Brief Life History of Starks
When Starks Porter was born in 1818, in Union, South Carolina, United States, his father, Elisha Palmer Porter, was 36 and his mother, Holly Cooper, was 36. He had at least 6 sons and 2 daughters with Sarah Ann Bevill. He lived in Shelby, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Shelby, Shelby, Alabama, United States in 1850. He died in January 1858, in Franklin, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 40.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Starks Porter, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1818–1858 Male
1817–1878 Female
Children (8)
1838– Male
1841–1913 Male
1842–1916 Male
1845– Male
1846– Female
+3 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1782–1873 Male
1782–1857 Female
Siblings (13)
1808–1862 Male
1810– Male
1810–1880 Male
1812– Male
1815–1908 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (6)
1818
Age 0
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 1
1829 · Fort Sumter Constructed
Age 11
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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