THE STEINER–BURGESS FAMILY HISTORY
Across borders, along railways, and through generations. Follow the lives that brought the Burgess and Steiner families together.
Drawn from the family history shared by our cousin
Jon F. Steiner
TAKE YOUR TIME. FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY.
Six short chapters, from separate beginnings to a shared family story. Choose any stop to open it.
CHAPTER 01 OF 06 · BURGESS ROOTS
1875–1878
Buffalo, New York & Ontario, Canada
Jon’s history traces Mary Scanlon’s family in Buffalo and records her marriage to Henry Burgess in Ontario. Their story is the starting point for the Burgess branch of this journey.
A selection of moments from the book. Filter by family, search a name or place, and open a story for its sources.
Try “Harry,” “Cataract,” or another year.
Follow two family paths toward Indiana. Choose a year below the map, or use the arrows, to see who moved, where they went, and what the history tells us about why.
Connections show the sequence of places, not exact travel routes. Ontario is an approximate regional marker.
The book’s place names guide this map; boundaries shown are modern and exact travel routes are not documented. “Haldimand, Ontario” is ambiguous in the source, so its marker represents southern Ontario generally.
Based on Jon F. Steiner’s history. Page links lead to the supplied PDF. Records, family recollections, and the author’s interpretations are identified in the stories.
THE COMPLETE HISTORY
FOR THE FAMILY BOOKSHELF
The journey is an invitation into the history. The complete document holds the longer accounts, letters, newspaper excerpts, photographs, and questions still being explored.
44 pages · PDF · 4.2 MB
Information provided by Jon F. Steiner. The PDF is preserved as supplied, including its original wording and historical quotations.
THE STORY GOES ON