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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 Edward Fauquier. https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-f/gilbert-fauquier | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf | |
| 1940-12-02≥ | By 2 December 1940 (the issue date), the paper reported: Death of G. E. Fauquier, railway contractor: "Built the Parry Sound Railway, a section of the transcontinental west of Cochrane and a large part of the Canada Atlantic. The great dock at Halifax as part of Foley, Welch, Stewart and Fauquier. Associated with O'Brien, Mackenzie and Mann. Also owned Colonial Lumber of Pembroke." Filed on Gilbert Fauquier on the assumption that G. E. Fauquier is he (inference from the initial and surname). Dated by the issue; the date of death is not stated. | Ottawa Journal 1940-12-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| Gilbert Fauquier and his brother Edward were sons of Frederick Dawson Fauquier, who came to Canada from Malta and eventually became the Anglican Bishop of Algoma. They were raised in the Gatineau area north of Ottawa. Biographical page on the Canada Atlantic Railway site; no external source cited there. The same upbringing is recorded on Edward Fauquier. https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-f/gilbert-fauquier | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf | ||
| After working for Booth, Gilbert and Edward 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 Edward Fauquier. https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-f/gilbert-fauquier | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf | ||
| Gilbert Fauquier died at 77 in Ottawa. Biographical page on the Canada Atlantic Railway site; no external source cited there. https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-f/gilbert-fauquier | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Research%20Notes/Renfrew%20Lemkay%20research.pdf |