Gilbert Emilia and Edward, 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.
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.
Gilbert died at 77 in Ottawa.