Esther Cummins
ID# 185, (c 1798-1898)
Esther Cummins was born about 1798 in Ireland.1,2 She has also been reported to have been born between 1801 and 1811.3,4,5,6 She married first Michael Byrne in Ireland.7 She and Michael Byrne immigrated to Ontario about 1847.8 She was left a widow when Michael Byrne died on 3 August 1847.1 She married second Michael Jordan on 13 August 1848 in St Francis de Sales Church, Smiths Falls, Lanark County, OntarioG.9,7
She died on 8 July 1898 in South Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario.1,10 She was buried in Philipsville Catholic Cemetery, Philipsville, Leeds & Grenville County, OntarioG.11,10




Last Edited=13 Sep 2018
Children of Esther Cummins and Michael Byrne
- James Byrne or Burns12 (c 1842-)
- Mary Byrne or Burns12 (c 1846-)
Child of Esther Cummins and Michael Jordan
- Esther Jordan+13 (c 1851-1887)
Citations
- [S71] OGS, More Leeds County Ontario Cemeteries (Brockville, Ontario: Leeds & Grenville Genealogical Society, 1981).
- [S297] Susan Warren, Hub of the Rideau - a History of South Crosby Township (Township of South Crosby: The Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, 1997).
- [S6] 1861 Census (Crosby South, Leeds, Canada West), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-1044, Michael Jordan family.
- [S72] 1871 Census (Crosby South, Leeds, Ontario), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-10001, John Jordan family.
- [S73] 1881 Census (South Crosby, Leeds, Ontario), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-13232, John Jordan family.
- [S457] 1891 Census (South Crosby, Leeds South, Ontario), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario T-6350, John Jordan family.
- [S3] Peter Anderson & Hubert Houle, Mariages Catholique de la Region de Perth (240 Daly Ave, Ottawa ON: Le Centre de Genealogie S-C, 1986), p 70.
- [S280] Conclusion based on cited detail: daughter Mary was born in Ireland c 1846 and Michael died in Ontario in Aug 1847.
- [S1619] Baptisms, marriages 1848-1886: marriage of Michael Jordan and Esther Cummins; np, St Francis Sales Church, Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario. Viewed 2013-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 5.
- [S487] Esther Cummins Jordan Tombstone, Philipsville Catholic Cemetery, Philipsville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario; recorded/photographed by Faye West, May 2003.
- [S1424] Baptisms, marriages, burials 1883-1910: burial of Esther Jordan; pg 361, St Philip Neri Church, Toledo, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2019, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 128.
- [S89] 1851 Census (Crosby South, Leeds, Canada West), Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario C-11733, Michael Jordan family.
- [S1428] Volume C, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1868-1886: marriage of Michael Murray and Esther Jordan; pg 233, St Edward the Confessor RC Church, Westport, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario. Viewed 2012-2018, at familysearch.org, database: Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, img 122.