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Edward was born on the Island around 1837.

Even though Edward gave the names of his parents on his marriage records, I have been unable to place Malcolm Ramsay and Helen or Ellen Taylor with any of the Ramsay families I have been outlining in this tree. If he was the son of Malcolm and Catherine, who had a son Edward, then it is said that his mother died around the time of his birth. Edward may have mixed up his mother's name with that of another relative.

There was also Malcolm Ramsay and Eleanor Boyle, who could have had a son named Edward in 1837. No family histories mention this as a possibility.

Another possibility is that Catherine Reilly Ramsay died before 1837, and the younger children were the children of Malcolm and a second wife - also not proven with available records.

An Edward Ramsay, son of Malcolm, was baptized on 10 July 1836.
Child's Full Name Edward Ramsay
Baptismal Date 10 July 1836
Officiating Clergy Macgregor
Father's Name Malcom Ramsay
Church Name Presbyterian
Church Location Richmond Parish

There were three baptismal records in Richmond Parish with father Malcolm, no mother's name: Edward, 1836; Donald, 1839, Neil, 1841 and John, 1846.

There was also an Edward Ramsay born 1835 who went to Wisconsin. His parents were Archibald and Mary.

Name Edward L Ramsay, of Maine, United States, bachelor
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 19 Sep 1867
Event Place , , New Brunswick, Canada
Spouse's Name Lucy Welling
Certificate Number 5438
Page 328
Citing this Record "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-KQVZ : 6 March 2015), Edward L Ramsay and Lucy Welling, 19 Sep 1867; citing , , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 328, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,410.

Edward and Lucy had a daughter, Annie Mabel, born 14 Sep 1868 in Massachusetts. They were in Westmoreland Co. NB in 1871.

Name Edward L Ramsey, widower
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 04 Jun 1872
Event Place , , New Brunswick, Canada
Spouse's Name Phoebe E Palmer
Certificate Number 6197
Page 451
Citing this Record "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-K9F2 : 6 March 2015), Edward L Ramsey and Phoebe E Palmer, 04 Jun 1872; citing , , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 451, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,410.

Edward L. Ramsay and Pheobe were in Moncton in 1881 and 1891 with son Walter H. Ramsay, aged 7 and 17. Edward said that both of his parents were born in Scotland. Phoebe died in 1892.

Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 82 Number 1697
Date September 29 1892
County Albert
Place Albert
Newspaper The Maple Leaf
Riverside (Albert Co.) - E.L. RAMSEY was called home by telegraph last week as his wife was not expected to live. She died on Friday.

Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 83 Number 1725
Date September 24 1892
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
d. Dorchster (West. Co.) Sept. 23rd, Phebe E. RAMSAY wife E.L. RAMSAY, age 45. Funeral Sunday 25th 2 p.m.

Name Edward Longfellow Ramsay
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 24 Oct 1895
Event Place , Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Age 56
Birthplace PE Is
Father's Name Malcolm
Mother's Name Helen Taylor
Spouse's Name Alcesta Elizabeth Lantz
Spouse's Age 48
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1847
Spouse's Birthplace Annapolis, NS
Spouse's Father's Name Elijah
Spouse's Mother's Name Anna Potter Berry
Citing this Record "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N478-DLK : 17 February 2016), Edward Longfellow Ramsay and Alcesta Elizabeth Lantz, 24 Oct 1895; citing , Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,244.

Mrs Alcesta E. Ramsay, widow of Edward L. Ramsay died at the home of her son Lester S. Lantz. She leaves another son, Eugene Lantz. Boston Globe Jan 1923