When Elizabeth Port was born on 1 February 1849, in Froyle, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Port, was 30 and her mother, Mary Garnet, was 31. She died in 1865, in Froyle, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 16, and was buried in Froyle, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: from Middle English port(e) ‘gateway, entrance’ (Old French porte, from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town or city, or for the gatekeeper. Compare Porter 1.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a harbor or in a market town, from a homonymous Middle English port(e) (Old English port ‘harbor, market town’, from Latin portus ‘harbor, haven’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French port, from the same source).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Port‐en‐Bessin (Calvados), which is recorded as Portu in 1035–36. The placename derives from Latin portus ‘port, harbour, haven’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesMary Garnett Port – TAKE A FLOWER TO HER GRAVE Born: 7 Mar. 1817 in Chalton, Hampshire, England Married 1st Mr. Burgess Abt. 1838 Chalton, Hampshire, England Married 2nd one year later Our William …
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