Brief Life History of Polly Lovina
When Polly Lovina Porter was born on 24 February 1817, in Thetford, Orange, Vermont, United States, her father, Henry Porter, was 36 and her mother, Rachel Phelps, was 38. She married Oscar J Brown on 24 February 1836, in Thetford, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in New Hampshire, United States in 1870. She died on 20 May 1883, in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 66.
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- Levina P Brown in household of O J Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
- Levina P Brown, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- Lucinia P Porter, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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