The Porter Family

Albert George Alexander Porter

Title: Lieutenant-Colonel

Birth: 1894, county Louth, Ireland

Father: George Edmund Porter

Mother: Ellen Madeline (M'Dougall) Porter

Married: Pamela Helen Whitely on 23 December 1927. Pamela was born on 16 April 1905, the daughter of Gerard Tarver Whiteley and Amy Theresa Pepys. She died on 20 April 1995, aged 90.

Occupation: Bookkeeper (1891); Officer

Death: 10 November 1951

Census:
1901: 107 West Street, Westgate, Drogheda, county Louth
1911: 107-108 West Street, Fairgate, Drogheda, county Louth

Sources:

Title: Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, vol 1 p910 (2003)
Birth: 1901, 1911 census
Parents: 1901 census; Angela Wise
Marriage: Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, vol 1 p910 (2003); Pamela birth, death from Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, vol 1 p910 (2003)
Occupation: 1911 census; Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, vol 1 p910 (2003)
Death: Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, vol 1 p910 (2003)

Arthur Watkin Porter

Birth: 8 November 1866, in Oldcastle, county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Death: 1868, in Oldcastle district, county Meath, Ireland, aged 1

Sources:

Birth: Ireland Birth Index (1866 Oldcastle vol 18 p339); exact date and place from IGI baptismal records Batch C701299
Death: Ireland Death Index (1868 Oldcastle vol 3 p258)

Cecil Mark Porter

Birth: 11 December 1878, in county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Occupation: Shop Assistant (1901); General Merchant (1911)

Death: 1917, in Dublin South district, county Dublin, Ireland, aged 38

Census:
1901: Oldcastle, county Meath
1911: Oldcastle, county Meath

Sources:

Birth: IGI baptismal records batch C010515
Occupation: 1911 census
Death: Ireland Death Index (4Q1917 Dublin South vol 2 p391)

Charles Vicars Porter

Birth: 2 September 1874, in Oldcastle district, county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Death: 1943, in Mullingar district, county Westmeath, Ireland, aged 68

Census:
1901: Bey Beg, St. Mary's, county Meath

Sources:

Birth: Ireland Birth Index (1874 Oldcastle vol 13 p327); exact date from IGI baptism records batch C395703
Parents: 1901 census
Death: Ireland Death Index (2Q1943 Mullingar vol 3 p138)

Eileen Maud Porter

Birth: 1899, in Drogheda district, county Louth, Ireland

Father: George Edmund Porter

Mother: Ellen Madeline (M'Dougall) Porter

Death: 1914, in Drogheda district, county Louth, Ireland, aged 14

Census:
1901: 107 West Street, Westgate, Drogheda, county Louth
1911: 107-108 West Street, Fairgate, Drogheda, county Louth

Sources:

Birth: Ireland Birth Index (4Q1899 vol 2 p373)
Parents: 1901 census
Death: Ireland Death Index (1Q1914 vol 2 p334)

Emma Gertrude Porter

known as Gertrude

Birth: 11 December 1878, in county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Census:
1901: Oldcastle, county Meath
1911: Oldcastle, county Meath

Sources:

Birth: IGI baptismal records batch C010515
Parents: 1901 census

Estelle Blanche Porter

known as "Stella"

Birth: 1898, in Drogheda district, county Louth, Ireland

Father: George Edmund Porter

Mother: Ellen Madeline (M'Dougall) Porter

Census:
1901: 107 West Street, Westgate, Drogheda, county Louth
1911: 107-108 West Street, Fairgate, Drogheda, county Louth

Sources:

Birth: Ireland Birth Index (3Q1898 vol 2 p389)
Parents: 1901 census

George Porter

of Oldcastle, county Meath and Drogheda, county Louth

Birth: 1835, in county Cavan, Ireland

Father: James Porter. James Porter had a house, offices and 79 acres of land at Beabeg near Drogheda in 1855. He is listed in Griffith's Valuation (1848 - 1864) as owning land in Oldcastle, county Meath.

Married: Elizabeth Frances Kilroy on 11 April 1860, in Ballymachugh, county Cavan, Ireland

Children:

Reginald J. Porter (1860/1 - ? )
George Edmund Porter (1865 - 1921)
Arthur Watkin Porter (1866 - 1868)
Mary Olivia Porter (1869 - 1942)
Lucy Susana Victoria Porter (1870 - 1940)
Selina Henrietta Porter (1872 - 1917)
Charles Vicars Porter (1874 - 1943)
Helen Elizabeth Porter (1876 - ? )
Cecil Mark Porter (1878 - 1917)
Emma Gertrude Porter (1878 - ? )

Occupation: Grocer and General Merchant

Death: 1910, in Drogheda district, county Louth, Ireland, aged 75

Census:
1901: Bey Beg, St. Mary's, county Meath

Sources:

Birth: 1901 census; age at death
Father: Correspondence with Angela Wise; http://204.60.95.138/hayes1966/griffiths/meath/oldcastle.htm
Marriage: Marriage Certificate researched by Angela Wise
Occupation: 1901 census
Death: Ireland Death Index (4Q1910 Drogheda vol 2 p325)

George Edmund Porter

Birth: 4 January 1865, in Oldcastle, county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Married: Ellen Madeline M'Dougall in 1893, in Drogheda district, county Louth, Ireland. Ellen, who was known as Madeline, was born in 1870, in county Louth.

Children:

Albert George Alexander Porter (1893/4 - ? )
William Dunbar Porter (1895 - ? )
Estelle Blanche Porter (1898 - ? )
Eileen Maud Porter (1899 - 1914)

Occupation: Farmer, Merchant (1901); Grocer (1911)

Death: 1921, in Drogheda district, county Louth, Ireland, aged 55

Census:
1901: 107 West Street, Westgate, Drogheda, county Louth
1911: 107-108 West Street, Fairgate, Drogheda, county Louth

Sources:

Birth: IGI baptismal records batch C701253; 1911 census
Marriage: Ireland Marriage Index (2Q1893 vol 2 p411); Ellen birth from 1911 census
Occupation: Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, vol 1 p910 (2003); 1901, 1911 census
Death: Ireland Death Index (4Q1921 vol 2 p287)

Helen Elizabeth Porter

Birth: 14 September 1876, in Oldcastle district, county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Census:
1901: Bey Beg, St. Mary's, county Meath

Sources:

Birth: Ireland Birth Index (1876 Oldcastle vol 13 p322); exact date from IGI baptism records batch C006009
Parents: 1901 census

Lucy Susana Victoria (Porter) Davis

Birth: 4 September 1870, in Oldcastle district, county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Married: Richard Burleigh Davis in 1903 in Drogheda district, county Louth, Ireland

Children:

Annie F. V. Davis (1904/5 - ? )
George Burleigh Vicars Davis (1907 - ? )

Death: 1940, in Drogheda district, county Louth, Ireland, aged 70

Census:
1901: Oldcastle, county Meath
1911: 30 North Road, Westgate, Drogheda, county Louth

Sources:

Birth: Ireland Birth Index (1870 Oldcastle vol 13 p350); IGI baptism records batch C012114
Parents: IGI baptism records batch C012114
Marriage: Ireland Marriage Index (3Q1903 Drogheda vol 2 p427)
Death: Ireland Marriage Index (3Q1940 Drogheda vol 2 p190)

Mary Olivia Porter

Birth: 3 January 1869, in Oldcastle district, county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Death: 1942, in Navan district, county Meath, Ireland, aged 73

Census:
1901: Bey Beg, St. Mary's, county Meath
1911: Bey Beg, Colp, county Meath

Sources:

Birth: Ireland Birth Index (1869 Oldcastle vol 3 p361); exact date from IGI baptism records batch C012006
Parents: 1901 census
Death: Ireland Death Index (1Q1942 Navan vol 2 p561)

Reginald J. Porter

Birth: 1860/1, in county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Occupation: Shop Keeper (1901)

Census:
1901: Oldcastle, county Meath

Sources:

Birth: 1901 census
Parents: 1901 census
Occupation: 1901 census

Selina Henrietta Porter

Birth: 24 October 1872, in Oldcastle district, county Meath, Ireland

Father: George Porter

Mother: Elizabeth Frances (Kilroy) Porter

Death: 1917, in Drogheda district, county Meath, Ireland

Census:
1901: Bey Beg, St. Mary's, county Meath
1911: 6 Bey Beg, Colp, county Meath

Sources:

Birth: Ireland Birth Index (1872 Oldcastle vol 18 p312); exact date from IGI baptism records batch C701507
Parents: 1901 census
Death: Ireland Death Index (1Q1917 Drogheda vol 2 p409)

William Dunbar Porter

Title: Major

Birth: 1895, in Drogheda district, county Louth, Ireland

Father: George Edmund Porter

Mother: Ellen Madeline (M'Dougall) Porter

Occupation: Cashier (1891); Indian Army Officer

Notes: the London Gazette of 17 January 1939 has this entry:
ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE.
Reserve of Air Force Officers.
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Maj. William Dunbar PORTER (I.A. Ret.) is granted a commission as Flight Lieutenant in class CC. 1st Nov. 1938.

Census:
1901: 107 West Street, Westgate, Drogheda, county Louth
1911: 107-108 West Street, Fairgate, Drogheda, county Louth

Sources:

Title: London Gazette 17 January 1939 p399
Birth: Ireland Birth Index (4Q1895 vol 2 p365)
Parents: 1901 census
Occupation: 1911 census; London Gazette 17 January 1939 p399

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