When Maitland Edgar Edy was born on 28 November 1880, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Mahlon Edy, was 24 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth McLean, was 27. He married Helen Jane Chase on 30 March 1904, in Oakland, Brant, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Oxford, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died in 1949, in Canada, at the age of 69, and was buried in Oakland, Brant, Ontario, Canada.