Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Porter was born about 1812, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, her father, David Porter, was 33 and her mother, Isabel Simmeral, was 24. She married Elias Andrews on 26 March 1829, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.
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- Martha Everett, "United States Census, 1850"
- Martha Porter, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Martha Porter in entry for Anson B. Everett and Mary E. West, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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about 1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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