Nancy Porter

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Porter was born about 1842, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, her father, Andrew Porter, was 48 and her mother, Mary Foster, was 39. She died on 10 October 1860, in Cabin Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 19.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Porter
1795–1889
Mary Foster
1804–1845
Sarah Jane Porter
1825–
Thomas F Porter
1825–
Nancy Porter
1842–1860
John Armstrong Porter
1827–1914
Eliza Porter
1828–1916
Mary Ann Porter
1829–1920
Noah Porter
1833–
Crockett Porter
1835–1900
Andrew Porter
1838–1911
Elizabeth M Porter
1840–
Octavia Porter
1845–1890

Sources (3)

  • Nancy Porter in household of Andrew Porter, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Nancy Porter, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
  • Nancy Porter in household of Anderson Porter, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (1)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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