When Esther Andrews was born about 1836, in Fitzroy Harbour, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, her father, Rufus Andrews, was 32 and her mother, Roxanna "Roxey" Draper, was 21. She married John Ralston on 4 January 1860, in Leeds, Upper Canada, British Colonial America. She lived in Manitoba, Canada in 1916 and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1920. She died on 13 August 1920, in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada.