Edward EDWARDS

1831 - 1844  (~ 13 years)

• Name	Edward EDWARDS
  Born	Feb 1831
  Gender	Male
  _UID	A40E4C98D3E74C05B485F1469B62CEF6D253
  Died	10 Dec 1844
  Buried	All Saints Cemetery 11th Conc of Brock
  Person ID	I196	Ernest Benjamin Gillis
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry EDWARDS,   b. 1789 ?, England ,   d. 17 Jul 1848 ?
  Mother	Elizabeth MUNSON,   b. Co. Sligo (?), Ireland ,   d. Canada
  Family ID	F421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Edward Edwards was born in Canada, the son of Henry Edwards and Elizabeth Munn Masterson Edwards. According to a letter written by John Jardine (Edward's sister Elizabeth's husband), Edward was killed at a young age by the kick of a mule. There is a grave marker for an Edward Edwards in All Saints Cemetery is located on the north side of Concession 11 - Brock between the Ridge Road and Sideroad 18A southwest of the Cannington urban area. The Epitath reads: In Memory of EDWARD Son of Henry & Elizabeth EDWARDS Who departed this life Dec. 10, 1844 AGE 13 yrs & 10 mo The friends that pass by the lonesome grave And with a sigh move slow along While gazeing on the spears of grass With which my grave is overgrown This would make Edward born around Feb of 1831 - likely the son "killed by the kick of a mule". (His siblings would have been Sarah, born about 1830; Henry, born 3/1831 (maybe a twin??); Elizabeth, born 8/1832.)