Matilda (Bush) Edy
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Matilda Jane (Bush) Edy (1834 - 1893)

Matilda Jane Edy formerly Bush
Born in Lower Canadamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1850 in Clarenceville, Missisquoi, Canada Eastmap
Mother of
Died at about age 59 in Clarenceville, Quebec, Canadamap
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Biography

Matilda was murdered, along with her husband and youngest daughter Emma on the night of June 2, 1893. No motive for the brutal crime was ever determined, and no perpetrators were ever brought to justice.[1] News of the sensational crime spread across North America, even being reported on the front page of the Los Angeles Herald.[2]

Marriage

Marriage between Our Edy and Matilda Jane Bush[3]
Year: 1850
Location: Clarenceville, Québec
Place of Worship or Institution: Methodist Church
Groom: Omri Edy
Bride: Matilda Jane Bush

Census

1851 Canada Census - St Georges de Clarenceville, Rouville County, Canada East (Quebec)[4]
Omri Edy - 31 (1821) b. Canada
Matilda Edy - 19 (1832) b. Canada

1871 Canada Census - St Georges de Clarenceville, Missisquoi, Quebec[5]
Omri Edy - 49 (1822) b. Quebec
Matilda Edy - 37 (1834) b. Quebec
Pamelia Edy - 19 (1852) b. Quebec
Herbert Edy - 16 (1865) b. Quebec
Emma Edy - 5 (1866) b. Quebec

1881 Canada Census - St Georges de Clarenceville, Missisquoi, Quebec[6]
Omri Edy - 59 (1822) b. Quebec; o. farmer
Matilda Edy - 47 (1834) b. Quebec
Pamela Edy - 28 (1853) b. Quebec
Herbert Edy - 26 (1855) b. Quebec
Emma Edy - 15 (1866) b. Quebec
John Grundy - 8 (1873) b. Ireland

1891 Canada Census - St Georges de Clarenceville, Missisquoi, Quebec[7]
Omri Edy (head) - 69 (1822) b. Quebec; o. farmer; Parents b. USA
Matilda Edy (wife) - 57 (1834) b. Quebec; Father b. Quebec; Mother b. USA
Emma Edy (daughter) - 25 (1866) b. Quebec; Parents b. Quebec
Willie Finley (domestic) - 18 (1873) b. Quebec
Mary Lawrence (domestic) - 32 (1859) b. Quebec
Charles Boodreau (domestic) - 8 (1883) b. USA; Parents b. USA

Sources

  1. A history of the year 1893, with special reference to Canadian affairs, pp. 123-124. See also the account in The Globe.
  2. Los Angeles Herald, Volume 40, Number 54, 4 June 1893.
  3. Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
  4. 1851; Census Place: St Georges de Clarenceville, Rouville County, Canada East (Quebec); Schedule: A; Roll: C_1137; Page: 35; Line: 27
  5. 1871; Census Place: St Georges de Clarenceville, Missisquoi, Quebec; Roll: C-10070; Page: 30; Family No: 117
  6. 1881; Census Place: St Georges de Clarenceville, Missisquoi, Quebec; Roll: C_13204; Page: 14; Family No: 64
  7. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, Residence place: Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada; District number 168




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