, drawing
from models, building, construction and industrial design. He is also a
member of the Ontario Society of Architects, the A.O.U. W. and Select
Knights, Ottawa; was a member of the Garrison Battery, Ottawa, two years,
and served with that corps at Prescott. In religion, Mr. Edey is a
Methodist; in politics a Liberal-Conservative. He was married, May, 1872,
to Mary, daughter of Thomas Williams, Esq. of Russell County, Ont. His
family consists of two daughters.

Family/Spouse: Whillens, Mary. Mary (daughter of Whillens, Thomas and Anderson, Mary) was born on 11 Jul 1851 in OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: FENTON, John. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: ADAMS, Margaret. Margaret was born in 1863; died in 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 84221

Family/Spouse: CHECKLEY, Edwin. Edwin was born in 1880; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Stevenson, James. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTES: Samuel Edey, the Mayor of South Hull, is a son of Luther. He is
familiarly known throughout the Valley as "Sam". He has been connected
with municipal affairs for more than a quarter of a centruy, and few in
the Valley will equal him in matters municipal. He is high up in Masonry,
having been Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Quebec.

"Sam" Discourses on the French-Canadians

It is as entertaiing as a stroy book to listen to Sam's experiences in the
lumber camps of the far north woods. "I have often been," said he, in one
of his reminiscences of the forest, "for months with the French-Canadian
shantymen, and a more genial lot of fellows I have never camped with. They
are always happy, ready with a song or story, and make the time pass so
delighttfully that I never tired of being with them: And then, he said,
of the Frendh-Canadian, that which I have often heard remarked before, "I
do not believe there is a happier people on the face of the earth, or more
willing to do a kindly turn. and what, (as no doubt you have often
remarked, in your wanderings through the Province of Quebec), is most
commendable in those of the country districts, is this: they seldom build
beyond their means, and never for simple show. The result is that they
are far happier in a cottage that is paid for than many another people
living in mortgage covered palaces, that are so sure to create heart
burnings, and jealousies among neighbors."

A PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZEN

There are few, if any, in the Valley, morepublic spirited than Sam Edey.
To him much is due and the success of the Agricultural Fair held annually
in Aylmer. Both Samuel and Mrs. edey take many prizes at these Fairs. The
Crown Bank of Aylmer offers, each year, a valuable silver cup for the best
herd of cattle. It was this year awarded to Sam, who ways that the
farmers of the county of Wright will have to give great attention to the
improvement of their cattle else he will get in the habit of taking it
annually. This season he offered to compete with any of the adjoining
counties. This friendly competition is doing great good in bringin up the
standard of all kinds of live-stock.

If, in after years, this volume should prove a source of interest to those
whose family records are here preserved, they will have much to thank Sam,
for the preservation, for when, by reason of the risk attendant upon a
local book, I would have given over the task, this man's cheery, "Go
ahead, our people will support your efforts," gave heart to continue.

Sam is a philosopher, in a way. "I'll never be rich," says he, "nor do I
wish to be, since I see the sort that money makes of men, often cold,
calculating, selfish - unwilling ever to do a thing that will not bring to
themselves direct benefit. I don't refer to the broad rich, but to the
little narrow fellows, and most of 'em are - well, not broad." Again he
referred to the French. "The Frenchman is the true philosopher. He
raises a family regardless of size-and with him the larger the better. He
seldom hoards up for a rainy day, for says Jon Batiste: 'What ze use, I
nevair can all ze rain keep off, en ef ze roof she leak ze kidz she can
change ze place an go whare she is dry." and 'Jon Batiste' is right, for
few of us can leave enough to make all of our children a lazy easy-going
lot, and had better follow the Frenchman's plan and hoard not up, at the
expense of present comfort, and especially if the hoarding make of us
grinders of our fellows, as it invariably does. I'd rather be fair than
rich."

The Colonel never grew tired of listening to Sam. "Rube," he'd often say,
"Sam has the correct view of life," and the Colonel was a good judge of
the "Correct".

Luther Edey is living with his son Luther, in the old Samuel Edey
homestead. He is 86, and fairly well for that age.

Family/Spouse: Kenny, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1850; died in 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Edey, Lucy Wyman. Lucy (daughter of EDEY, Richard and WYMAN, Mary) was born in 1858; died in 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Helen married Cashmore, Rev. William (Rev.) in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Anderson, Samuel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Blair, Sam. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 84331

Family/Spouse: MacKinnon, John. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Kenney, Church. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Davies, Doctor Thomas (Doctor). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Brock, Amy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 84339

Family/Spouse: Pratt, Maude. Maude was born in 1873; was christened in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]