The following is an excerpt from a militia list of c. 1808, transcribed by 
Professor Bruce Elliott and published in the Ottawa Branch News of
the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.

Samuel Edey, aged 21
Richard Chamberlain aged 32 and Edmond Chamberlain aged 35. (Chamberlin)

June 23, 2008:

Thanks to Dean Pickering for the following. He is researching his Edey ancestors:

This is the information that may help with your update.
 
Grandfather - Clarence Edgar Edey m. Lena Alvina Brummond (died 2003) 

Brothers & Sisters to Clarence Edey
Morley Edey (d.) 
Reg Edey  Living
George Edey (d.)
Agnes (Edey) Germann (d.)
Kathleen (Edey)      (d.)
Francis Edey m.  Emma Weme Living
Roy Edey m. Judy Living
 
GGrandfather - Alexander Moses Edey m. Fanny Watson (County Cork, Ireland)
 
GGGrandFather - Moses Samuel Edey m. Jessie Kilgore
 
GGGGrandFather - Moses (Junior) Edey m. Elizabeth Chamberlain
 
GGGGGrandFather - Moses (Senior) Edey m.  Elizabeth Chamberlain

Brother & Sister to Moses Sr. Edey
Samuel Edey
Jane (Edey) Chamberlain
 
and so it goes ...

... Dean Pickering

April 20, 2010:

2nd EDEY FAMILY REUNION

205th ANNIVERSARY

1805 - 2010
 

Descendants of Luther Edey, born 1754, & his wife, Mary Evans, born 1756, of Randolph, Vermont, USA,

are invited to meet on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at Aylmer United Church Hall

164 Main Street, Aylmer, Québec CANADA

We hope you and your family can visit Aylmer for a day of history and genealogy for the 2nd gathering of the Edey families. 
Visit the area where our pioneer ancestors, the widowed Mary Evans Edey, and her children, Jane, b.1780, Moses (Sr.) b.1781, 
and Samuel, b.1786, settled in Lower Canada (Québec) in 1805.

2ND EDEY FAMILY REUNION - August 28th, 2010

You and your family are invited to attend the Edey Reunion on Saturday, 28 August, 2010, at Aylmer United Church Hall (AUC), 
164 Main Street, Aylmer, Québec, where our ancestors settled in 1805. There are several sites to explore, including the former 
Methodist Chapel which Moses Edey Sr. was instrumental in its beginnings in 1827. Other sites include the Edey & Bellevue cemeteries 
where some of our families now rest. The Reunion is being organized to raise funds to maintain the restoration of the Edey Cemetery.

Parking & Wheelchair Access: Parking can be found on the East side of AUC at the West Québec School Board lot and at 
St. Mark’s Catholic Church parking lot, West of AUC, as well as across the street at ‘Les Galeries’ mall. Wheelchair access 
is located at East side entrance, at left of the church.

A preliminary schedule follows:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28th, 2010

10:00am

Registration and Name Tags. Coffee is available.

Maps of the Pontiac are available for self-guided tour on Sunday. Symmes Inn Museum, in Aylmer, is also open on Sunday.

A Lineage Chart, beginning with Luther & Mary Edey and their children is to be set up and families can include their names. 

11:00am

Families are encouraged to bring Edey artifacts for display, e.g. artwork, architectural drawings, tools, needlework, 
hand-crafted items, and photographs. While each contributor is responsible for their exhibit, the display area will be 
monitored by family custodians.

Silent Auction with good quality offerings will be set up with proceeds going to maintain the Edey Cemetery. Contributions 
can be of any reasonable value: artwork; needlework; Christmas or fruit cake, (noting ingredients); home-crafted articles; 
jams/jellies and other interesting items.

12:00 - 1:00 pm - Bring Your Own Lunch, including a beverage, to be consumed at the church. Those who wish can purchase lunch 
at several nearby restaurants, including Tim Hortons.

1:00 - 3:30 pm - The tour bus will visit both the Edey & Bellevue Cemeteries, as well as the Old Methodist Chapel. Location of a 
few burial sites at Bellevue Cemetery will be indicated. 

3:30 - 5:00 pm - Browse through the displays. At this time there will also be photo-taking.

5:00 - 5:15 pm - Welcoming Speech, then ‘Grace’, provided by a family member.

5:15 - 6:15 pm - A buffet dinner, catered by the A.U.C. Ladies Auxiliary, which includes cold meats, salads, 
rolls and dessert (fruit/fruit cocktail), has been planned. 

6:15 - 7:00 pm - An ‘After Dinner Speech’ by Enid Page is planned. Winners of the Silent Auction and Door Prizes are to be announced. 
Socialize with family members. The Church Hall closes at 7:00 pm.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 29th, 2010

10:30am - If you enjoyed the Reverend Lawson’s Old Tyme Methodist Service at the last Reunion in 2005, come and attend the next one 
to be held at Aylmer United Church. It should be a rousing time.

Reunion, Including Dinner

Adults - $25.00/each & Children under 10 years - $12.00/each. Bus Tour is $7.00/person. Saturday’s Dinner is limited to 120 tickets, 
so order early. Don’t forget your camera. Let’s get together, have a great time, and learn about our heritage. We hope to see you.

Reunion Only - No Dinner: Adults - $15.00 each. Children under 10 years of age - $3.00 each.

TO HELP MAKE OUR REUNION A SUCCESS 

Please send updated family data to brenda.mccooeye@gmail.com for our 2nd Edition of The Family Tree Book.

Gather up family photos, stories, short histories & mementoes that you are willing to share.

Please bring unidentified photos as someone may be able to identify them for you.

Collect up-to-date information about your family for the Lineage Chart.

SUGGESTED OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION

Each family is to make their own arrangements.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Nora Edey - noraedey@xplornet.com

Bill & Valerie Miner - william.valerieminer@rogers.com

Mel Joly - meljoly@magma.ca

Wendy Goddard - meljoly@magma.ca

Nick Cameron - dralvincameron@hotmail.ca

Gail Watters - g157watters@sympatico.ca


 July 24, 2010:

A possible neighborly link between Aylmer/Hull families is documented in the 1881 census for Hull.

I have enclosed an image of the census page. 

It lists the Grimes family at the top of the page, followed by Samuel and Elizabeth Edey family (age 31), 
Luther and Maryan Edy family (aged 59) although listed at 104 not 106, Philip (aged 60) Chugg and Catherine Chugg 
and family at 108 and finally Nickolas and Jane Dawson (aged 49) and family at 109. 

I know this is not from 1808 and the militia list, but thought it may still assist in placing the Edey family 
alongside other farming families in the Aylmer / Hull area in the last decade of the 1800's.

-Michael Chugg
Source: Library and Archives, Canada - URL as shown in the image below