Edward F. and his brother Gilbert Emilia, were sons of Frederick Dawson Fauquier, who came to Canada from Malta, and eventually became the Anglican Bishop of Algoma. Raised in the Gatineau area north of Ottawa, the brothers began to work when they were thirteen or fourteen. Little else is known about them, other than that they became practically-trained engineers and contractors.
They worked for J. R. Booth on several contracts from 1892 to 1896, including the difficult section from Barry’s Bay to Scotia.
After working for Booth, Gilbert and Edward worked on the National Transcontinental Railway the CNo R (now CNR) where two villages are named after them, one near Cochrane, , the other in British Columbia. At one point the brothers did construction work on the Halifax docks.
Edward Fauquier maintained his contact with the Booth line, as he did maintenance work for the CAR, which absorbed the OA & PS Railway.
Edward died young.