Nathan Tanner Porter Sr

Brief Life History of Nathan Tanner

When Nathan Tanner Porter Sr was born on 10 July 1820, in Corinth, Orange, Vermont, United States, his father, Sanford Porter Sr., was 30 and his mother, Nancy Warriner, was 29. He married Rebecca Ann Cherry on 12 November 1848, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 9 April 1897, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathan Tanner Porter Sr
1820–1897
Eliza Ford
1841–1912
Marriage: 13 April 1857
Eliza Ann Porter
1860–1863
Emily Caroline Porter
1862–1960
Nathan Tanner Porter Jr
1865–1953
Nancy Rebecca Porter
1868–1869
Esther Malinda Porter
1869–1954
Mary Emma Porter
1872–1959
John Ford Porter
1874–1951
Effie May Porter
1876–1963
Zina Areta Porter
1878–1906
Jesse Josiah Porter
1880–1975
Amelia Ford Porter
1883–1973

Sources (134)

  • Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • 1820 - Birth of Nathan Tanner Porter. A copy of his journal is recorded as a source.
  • Marriage/sealing record for Nathan Tanner Porter and Elizabeth Alexander, 24 May 1875

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed

The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery. 

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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