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    1. [SCTCDN] Gathering all Storie/Storey/Story Families of Scots Origin in Canada Before Confederation (1867)
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    3. The Storie/Storey/Story names were common in successive waves of immigration to Canada over the years. I have not done any research on families with this surname east of Ontario, but have been working on the families who immigrated to Ontario directly from Scotland or from the US before 1867. There are some significant groupings of these families in various locales. These are some of the family groups of original settlers that I have so far, but would like to add to the group and solicit interest from you in developing a list of pre-confederation families with this surname. I do not have any information on Storie/Storey/Story families who immigrated AFTER CONFEDERATION. Some of you who live west or east of Ontario may have pre-confederation roots in Canada - many of our relatives moved to the USA (e.g., California, Minnisota, Iowa etc.) or to western Canada in the 1860-1920 time frame. Our large family immigrated to Eastern Ontario from Berwick, Scotland in the 1820-1845 period mostly to Leeds-Grenville (Oxford-on-Rideau, Kemptville, South Gower and Edwardsburgh) and Dundas (Mountain and Matilda) Counties principally, so if your Storey/Story roots are Scottish and from Eastern Ontario (we seem to have used these spellings most often, although our Scottish ancestor was most likely a Storie in the 1770s), you may belong in our tree. I am also interested in the Storie/Storey/Story families with Irish and English roots, so that we do not "mix up" the children! For example, there were early Irish Storys in Fitzroy Harbour and Escott, English Storeys in Winchester, Ottawa and Prescott. And to complicate things, some Scottish Storys were born in England! Another Storie group of several brothers came to Renfrew and Lanark Counties in the 1825 period (McNab, Horton and other townships closer to Ottawa later) In Arthur township, Wellington County, there was another Story group originally from Roxboroughshire, Scotland (Andrew and Agnes) There was also a large St. Vincent Township, Grey and Bruce County group of Storys, headed by Walter and James, as possible original settlers Other groups were in: Ontario North District, Rama Twnshp Ontario South District, Pickering Twnshp York County, Markham township Peterborouth County Huron County, Tuckersmith Township Norfolk County, Townsend Durham county, Clark twnsp Hastings County, Carlow township Prescott, Plantagenet If you have an interest in connecting with other Storeys in Canada, please contact me at lwgrauer@shaw.ca.

    07/11/2003 12:44:45