Why do people do what they do?

     Thanks to the Mormons and FamilySearch, I found the date of the marriage of Eliza Frances Burns.  She was the daughter of the immigrant generation--Timothy Burns and Eliza Barry.
     On her marriage license, it says that she was from Ramsey County.  She was married in Ramsey County and not at St. Thomas.
     On the record it also says she was married by an Episcopal priest.  Now that is surprising! Perhaps that is why the marriage was performed in St. Paul.  Did some relatives attend?  I couldn't find an account of it in the newspapers.
     After her marriage she lived in Chicago. She died there in 1904.

Hannah Murphy Burns et al...

Hannah Murphy Burns, Mary Jane Burns Flaherty, Frances, Agnes, Nellie Burns and child Helen Foldesi

I came across a letter today from the woman who gave me this picture of Hannah Murphy Burns, her sister-in-law, 3 daughters and granddaughter.  Alice Halloran Burns identified the women as Hannah Murphy Burns, her sister-in-law from Chicago, Frances Burns, Agnes Burns, Nellie Burns and the child is Helen Foldesi, daughter of Mae Burns Foldesi.  Helen was born in 1911, so this photo was probably taken about 1913-4.

 There were 2 sisters-in-law of Hannah in Chicago.  I believe this is Mary Jane Burns Flaherty.  She was living in Chicago with her sister Elizabeth Burns Tinsley in the 1900 census.  Elizabeth died in Chicago in 1904.  Mary Jane was married in 1912 in Chicago.  Mary Jane died in 1916 in Chicago. Neither Elizabeth or Mary Jane had children.