George C Porter

Brief Life History of George C

When George C Porter was born in 1830, in Luzerne, Luzerne Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, David Porter, was 27 and his mother, Mary Armstrong, was 23. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Elma H Crawford. He lived in Luzerne Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 26 August 1897, at the age of 67, and was buried in West Grove, Davis, Iowa, United States.

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George C Porter
1830–1897
Elma H Crawford
1838–1919
John Andrew Porter
1861–1917
Taena Jane Porter
1864–1866
Peachie Angia Porter
1866–
Chancey Jerome Porter
1869–1933
Finis Earnest Porter
1871–1936
Lenaire Hershell Porter
1874–1955

Sources (17)

  • George Porter in household of David Porter, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Geo Porter, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • Geo C Porter, "Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958"

World Events (8)

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.

1846

Iowa is the 29th state.

1852

Historical Boundaries: 1852: Davis, Iowa, United States

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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