January 10, 2010:

Aylmer, Quebec was established shortly after the original pioneer in the Ottawa and Hull area created Wrightsville in 1800.
Some of the early land grants were made to members of Philomen Wright's group and an early transport system, made up of Stage Coaches
was used to move people and goods from Ottawa / Hull to Aylmer. By the 1820's, Aylmer began to play a role in the lumber industry based 
on the hinterland of the Ottawa River. Robert Conroy (Conroy Road), John Egan (later founder of Eganville, Ontario), Charles Symmes,
James Woodworth, Moses Edey and the Chamberlain family, as well as Francois Beaudry were early businessmen in the town. 

Symmes Inn in Aylmer, Quebec
Main Street
Built by Charles Symmes, c. 1832
Drawing Source: National Capital Commission Heritage, page 43

 

Sketch of the British Hotel in Aylmer, Quebec
71, rue Principale
Built by Robert Conroy in 1834
Drawing Source: National Capital Commission Heritage, page 37

 

The Pioneer Cemetery, known as Bellevue Cemetery is located in Aylmer.

Many of the early families became interconnected by marriage. Thanks to Bruce Cowen who sent along the
following connection between the well-known Gatineau Valley McGoey family and the family of Philomen Wright:

   

and here is an 1835 record of Pamela Wright from Notre Dame Cathedral on Sussex Drive in Lowertown, Ottawa:

3 March 1835
Marriage of Laurence Burke and Catherine Leamy (Leamy Lake)
Godparents: William Hennessey & Pamela Wright 
(Pamela Wright, wife of Thomas McGoey and daughter of Philomen Wright)
Source: Drouin Collection at ancestry.ca

McGoey House
41 Aylmer Road
Built for Joseph McGoey in 1871
Drawing Source: National Capital Commission Heritage, page 47

 


January 12, 2010:

Photographs of Two More Heritage Buildings in Aylmer
(Thanks to Bob Quesnel for the pictures)
On the Right is the Thomas Rielly / Reilly house according to the Gatineau archives

                     19 Rue Thomas                                                             31 Rue Principale


       
January 21, 2010:

One of the earliest families in Aylmer, the Church family, was led by a United Empire Loyalist (UEL) from Merrickville, Ontario.

In 1910, a Church family reunion was held:
Source: Ottawa Citizen Archives for August 18, 1910
The complete article is accessible via www.bytown.net/citizensearch.htm


February 10, 2010:

View the 1852 census for Aylmer, Quebec. These are .pdf files. 
Magnify them to 100% to more easily read them.

February 20, 2010:

Thanks to Mrs. Mary Wall for the following wonderful photo. Mrs. Wall is a descendant of Philomen Wright. 
This was the home of Mr. Edward Wright, grandson of Philomen Wright and was part of "Britannia Farm". 
It is now on the site of the Royal Ottawa Golf Club.


April 20, 2010:
2nd EDEY FAMILY REUNION will be held on Saturday, August 28th, 2010

205th ANNIVERSARY

1805 - 2010
For Details see our Edey family page.


July 14, 2010:

Source below: Bytown Gazette, May 30, 1844
Search the Archives



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


July 31, 2010:

Dance at the Aylmer Canoe Club in 1898
Source: Ottawa Citizen, August 2, 1898



In attendance at the Dance were Miss Bate (the Island in the Ottawa River at the Champlain Bridge is Bate Island), Lemoine,
Richardson, Driscoll, Nelson, Tasker, Perley, Kidd, the Misses Church, Miall, Malloch / Mallock, Pennock, Hurdman, O'Brien, MaCrae,
Coates, Swinburn, MacLeod Stewart, O'Gara, MacGee / Magee / McGee and Haycock.


 September 1, 2010:
Old Methodist Chapel built in 1826, Aylmer Road, Quebec, Canada
Source: National Capital Commission Heritage, page 54

 

Keywords: Dennis O'Halloran, Fitzroy Township