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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892 to 1896 | The Fauquier brothers worked for J. R. Booth on several contracts from 1892 to 1896, including the difficult section from Barry's Bay to Scotia. Biographical page on the Canada Atlantic Railway site; no external source cited there. The same work is recorded on Gilbert Fauquier. https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-f/edward-fauquier | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf | |
| Edward Fauquier and his brother Gilbert were sons of Frederick Dawson Fauquier, who came to Canada from Malta and eventually became the Anglican Bishop of Algoma. Raised in the Gatineau area north of Ottawa, the brothers began to work when they were thirteen or fourteen and became practically-trained engineers and contractors. Biographical page on the Canada Atlantic Railway site; no external source cited there. The same upbringing is recorded on Gilbert Fauquier. https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-f/edward-fauquier | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf | ||
| After working for Booth, Edward and Gilbert Fauquier worked on the National Transcontinental Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway (now CNR), where two villages are named after them — one near Cochrane, Ontario, the other in British Columbia. At one point the brothers did construction work on the Halifax docks. Biographical page on the Canada Atlantic Railway site; no external source cited there. The same is recorded on Gilbert Fauquier. https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-f/edward-fauquier | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf | ||
| Edward Fauquier maintained his connection with the Booth line, doing maintenance work for the Canada Atlantic Railway, which had absorbed the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway. He died young. Biographical page on the Canada Atlantic Railway site; no external source cited there. https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-f/edward-fauquier | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf |