Brief Life History of Mary Jane
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, and was buried in Alliston Union Cemetery, Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
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- Mary J Story, "Canada, Ontario Census, 1861"
- Mary Jane Story, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
- Mary Jane Storey Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Story .
Perhaps also an altered form of Swiss German Störi, a variant of Storer . Compare Story 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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