Esther was born in 1906. She is the daughter of Elon Bertram and Bessie Brown.
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZSX-SX9 : 2 February 2021), Elon S Burtrum, 1920. Coldwater Township, Branch, Michigan.
"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFH9-G8K : 13 March 2018), Elon Bertram in entry for Esther H Bertram, 12 Dec 1925; citing Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,195.
Note that she died on the very day that her "adopted sister" was born. Was this a death in childbirth, with the grandparents adopting the surviving daughter of a deceased daughter?
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