Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Porter was born on 15 December 1858, in West Jersey, Stark, Illinois, United States, her father, William M. John Porter, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Jane Moore, was 20. She married Andrew Morwood on 25 December 1876, in Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Arlington, Kiowa, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Homer Township, Bates, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 October 1939, in Amoret, Bates, Missouri, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mulberry, Bates, Missouri, United States.
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- Sarah J Porter in household of John Porter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah J Porter, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Sarah Ann Porter Morwood, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Bates, Missouri, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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