Ella Antonette Porter

Brief Life History of Ella Antonette

Ella Antonette Porter was born on 2 May 1854, in Michigan, United States as the daughter of Micheal Mortimer Porter and Sophia Carter. She married Francis John Hawley on 3 December 1871, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Ripley, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1905 and Harborcreek Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 19 April 1923, in Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Beaver Dam, Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis John Hawley
1847–1924
Ella Antonette Porter
1854–1923
Marriage: 3 December 1871
Lottie Mae Hawley
1875–1961
Lora Nell Hawley
1877–1948
Archie Porter Hawley
1890–1968

Sources (9)

  • Ella Porter, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Ella Antoinette Porter Hawley, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ella A. Porter Hawley in entry for Archie Porter Hawley, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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