When George W. Porch was born in July 1855, in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George D. Porch, was 24 and his mother, Hester Boles, was 21. He married Annie Duffield on 24 September 1882, in Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Camden, New Jersey, United States in 1905 and Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey, United States in 1910. He died on 19 October 1914, in Gloucester Township, Camden, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States.
Probably an Americanized form of German Portsch: unexplained.
English (Somerset): topographic name from Middle English porche, po(u)rch ‘roofed entrance’ (often for a church), probably for a person who lived near one or perhaps whose work was associated with one (see Parvis ). Compare Portch .
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