Sarah Porter

Female1848–1872

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Porter was born in 1848, in South Leverton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Porter, was 32 and her mother, Ann, was 27. She married Robert Clifton in 1869, in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Habblesthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died in 1872, in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 24.

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Family Time Line

Robert Clifton
1844–1880
Sarah Porter
1848–1872
Marriage: 1869
Sarah Clifton
1870–
John William Clifton
1872–1872

Sources (7)

  • Sarah Porter in household of Joseph Porter, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mrs. Sarah Clifton - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Mrs. Sarah Clifton
  • England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1869East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (1)

    1854 · The Crimean War

    Age 6

    The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

    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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