Philip Chugg was first married to Deborah Routley as the following photo of the marriage registration indicates. This photo exists on microfilm in the National Archives of Canada. I was able to access this document and search for many more during my five day stay in Hull in June of 2008.

Michael Chugg standing in front of the Canadian National Archives in Ottawa, Canada after a day's hard work scanning thousands of microfilm shots for the trail of Philip Chugg and his family.

The photo can be transcribed clearly as follows:

Chugg &

Routley

married - On this eigthteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four, Philip Chugg wheelwright of Hull township, Canada Lower, bachelor was married by licence to Deborah Routley spinster of Hull aforesaid, daughter of George Routly farner of same place with the consent of her parents and friends and in presence of witnesses

By Me John Johnston

Missionary

Note that this document spells Routley two ways. Below this document was is an entry for George Routley, farmer of Hull Township and Lydia his wife, of Valora and Valentine, infant twins on September 11 1844. These twins indicate that this is in fact not the Routley family but the Routliffe family. Further, on documents in the archives, I found the marriages and baptisms of many members of this family. Few coulod write well. They usually spelled their name Routliff and dropped the last "e". JOhn Johnston was Anglican minister to both Aylmer and Hull for many years. He was not too careful in the spellings. There is also a census of 1852 that indicates the Routliffe family as the Routley family. We know however that this spelling is in error from later censuses and from the fact that Valentine, George and Lydia are all part of the family listed in the census.

One further fact that makes this difficult to prove is that, on this marriage registration there were no signatures. John Johnston was not in the habit of having signatures taken until after 1850. So if we look on to the marriage of John Irish and Arabella Routley (Routliffe) we find that Philip Chugg signed his name quite fashionably, as befit his expensive education in England. So Philip was capable of signing, but the Anglican missionary was not yet in the habit or requirement of having signatures.

The rapids on the Ottawa River alongside the Eddy match plant buildings.

Looking south from Hull across the Ottawa River towards the Canadian Parliament buildings in Ottawa Ontario, Canada. The view for teh Chugg family as they came towards these buildings from the Hull Quebec side of the river must have been fantastic to say the least.

The Hull Yacht Club

Looking east towards the Parliament buildings

Rue Eddy - a name long associated with the Philip Chugg family.

The side of the wood operation for matches, owned by E.B.Eddy (Hull side).

St. James Anglican Church. This church was built after the great Ottawa / Hull fire of 1900m or shortly before. It stands on the site of teh earlier wooden church in which Philip Chugg was married to Deborah Routliffe and in which Philip Chugg attended the ceremony between John Irish and Arabella Routliffe and to which he signed his name. It was quite a feeling stnading and walking around the land on which my great great grandfather Philip Chugg had stood. I know the sky and wind and smell of the air. I know the temperatures and winds that Philip Chugg would have experienced in his day too. Of course I know it fromt eh modern perspective.

A parting shot of St James Anglican Church. This was not the last church for Philip Chugg to be married in. In 1862 he was again married. This time to Catharine Davis, sister of Sarah Davis. Her son would marry her sister's daughter and would leave behind a large contingent of Chugg family in the Ottawa area. She would have five bys in total. She would live to move to Fort McLeod Alberta and live with her son, Philip Elisha Chugg. He is my great grandfather. She is buried in near Fort McLeod.

Catherine Davis was of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. I found it impossible to locate any record s related to her marriage to Philip or to locate his death registration. I searched through every microfilm I could find both at the National Archives and at the Quebec Archives in Gatineau. Despite several reels of film, I could not find any records pertaining to the couple. The explanation rests in the fact that the fire of 1900 burned most records. The film gives church registry entries on baptisms, marriages and deaths, but the entries vary page by page by location. The ministers covered very large parishes with many tiny churches and therefore the records had to be searched image by image to try to find anything that matched in Hull Township for 1862 or 1885. The best we have is the 1881 census which reports Philip and his family. As many graveyards were dug up, covered or just lost due to loss of records, it becomes even more difficult to locate such files. My journey to Hull therefore proved to me that my quest in this area is finished.

On to Philip Chugg and Cathrine Davis. Now the story begins!

Philip Chugg and Cathrine Davis Chugg

Their story- Generation 1 in Canada.

Cathrine Davis Chugg and granddaughter Edith Chugg (daughter of Charles Robert Chugg and Catherine Julia Thompson Chugg of Wakefield, Quebec; Parkbeg, Saskatchewan and McLeod, Alberta). Approximately 1906. Edith was born in 1903. Thanks to Philles Proudfoot for sending this photo which belonged to her dad, Bill Chugg (son of Philip Elisha Chugg and Annie Jane Thompson Chugg). Cathrine is about 75 in this picture.

1861 Census of Canada, District 2, Hull township, Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada

Line 21

Philip Chugg, Wagon Maker, born in England, member of the Church of England, age not listed, Male, no entry for marital status.

Philip was enumerated on the page immediately after George and Lydia Routliffe, who were the parents of his first wife.

1871 Census of Canada, District 93, West Ottawa, subdistrict township of Hull, division 1, pages 36 and 37

Philip Chugg, male, age 50, born in England, belongs to the Church of England, English, Wheel Wright, married.

Catherine Chugg, female, age 38, born in Ontario, belongs to the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Irish, married.

John Chugg, male, age 6, born in Quebec, English

Philip Chugg, male, age 3, born in Quebec, English

Ebenezer Chugg, male, age 1, born in Quebec, English

Mary Davis, female, age 36, born in Ontario, member of the Church of England, Irish

Jemina Davis, female, age 5, born in Quebec, Irish

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Sarah Davis, female, age 63, member of the Church of England, Irish, married

Information supplied by Thelma Hartman - great granddaughter of Philip Elisha Chugg

To add to the history I have included many documents that begin to fill in story particulars.

Below is a 1901 Census image which documents Mrs. Ella Bessey Female Head of Household, birthdate, age and born in the USA. Her son as well as