WYMAN, Mary: Our Family History

WYMAN, Mary

1821 - 1897 (76 years)

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Generation: 1

WYMAN, Mary was born in 1821; died in 1897.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83914

Family/Spouse: EDEY, Richard. Richard (son of Edey, Senior Moses (Senior) and Chamberlain, Senior Elizabeth (Sr.)) was born in 1820; died in 1901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. EDEY, Joseph was born in 1842; died in 1899.
3. EDEY, Richard was born in 1849; died in 1919.
4. EDEY, Susanna Wyman was born in 1851.
5. EDEY, Elizabeth was born in 1854.
6. Edey, Lucy Wyman was born in 1858; died in 1932.
7. Edey, Moses was born about 1847; died in 1919.

Generation: 2

EDEY, Joseph

(1.Mary¹) was born in 1842; died in 1899.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83915

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

Children:

8. EDEY, Mary
9. EDEY, Elma
10. EDEY, Ernest
11. EDEY, Samuel was born in 1871; died in 1941.
12. EDEY, Elizabeth Jane was born in 1876; died in 1942.
13. EDEY, Nelson Joseph was born in 1878; died in 1972.
14. EDEY, Robert was born in 1881; died in 1912.

EDEY, Richard

(1.Mary¹) was born in 1849; died in 1919.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83917

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

Children:

15. EDEY, Edith
16. EDEY, Louisa
17. EDEY, Mary Maud was born in 1875; died in 1876.
18. EDEY, Mildred was born in 1879; died in 1966.
19. EDEY, Maynie (Mary Jane) was born in 1881; died in 1968.
20. EDEY, Edna was born in 1883; died in 1969.
21. EDEY, Edith Matilda was born in 1884; died in 1967.
22. EDEY, Howard was born in 1885; died in 1912.
23. EDEY, Harper Wyman was born in 1888; died in 1902.

EDEY, Susanna Wyman

(1.Mary¹) was born in 1851.

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]

Children:

24. MCKECHNIE, Robert Milton was born in 1884; died in 1960.
25. MCKECHNIE, Richard Edey was born in 1886; died in 1922.
26. MCKECHNIE, Stanley Bell was born in 1889; died in 1922.
27. MCKECHNIE, Wyman was born in 1896.

EDEY, Elizabeth

(1.Mary¹) was born in 1854.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83919

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

Children:

6.	Edey, Lucy Wyman (1.Mary¹) was born in 1858; died in 1932. 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]

Edey, Moses

(1.Mary¹) was born about 1847; died in 1919.

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]

Children:

32. Edey, Mabel was born about 1873.
33. Edey, Bell was born about 1875.
34. Edey, Isobel (Bella) Maude was born in 1883; died in 1960.

Generation: 3

8.
EDEY, Mary (2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 83926
9.
EDEY, Elma (2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 83928

10.

EDEY, Ernest

(2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹)

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83929

Family/Spouse: FRASER, Vera. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

11.

EDEY, Samuel

(2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1871; died in 1941.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83922

Family/Spouse: HAWKSHAW, Miriam. Miriam was born in 1880; died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

38. EDEY, Wyman
39. EDEY, Gwendolyn Elma was born in 1903.
40. EDEY, Bruce was born in 1907.
41. EDEY, Earl was born in 1911; died in 1970.
42. EDEY, Samuel Alvin was born on 9 Apr 1920 in South March, Ontario; died in Aug 1989 in South March, Ontario.

12.

EDEY, Elizabeth Jane

(2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1876; died in 1942.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83923

Family/Spouse: HALL, George. George was born in 1867; died in 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

43. HALL, Allen Edey was born in 1909.
44. HALL, David Lough was born in 1911.
45. HALL, Elizabeth (Beth) Jane was born in 1913; died in 1925.
46. HALL, G.

13.

EDEY, Nelson Joseph

(2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1878; died in 1972.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83924

Nelson married HAY, Mary Emily in 1904. Mary was born in 1883; died in 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

47. EDEY, Eva Hay was born in 1906.
48. EDEY, Marvin Nelson was born in 1908; died in 1927.
49. EDEY, Clifford Lough was born in 1910; died in 1968.
50. EDEY, Thelma Jean was born in 1922; died in 1973.

14.
EDEY, Robert (2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1881; died in 1912.
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 83925

Family/Spouse: DOCTOR, Ena. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15.
EDEY, Edith (3.Richard², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84094
16.
EDEY, Louisa (3.Richard², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84101

Family/Spouse: MCDOWELL, Dr. S.E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
17.
EDEY, Mary Maud (3.Richard², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1875; died in 1876.
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84093

18.

EDEY, Mildred

(3.Richard², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1879; died in 1966.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 84095

Notes:

[Edey.FTW]

Alexander Moses Edey received a letter from a "long lost relative in
Quebec dated February 19, 1965. The contents of the letter are as
follows.

The return address is shown as Wyman, Quebec.

Mr Dear Cousin, Mr. A.M. Edey,

I can address you as "Cousin", for I know, since receiving your most
welcome letter that we are indeed related. I was thrilled to have your
letter and I thank you very much for writing so promptly, and for telling
me so much about your family. I know very little about the Huntley Edeys,
but I do know that your grandfather, Moses Edey, was my Grandfather
(Richard's) brother, and that your grandfather lived on a farm next to his
for a time after they left Hull and came to live in Onslow on the other
side of the Ottawa River from Huntley, to which your grandfather later
moved.

Three other brothers, Nelson, Elliott, and Delormie, of whom you have
probably heard, or maybe knew, settled in Aylmer, about a mile on this
side of the town, and a sister, whom we knew as (great-aunt) Aunt Betsy,
married a magistrate in Aylmer, and the house on the Aylmer Road still
stands and is in excellent condition though the other Edey homes are
either quite gone, or in a rather poor condition. Aunt Betsy's unmarried
sister, Great Aunt Amelia, lived with her until death.

Another brother, Edmund, lived in Arnprior, but his family grew up and I
only know slightly one or two of them. I think that is all of the family,
at least that I knew about. They came up from the U.S. with some other
families (from Vermont) with the U.E. Loyalists, with Philemon Wright who
founded Hull back in 1802 or thereabout.

One of the families who came up with Philemon Wright was the Joseph Wyman
family of Mass., U.S.A., one of whom married ? Wright, and two sisters of
the Wyman family married two brothers of the Edey family. Richard married
Mary and Edmund married Hannah. I did not know any of the latter family
except two. Most of them are buried in the cemetery at Arnprior. My
Great grandparents, (Wyman's) graves are in the Anglican Cemetery at
(Quyon?)

So much for the family history as I know it.

I was glad to know that your son-in-law is improving in the invigorating
Switzerland air, and getting strong. It must have been very hard for him
when he was working among the starving children in Indonesia and I do not
wonder that his health broke down.

I take the little magazine "World Vision" and have seen a picture of Mr.
Hieni German-Edey feeding the orphans and his name appeared often and that
is how I came to be interested in his name and to write to him. Your
daughter wrote me such a lovely letter and sent me such a lovely little
picture of the family. They have a lovely family and I think your
daughter is wonderful to carry on when her husband is ill.

You know, I have a daughter living not far from Spirit River. Her husband
is a Civil Engineer and is on the big Peace River Project M.B.C. Their
name is Miller and they live at Hudson Hope in the community of workers on
the project and seem to like it now.

They spent about 6 years at Pakistan (building dams, etc) and their
daughter, needing schooling she could not get there, was sent to
Switzerland for a year or two, so we know a little about Switzerland.

I got out my maps and I find that Spirit River is quite near to Hudson
Hope, 200 or so miles, I figured, and maybe when the deep snow is gone and
the highways are good, my daugher can drive out to see you. Intend to
send your and your daughter's letters to my daughter as I know she would
be very interested to know to learn there are Edey's near.

As for me, I live alone on my own home with a housekeeper, who is very
good to me. I shall be 86 years old if I live till July, and am now in
very good health, though very ill with heart trouble and live months
hospitalized in early spring. I had to have a partial amputation of my
foot some years ago which leaves me partially crippled, but I get about
the house very well with a cane.

I have four of a family, all of whom have been married and away for a good
many years.

The elder son has been 20 years at Chalk River Atomic Plant and my other
son is a Doctor in an Ontario city, and my other daughter lives in the
U.S. (in the state of Ohio) but hope to come back to Canada to live this
year. I have 9 grandchildren. They all come to seem me once or twice a
year, and the son at the Atomic Plant comes every other week.

I live right in the country, about 40 miles from Ottawa, and just off a
good highway and we have every convenience, and enjoy living. I have been
a widow since '53 and still miss my good man.

Now, I must not tire you with all this about myself and family. I shall
close, for this time at least.

If you should care to write to my daughter, her address is, Mrs. E.L.
Miller, Box 328, Hudson Hope, B.C.

I should be very pleased to hear from you any time you feel like writing
to me.

May God bless and keep you and your dear ones -

Yours in His Service -

(Mrs) Mildred Edey Pritchard, (descended from Moses Edey Senior through
his son Richard Edey.)

'Enclosed' with the above letter was an article which is labelled as
having come from "The Equity".

"The Wymans and Edeys: A Link With the Past"

It is of great local interest to report the close connection between
certain prominent Pontiac families and one of Western Quebec's most
illustrious founding fathers - Philemon Wright.

Philemon Wright, the founder of Hull, returned to Woburn, Mass., and
brought out several families to settle his new found country. Among these
pioneers were the Edey and Wyman families. (Philemon Wright was married
to Abigail Wyman). Two Edey brothers, Edmund and Richard, married 2 Wyman
sisters, Hannah and Mary Prentiss. Edmund and Hannah Edey later settled
in what is now known as Arnprior, while Richard and Mary Prentiss Edey
followed the trail through the bush along the Ottawa River on horseback
and settled at Onslow, around the year 1825. They settled in the dense
wilderness consisting mainly fo large birch, maple, elm, pine, hemlock and
spruce trees. Here they built their home out of logs and raised their
family.

When they first came as settlers, they called the area Woburn, afther
their home in Woburn, Mass. where the Wymans had lived previous to coming
to Canada. This remained the name until Joseph Wyman, Jr., changed it to
Bellerice, after a girlfriend Belle Rica, he had left behind in Woburn,
Mass.The name was changed from Bellerice to Wyman around the year 1907.
Joseph Wyman was the first mailman for this area, delivering the mail on
horseback from Aylmer to Portage du Fort. This was quite an improvement
at this time, as the coach served as a means of transportation for people
as well as mail. The first postage stamp used in this area was in the
year 1851. Wyman was the heart of the mail route in the area. Coachmen
changed horses here for the rest of their journey and let theirs rest, to
be picked up on the return trip.

Trains were unheard of, as were highways and other modes of travel that we
take for granted today. The first PPJ (Pontiac Pacific Junction) passed
through Bellerica on January 13, 1886.

With the coming of families to the area, a school had to be built and one
of the teachers contributing much to the cultural growth of the area was
Lucy Wyman Edey. She was a gifted descendant of the Wyman-Edey families,
and taught school in the little schoolhouse for 22 years, where she taught
music, and astronomy, as well as Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. She
prepared many of her pupils to go to the city and write and pass their
teachers examinations. She composed and wrote words for music, and wrote
poems. Miss Lucy Edey was an aunt of Mrs. W.F. Pritchard (Mildred), Mrs.
W.D. Campbell, (Maynie), Mrs. S.E. McDowell, (Lu Prentiss) and S. Wyman
McKechnie.

Lucy Wyman Edey wrote very colourful poems of the times in which she
lived, and also of the times that she heard about from her father and
mother. She wrote some of her poems under the pen name of George K.
Brown. Many of these poems were brought to mind on her way to and from
school. These poems described life in the district in her time in very
picturesque tones.

Held in high esteem by her pupils, one pupil wrote when Lucy Wyman Edey
was in failing health, asking if she was in need of any comforts that he
could supply in response to all that she had done for him.

Family/Spouse: PRITCHARD, W.Fred. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

19.	EDEY, Maynie (Mary Jane) (3.Richard², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1881; died in 1968. Other Events and Attributes: Reference Number: 84096 Family/Spouse: CAMPBELL, William D.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

20.
EDEY, Edna (3.Richard², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1883; died in 1969.
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84097

Family/Spouse: LEACH, Reverend James. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
21.
EDEY, Edith Matilda (3.Richard², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1884; died in 1967.
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84098
22.
EDEY, Howard (3.Richard², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1885; died in 1912.
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84099

Family/Spouse: OSBORNE, Daisy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
23.
EDEY, Harper Wyman (3.Richard², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1888; died in 1902.
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84100

24.

MCKECHNIE, Robert Milton

(4.Susanna², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1884; died in 1960.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 84134

Family/Spouse: PRITCHARD, Jennie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

25.
MCKECHNIE, Richard Edey (4.Susanna², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1886; died in 1922.
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84135

26.

MCKECHNIE, Stanley Bell

(4.Susanna², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1889; died in 1922.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 84136

Family/Spouse: MCINTYRE, Anita. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

58. MCKECHNIE, Sheila
59. MCKECHNIE, Stanley

27.

MCKECHNIE, Wyman

(4.Susanna², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1896.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 84137

Wyman married MEREDITH, Cora in 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

60. MCKECHNIE, Elizabeth
61. MCKECHNIE, W.R.
62. MCKECHNIE, Maida Susan was born in 1926; died in 1926.
63. MCKECHNIE, J.D.
64. MCKECHNIE, L.C.
65. MCKECHNIE, L.J.

28.
MOHR, Eddy (5.Elizabeth², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84175

Family/Spouse: MURRAY, Jessie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
29.
MOHR, Lillian (5.Elizabeth², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84176

Family/Spouse: CREELMAN, Irvine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
30.
MOHR, Harvey (5.Elizabeth², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84177
31.
MOHR, Lucy (5.Elizabeth², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84178

Family/Spouse: HALFORD, George. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

32.

Edey, Mabel

(7.Moses², 1.Mary¹) was born about 1873.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 75640

Family/Spouse: CAMERON, Daniel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

66. CAMERON, Mabel I.
67. CAMERON, Daniel E.
68. CAMERON, Oliver Edey
69. CAMERON, Gerald John was born in 1909; died in 1966.

33.
Edey, Bell (7.Moses², 1.Mary¹) was born about 1875.
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 75641

34.

Edey, Isobel (Bella) Maude

(7.Moses², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1883; died in 1960.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 84038

Family/Spouse: ARMSTRONG, Doctor Robert Milton. Robert was born in 1879; died in 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

70. ARMSTRONG, Doctor Harold Edey was born in 1907.
71. ARMSTRONG, Milton Erele was born in 1911.
72. ARMSTRONG, R.A.

Generation: 4

35.
EDEY, Marion (10.Ernest³, 2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84032
36.
EDEY, Helen (10.Ernest³, 2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84033

Family/Spouse: ROSS, Colin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
37.
EDEY, Lillian (10.Ernest³, 2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹)
Other Events and Attributes:
Reference Number: 84034

38.

EDEY, Wyman

(11.Samuel³, 2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹)

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83936

Family/Spouse: MCCONNELL, Carmen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

39.

EDEY, Gwendolyn Elma

(11.Samuel³, 2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1903.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83934

Family/Spouse: MORRIS, Merritt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

76. MORRIS, D.E.

40.

EDEY, Bruce

(11.Samuel³, 2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1907.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83935

Family/Spouse: MCLENNAN, Olive. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

77. EDEY, Marianne
78. EDEY, R.

41.

EDEY, Earl

(11.Samuel³, 2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹) was born in 1911; died in 1970.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83937

Family/Spouse: CRAIG, Marjorie. Marjorie was born in in Oakville, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

79. EDEY, John

42.

EDEY, Samuel Alvin

(11.Samuel³, 2.Joseph², 1.Mary¹) was born on 9 Apr 1920 in South March, Ontario; died in Aug 1989 in South March, Ontario.

Other Events and Attributes:

Reference Number: 83938

Family/Spouse: ASHTON, Olga. Olga was born in in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

80. EDEY, B.

Family/Spouse: BOYES, O.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

81. EDEY, D.L.
82. EDEY, P.A.
83. EDEY, Orville Lee was born on 24 Sep 1958 in Ottawa, Ontario; died on 29 May 1993 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A..
84. EDEY, P.F.