Debbie: Exciting to see your posting. I
too am originally from Southwestern Ont.,
Aylmer to be exact. My source of information
is from my late father Dr. George Edward
Harrison. I have in my possesion a typed man-
uscript written in 1973 by Lyal Tait. Lyal
lived in Vienna for a time in an old farm-
house and remembers the Edison homestead.
Early in the 1940's he did the wiring of the
homestead for electricity. He states: "For a
number of years I have wanted to record
the story of the Edison family in Can. With
the help of Nora Edison Coombs, the only
surviving member of the Edisons in Vienna,
other relatives and what scattered informa-
tion is available, my wishes have been made
possible. Mr. Willis Weaver, a great-great-
grandson on John Edison, allowed me to use
several old family scrapbooks." (End of quote)
Debbie: this typed copy of the manuscript is
some 56 pages in length. Do you have it?
Would this be of interest to you. It is
definately too long to type out, but I may
be able to make a copy and send it along to
you if this is information that you seek.
My relationship to the Edisons is through
Adonia Edison, son of John Edison. He was
the uncle of Judge Rufus Freeman Harrison,
the son-in-law of Amos Williams, builder
of the Harrison House in Roseland NJ USA. I
have been doing the Harrison geneology for
about a year now and have been quite success-
ful in tracing my fathers line to the present
day. This manuscript was in my possession and
I would be happy to share it. I presently
live about 1 1/2 hours from Aylmer.

I anticipate your reply. Please feel free to
e-mail me directly. Ann