Brief Life History of William Corning
When William Corning Porter was born in May 1818, in Beaver River, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Josiah Porter III, was 29 and his mother, Edith Corning, was 27. He married Sarah H. Goudey on 27 January 1842, in Beaver River, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 25 September 1843, in his hometown, at the age of 25.
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- Thos Porter in entry for Wm S Porter, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- Thomas Porter in entry for William S Porter, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- William Porter in entry for Elmira A Corning, "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"
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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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