Esther Ellis (abt. 1831 - 1913)

Born about 1831 in Hamilton, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Died 6 Jul 1913 at about age 82 in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Esther was born in 1831 in Hamilton, Upper Canada. She was the daughter of Richard Ellis and Elizabeth Morley and was their seventh child but their first Canadian-born child. Her older siblings were born in Cropton, Yorkshire England.

On or before 1854, she married Scottish born John Stirton. Together they had ten children: James (1854), Richard (1855), William (1857), David (1860), Jennet (1862), Elisabeth (1864), Mary (1869), Joseph (1871), George (1873), and Agnas (1875).

Esther and John lived in Saugeen Township, Bruce County, Ontario in 1861 ^[1] and 1871 ^[2] By 1881 ^[3] they had moved to their final residence in Malahide, Elgin East. Esther passed away July 6, 1913 in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.^[4] She is buried with her husband John Stirton in Springfield Cemetery, Elgin, Ontario. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ71-C61 : 8 November 2014), John Stirton, Saugeen, Bruce, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 14, line 1; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1011, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,840.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Q4-H9T : 13 November 2014), John Stirton, Saugeen, Bruce, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 34, line 10; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9937, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,335.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVD6-DT2 : 18 November 2014), John Stirton, Malahide, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 44; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13266, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,902.
4. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDKS-XLB : 11 December 2014), Esther Stirton, 06 Jul 1913; citing Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, yr 1913 cn 12566, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,932..
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-F1HN : 13 December 2015), Esther Stirton, 1913; Burial, Springfield, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, Springfield Cemetery; citing record ID 55046714, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.