When Mary Jane Storey was born on 21 November 1840, in England, United Kingdom, her father, Jonathan Storey, was 30 and her mother, Mary Heslop, was 25. She married George Jackson on 4 June 1862, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. She lived in Cardwell, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Simcoe, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 10 January 1917, at the age of 76.