Hi Harriet; This doesn't provide you with the answer to your question. But it might help. From the 1870 census in the Town of Essex, Chittenden County, Vermont, page 56b, series M593, roll 1618, part 1, I have : Joseph Cady, 23, male, white, farm labor, value of personal holdings $175., born in Canada, cannot read or write; Almire Cady, 21, female, white, keeping house, born in Vermont; Esther Cady, 2, female, white, born in Vermont; Franki Cady, 1/12, male, white, born in Vermont. This Joseph was not a RR engineer, but he probably went to work for the RR later on. The Cady/Lemay wedding was not listed in the Vermont Vital statistics reels that we have in Montreal. But, I should say that before about 1875, the information compiled was hit ot miss at best. Many bmd's were not recorded in any central point. Frank