Sophie Porter was born in 1836, in Dudley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Thomas Porter. She married Robert Wilson on 30 July 1855, in Tower of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 20 November 1872, in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 36, and was buried in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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 .
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Possible Related NamesOn the 1841 Census for England & Wales there is a "Sophia Porter, 11,P (pauper), School Girl not born in County" living in the Marylebone Workhouse, along with "Emma Porter, 9, P, born in County". Unf …
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