When Robert Andrew Storey was born on 5 April 1878, in Mono Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, his father, Jonathan Storey, was 67 and his mother, Mary Lennox, was 52. He married Henrietta McCabe on 2 March 1904, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1911. He died on 23 January 1931, in Pincher Creek, Pincher Creek No. 9, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 52.