Murder in Clarenceville - 1893

The Toronto Daily Mail
TORONTO, MONDAY, June 5, 1893
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TRIPLE MURDER.
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A Farmer, His Wife, and Daughter Killed.
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WITH PISTOL AND KNIFE.
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An Appalling Crime Shrouded in Complete Mystery.
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THE ASSASSIN LEAVES NO TRACES.
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He Attempts to Burn the Bodies of His Unfortunate Victims.
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AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR CLUES.

EDY BUTCHERY!

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Further Details of the Murder of Three Respectable People.

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Their Dwelling Fired to Cover Up the Awful Crime—Ghastly Work of the Unknown Assassins.

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CLARENCEVILLE, Que., June 3, —The triple murder of the father, mother and daughter of one of the oldest and most highly respected families of this locality threw this unusually quiet hamlet into a state of ferment Saturday morning. The following are late particulars of the tragedy:— The Edy homestead is situated on a farm of about 150 acres in extent and lately has been worked on shares by Mr. Edy and a French-Canadian named Gilbert. Gilbert lives about 300 yards from the Edy residence, and Saturday morning rose at daylight as his usual custom and proceeded to the stables to water and feed the stock. Seeing smoke issuing from the Edy's house he rushed to Mr. Edy's bedroom window, intending to arouse the old couple. He discovered that their bed was undisturbed, and rushing around to the kitchen door forced it open, when A GHASTLY SPECTACLE was before him. On a chair was the old gentleman with a bullet hole in his head. On the kitchen floor were the bodies of his wife and daughter Emma, a pretty and accomplished young lady of 20 years. Their throats were cut from ear to ear and they also had bullet wounds in the head. Gilbert quickly dragged the bodies out of the burning building and raised the alarm. The house was soon reduced to ashes. That the Edys had been 

MURDERED AND ROBBED seems beyond question. They were in the habit of retiring early, and the fact that they still had on their everyday attire when found demonstrated that they must have been assassinated early the previous evening. The old man's pockets were turned inside out, while around the girl's hand was a rubber band, which evidently belonged to a wallet and had been slipped over her hand while in the act of paying over money to the robbers. Her appearance showed that she was engaged in a death struggle, her face and arms being scratched and some of her clothing torn.

THE PARKING LOT in front of Canada Post..............

The building no longer exist. It is now the unofficial parking lot in front of Canada Post on the North West  corner of route 202 and Front Street North.

CIRC. 1900 General Store

CIRC 1990's Depanneur 

Before & After rte 202 & Front South

BEFORE AND AFTER

  A VIEW OF SOUTH INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 202 AND FRONT, CLARENCEVILLE

Maps of Clarenceville

        Do you recognize any of the places on this map?

Seigneurial System

Louis Franquet is remembered today chiefly for his reports of 1751, 1752, and 1753, his many maps and plans, and his contribution to the building of the original Louisbourg.

The seigneurial system was an institutional form of land distribution established in New France in 1627 and officially abolished in 1854. This politically determined system of land distribution was regulated by law and had many advantages. Its purpose was to promote settlement in a systematic way. Seigneuries, which were usually 1 x 3 leagues (5 x 15 km) in size, were generally divided into river lots (rangs), a survey system based on the French experience in Normandy. The long, rectangular strips were particularly well adapted to the local terrain, since they facilitated interaction between neighbours and provided multiple points of access to the river, the principal communication route.

DAIRY VALLEY CEMETRY

Dairy Valley, Quebec 

Geographical coordinates are 45°03'48" North and 73°12'47" West and its feature type is Unincorporated area. More information below.

WILLIAM MEAD PATTISON

Who is William Mead Pattison? If you want more information like this post.

William Mead Pattison House

WILLIAM MEAD PATTISON HOUSE  - Today on Front Street North in Clarenceville.

Photo in early 1900's

NUTT'S CORNER

Who  is the NUTT in Clarenceville?

David NUTT, son of Samuel NUTT and Elizabeth DICKEY was born on July 6^th 1779 in Francestown, Hillsborough, NH.

He married Elizabeth Mitchell on Nov.25^th 1802 in Newport, Sullivan, NH.

David Nutt died on 10 August 1845 at age 66 in Clarenceville, Quebec CANADA. He was buried on 11 August1845 in Aird,, Quebec, CANADA

� Occupation: Shoemaker.

Elizabeth MITCHELL was born on Oct. 17, 1777 in Amherst, Hillsborough, NH. Elizabeth died at age 64 on 17 March 17^th 1842 in Clarenceville, Quebec, CANADA.

Elizabeth was buried on March 19^th 1842 in Aird, Quebec, CANADA. Another name for Elizabeth was Betsey MITCHELL.

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Nutt's Corner

Who  is the NUTT in Clarenceville?

David NUTT, son of Samuel NUTT and Elizabeth DICKEY was born on July 6^th 1779 in Francestown, Hillsborough, NH.

 He married Elizabeth Mitchell on Nov. 25^th 1802 in Newport, Sullivan, NH.

David Nutt died on 10 August 1845 at age 66 in Clarenceville, Quebec CANADA. He was buried on 11 August1845 in Aird,, Quebec, CANADA

� Occupation: Shoemaker.

 Elizabeth MITCHELL was born on Oct. 17, 1777 in Amherst, Hillsborough, NH. Elizabeth died at age 64 on 17 March 17^th 1842 in Clarenceville, Quebec, CANADA.

Elizabeth was buried on March 19^th 1842 in Aird, Quebec, CANADA. Another name for Elizabeth was Betsey MITCHELL.




1871 Lovell's Directory

NUTT'S CORNERS, Quebec  -( A few miles North of Aird Quebec on the South Beech  Road, north of Chemin Macfie)

A small place in the parish of St George de Clarenceville, seigniory of Foucault, county of Missisquoi, district of Bedford. Distant from Philipsburg 10 miles, from Des Rivières, a station on the Vermont Central railway 12 miles fare 75c. From Bedford the county seat 15 miles. Mail tri-weekly. Popuplation about 50

Creller	Thomas Ramson	Assistant postmaster	XXX	Hawley	John Asahel	Farmer
Dean	Calvin  R	Farmer		Hawley	Reuben	Farmer
Drew	Theodore	Farmer		Hawley	Stoddart	Farmer
Edy	Peter H	Farmer		Nutt	David	Postmaster, Baliff, Farmer
Hawley	Asabel	Farmer		Sears	John	Farmer
Hawley	Edy	Farmer		Taylor	A	Farmer

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Undated but after 1871 - Eastern Townships Directory

Nutt's Corners  - Clarenceville township, Missisquoi county, P O & miles east of Lacolle, on GTR and 13 southwest of Bedford, the nearest bank, Population 100, Mail daily

Bissell	L H	Sawmill
Creller	G A	Carpenter
Hawley	D F	Apiarist
Hawley	J A	Postmaster and Justice of Peace

Carrie Derick - Notre Paritmoine

Carrie Derick House La maison de  Carrie Derick est situé 1117 Front Street Sud. Carrie Derick’s house is situated at 1117 Front Street South.   Carrie Matilda Derick, chercheuse en sciences naturelles (Clarenceville, Qc, 14 janv. 1862 -- Montréal, 10 nov. 1941). Étudiante douée de l'U. McGill (B.A., 1890; M.A., 1896), elle étudie également à Harvard, au Marine Biological Laboratory de Woods Hole, au Massachusetts, au Royal College of Science de Londres et à l'U. de Bonn en Allemagne. Elle est nommée chef des travaux en botanique à McGill en 1891, devenant ainsi la première femme à faire partie du personnel enseignant de McGill. En 1912, elle devient professeur de botanique morphologique et, par le fait même, la première femme nommée professeur titulaire au Canada. Ses cours introduisent l'enseignement de la génétique à McGill. Animatrice sociale, elle se fait championne de certaines causes telles que la fréquentation scolaire obligatoire, les soins apportés aux enfants anormaux, la formation industrielle et technique, les droits des femmes et le contrôle des naissances. arrie Matilda Derick, natural scientist (b at Clarenceville, Qué 14 Jan 1862; d at Montréal 10 Nov 1941). A brilliant student at McGill (BA, 1890; MA, 1896), she also studied at Harvard, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachussets, the Royal College of Science in London and the University of Bonn, Germany. She was appointed demonstrator in botany at McGill in 1891 - first woman on McGill's academic staff; in 1912 she became professor of morphological botany - the first woman in Canada to be made a full professor. Her courses introduced the teaching of genetics at McGill. A social activist, she championed such causes as compulsory school attendance, care for abnormal children, industrial and technical education, women's rights and birth control article by MARGARET GILLETT  Carrie Derick Botanist Carrie Matilda Derick was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first female professor in a Canadian university, and the founder of McGill University's Genetics Department. Wikipedia Born: Jan 14, 1862 · Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, Quebec, Canada Died: Nov 10, 1941 · Montreal, Canada Education: McGill University · University of Bonn

Local History and other interesting facts

CLARENCEVILLE ACADEMY circ. 1930