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 53. He married Henrietta McCabe on 2 March 1904, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cardwell, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1911. He died on 23 January 1931, in Pincher Creek, MD of Pincher Creek No. 9, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 52.
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In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
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English and Scottish: variant of Story .
Perhaps also an altered form of Swiss German Störi, a variant of Storer . Compare Story 3.
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