Long shot

Early on in my family history research I came across a bible that belonged to my great great grandmother Mary Ann Smith (nee Storey.) According to the inscription the bible was a present to Mary, on the occasion of her 50th Birthday, sent from her nieces Violet & Maud Storey who were living in London, Ontario. The bible passed to my great grandmother Ada who recorded the dates of birth for her family at the back.

There was a pouch in the back of the bible which held a number of photographs. From the comments on the back of the photos I gather that Mary’s brother George Storey (b1844) moved to Canada, was married to Louise, with daughters Violet & Maud.

In one photo George & Louise are pictured with Violet’s two children.

The inscription on the back of this photo reads:

“Father, Mother & Violet’s two children, taken in Hamilton, Sept 1913, the only time we were all in Hamilton at once. Poor Mother looks very tired there, as she was after her journey there & dad didn’t always look that cross. The weather was against things, dull clouds all around, & a red brick house for a background. Have a better picture of Mother, more recent date.”

It is a long shot that one of George’s descendants might stumble upon this post and get in touch, but it sure would prove Pratchett’s law that “million to one chances crop up nine times out of ten.”