Ellen Porter

Brief Life History of Ellen

When Ellen Porter was born about 1858, in Roxbury, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, William Virgin Porter, was 45 and her mother, Eliza Morrel Gale Taylor, was 43.

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Family Time Line

William Virgin Porter
1815–1873
Eliza Morrel Gale Taylor
1816–1913
Dr Charles Virgin Porter Sr
1849–1931
Mary Ella Porter
1854–1863
Ellen Porter
about 1858–
Martha Ann Porter
1860–1871
Frederick A. Porter
1850–1905
William Henry Porter
1855–1923

Sources (2)

  • Ellin Porter in household of William F Porter, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Porter - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Ellen Porter

World Events (8)

1863

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

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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