Brief Life History of Delilah Tevis
When Delilah Tevis Porter was born on 25 February 1814, in Virginia, United States, her father, John Porter, was 27 and her mother, "Nancy" Agnes Bratton, was 26. She married James Shanklin on 6 June 1831, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 15 March 1837, at the age of 23, and was buried in Mace, Walnut Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Delilah T. Porter, "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992"
- Delilah Tevis Porter Shanklin, "Find A Grave Index"
- Delila Porter in entry for James Shanklin, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
Spouse and Children
1807–1873 Male
1814–1837 Female
Children (2)
1832–1867 Male
1834–1868 Female
Parents and Siblings
1786–1853 Male
1787–1824 Female
Siblings (9)
1812–1858 Female
1814–1837 Female
1815–1898 Male
1817–1900 Male
1818–1896 Female
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World Events (8)
1816
Age 2
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 5
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 7
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English and Older Scots porter(e), port(o)ur ‘doorkeeper, gatekeeper’ (Anglo-Norman French port(i)er, portur, Latin portarius). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. The name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner ) and Poertner .
English: occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Middle English port(o)ur, porter ‘porter, carrier of burdens’ (Anglo-Norman French portur, porteo(u)r).
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Poorter, status name for a freeman (burgher) of a town, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter. Compare De Porter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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