Biography
1871 Canada Census notes her nationality as "Irish". Parents are not listed. 1881 Canada Census properly lsits her nationality as "French" and parents are listed again.
Research Notes
1911 Canada Census and Death Record note month of September as month of birth, though gravestone notes August. Have yet to find birth record to confirm which is which, so went with the month on the gravestone.
Sources
- "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47K-2NV : 13 November 2014), Esther M Henry in household of Mary A Henry, Sombra, Bothwell, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 59, line 8; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9894, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,741.
- "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDL-R15 : 18 November 2014), Hester M. Henry in household of Joseph Henry, Sombra, Bothwell, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 28; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13276, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,912.
- "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-2RD2 : 2 March 2015), Esther Lapish in entry for Alonzo Lapish, 1911; citing Census, Lambton West Sub-Districts 38-60, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,506.
- "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKW5-P9K : 11 December 2014), Esther Maria Lapish, 25 Feb 1928; citing Lambton, Ontario, Canada, 19799, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,184,481.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-BH18 : 11 July 2016), Esther Maria Henry Lapish, 1928; Burial, Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, Lakeview Cemetery; citing record ID 91288794, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.