Esther Maria Burns

Date: 1866 to 1946
Location: Ontario, Canada
Surnames/tags: Unknown Burns

Research dedicated to discovering the parents of Esther Maria Unknown Burns.

The Knowns

Esther Maria Unknown Burns was raised by her adoptive parents, George Ferrier and Maria Smyth Burns in Toronto, ON.

She was possibly born in Ontario, in ~January of 1868 This is an Unkown

Altho her tomb says 1868, Esther was aged four in 1871 census, therefore she must have been born c1867 Her birthday was celebrated on the 30ieth of January.

She passed away on December 22, 1946, at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Ontario.

She married Rogers William Ross14 Feb 1894 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

Questions

What Religion were her adoptive parents?

Her father’s family were Free Church Presbyterian. Esther’s adoptive mother was C of E in Ireland, but became Free Church Presbyterian in Canada.

Esther married a Presbyterian minister.

Is there a baptismal record?

A few Toronto Church baptismal records have been checked, no luck. No luck with a newspaper announcement.

In Toronto, in the 1860s-70s, how would this adoption have taken place?

I suspect that it was a private affair. The extended Burns family were very much involved in the Presbyterian Church and possibly knew of families wishing to adopt out. I should check the Surrogate court.