Franklyn B Porter

Brief Life History of Franklyn B

When Franklyn B Porter was born on 18 November 1827, in Ontario, New York, United States, his father, William A Porter, was 28 and his mother, Abigail Sage, was 27. He married Nancy A Porter in 1887. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Somerset, Niagara, New York, United States for about 50 years. He died on 18 August 1910, at the age of 82, and was buried in Somerset, Niagara, New York, United States.

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Franklyn B Porter
1827–1910
Purlina Fox
1834–1880
Alma L Porter
1861–1955
William F Porter
1863–1931

Sources (13)

  • Frank B Porter, "New York State Census, 1905"
  • Franklin E Porter, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • Franklin Porter, "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865"

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1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · The Oregon Trail

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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