Storey OR Storms ~ Digging A Little Deeper

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2023: Week 43 (DIG A LITTLE DEEPER)

Over, under, around - working on brick walls.

Thinking about this prompt I decided it was time to see if Ancestry Thru-lines could help  me  dig  a little deeper on my maternal grandmother's paternal line. 

The Bayes side of that line has been well researched because my X3 great grandmother is Artemissa Merrill who married Solomon Bayes. This Merrill line is connected to Princess Diana meaning it's a well researched and documented line. 

Their son, Franklin Sheldon (Francis) (Frank) Bayes' wife is my current brick wall. 

On the marriage registry dated July 12th 1898 X2 great grandma was Mary Ann Storey & her parents (my X3 great grandparents) are Peash & Venie (nee Unknown) Storey.

witnesses & dates for the Baptist marriage:

In looking at Ancestry Thru-lines I discovered a new match that had the last name STORMS in their tree. 

I immediately thought about a conversation I had with my grandmother many years ago. We were talking about her family line when I said I found the marriage registry of Franklin Sheldon Bayes & Mary Ann Storey. She got a confused look on her face, and said that she thought her grandmother was Mary Storms. I showed her the marriage registry on my phone, and she decided maybe her memory was not correct.

In hindsight I wish I would have asked for more information at that time. 

That is the problem when you think you already know the answer, and stop asking. 

It's too late to ask grandma for more information because she is soon going to be 97, and her hearing is such that phone conversations just don't work. I live too far away to stop in for a visit & discussion. 

I will need to dig a LOT deeper to figure this out.

I found a Peter Storms married to a Levina
                  *These could very well be Peash & Venie
BUT they were married in 1881.

The 1901 census record for Franklin & Mary Ann shows her birth as 26 March 1879.

Levina's death registry records her mother's maiden name as STOREY.

When I look at the shared match for the relevant tree the in common DNA in the range for the expected relationship of the theory. 

I sent an inbox message to the tree owner.

This might be the way I can dig UNDER the brick wall that I have been searching.

I know that Ancestry Thru-lines can be problematic, but in this situation Thru-lines has presented a possibility that needs to be considered more carefully. 

In reality my tree showing the last name Storey may be causing grief for others even if I have the marriage registry to back it. 

When you find something that helps you dig a little deeper!!! 

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

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Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/

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