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Esther Cox was born on March 28, 1860, so this takes place a while back.

This happened in the village of Upper Stuyak in Nova Scotia.

Just three weeks after she was born though, her mother died from complications of childbirth.

And then her father left. He remarried and moved to Maine.

By the time Esther was nine months old, she was left with her maternal grandmother.

And it was a grandma that raised her.

Now Esther was quiet and hardworking, known for her small stature, short brown hair, and clear

blue eyes. Those who knew her described her as honest, mild-tempered. She had by all accounts

lived a life of obedience, modesty, qualities that were expected of a young woman

back then. In her teenage years, Esther suffered another loss. Her grandmother died.

With nowhere else to turn, she and several of her siblings moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia,

to live with her older sister, Olive Teed, and Olive's husband, Daniel Teed.

At the time, Amherst was a bustling town of about 3,000 people.

It's small, by modern standards, but thriving in its own way.

It was near the Bay of Fundy.

It was known for shipbuilding, agriculture, and light manufacturing.

Daniel Teed worked as a foreman at a local shoe factory and the family lived in a normal

two-story yellow cottage at the corner of Princess and Church streets.

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