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Edmund Porter 1768–1854 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 May 1768

Birth Location: Cornwallis, Kings, NS

Death Date: 15 Sep 1854

Death Location: Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: John Porter

Mother: Phebe English

Spouse(s): Hannah Cogswell

Children(s): Allison Porter, Henry Porter, Edmund Porter, Olivia Porter, Lois Porter, Susanna Porter, Joel Porter, Aaron Porter, Enoch Porter, Rebecca Porter, John Porter

The story of Edmund Porter began in 1768 in Cornwallis, Kings, NS. Edmund Porter married Hannah Cogswell, and had children including Aaron Edgarton Porter, Allison Porter, Edmund Porter, Enoch Edgarton Porter, Henry Porter, Joel Porter, John B Porter, Lois Porter, Olivia Porter, Rebecca Porter, Susanna Porter. Edmund Porter passed away in 1854 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Edmund Porter began in 1768 in Cornwallis, Kings, NS.
  • Edmund Porter married Hannah Cogswell, and had children including Aaron Edgarton Porter, Allison Porter, Edmund Porter, Enoch Edgarton Porter, Henry Porter, Joel Porter, John B Porter, Lois Porter, Olivia Porter, Rebecca Porter, Susanna Porter.
  • Edmund Porter passed away in 1854 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Porter
1720–1786
Birth Location: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Phebe English
1729–1768
Birth Location: Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Cogswell
1769–1848
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Children(s)

Allison Porter
1813–1821
Birth Location: Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Henry Porter
1810–1889
Birth Location: Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Edmund Porter
1803–1803
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Olivia Porter
1801–1803
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Lois Porter
1798–1881
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Susanna Porter
1796–1881
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Joel Porter
1794–1881
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Aaron Porter
1791–1881
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Enoch Porter
1789–1881
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Rebecca Porter
1788–1851
Birth Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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John Porter
1806–1868
Birth Location: Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Edmund Porter's Ancestors

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Edmund Porter
1768–1854
Birth Place: Cornwallis, Kings, NS
Parents
John Porter
1720–1786
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Phebe English
1729–1768
Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
John Porter
1700–1761
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Richard English
1690–1748
Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Mary Hinksman
1688–1748
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Porter
1672–1754
Abigail Holbrook
1675–1761
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Porter
1641–1672
Sarah Vining
1646–1719

Edmund Porter's Descendants

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Edmund Porter (15 May 1768–15 Sep 1854) m. Hannah Cogswell (11 Oct 1769–2 Mar 1848)
  1. 1. Allison Porter 1813–1821
  2. 2. Henry Porter 1810–1889 m. Caroline (Armelia) Boyd 1810–1895
    1. 1. Lavinia (Mariah) Porter 1846–1919 m. Daniel (Ramey) Joudrey 1847–1937
      1. 1. Ernest (Rupert) Joudrey 1879–1954 m. Laura (May) Lutz 1882–1971
        1. 1. Dora (Blanche) Joudrey 1903–1999
        2. 2. Annie (Viola) Joudrey 1906–1995
        3. 3. Ella (Lavinia) Joudrey 1909–1991 m. Thomas (Murray) Tupper 1903–1968
        4. 4. Ruby (Doris) Joudrey 1913–2012
        5. 5. Frederick (Cecil) Joudrey 1914–1971
        6. 6. Bertha (Mae) Joudrey 1916–1997
        7. 7. Vance (Rupert) Joudrey 1918–1946
        8. 8. Nina (Mildred) Joudrey 1926–2010
        9. 9. Marie (Pearl) Joudrey 1923–1945
        10. 10. Frank (Livingstone) Joudrey 1911–1970
      2. 2. Rachel (Annie) Jodrey 1871–1929
      3. 3. Joseph (Jones) Joudrey 1872–1948
      4. 4. Henry (Marsters) Joudrey 1880–1969
      5. 5. Millicent (Dean) Jodrey 1884–1922
      6. 6. James (Enos) Joudrey 1876–1946
    2. 2. Hannah (Olivia) Porter 1836–1871
    3. 3. Daniel (Rupert) Porter 1845–1930
  3. 3. Edmund Porter 1803–1803
  4. 4. Olivia Porter 1801–1803
  5. 5. Lois Porter 1798–1881
  6. 6. Susanna Porter 1796–1881
  7. 7. Joel Porter 1794–1881
  8. 8. Aaron (Edgarton) Porter 1791–1881
  9. 9. Enoch (Edgarton) Porter 1789–1881
  10. 10. Rebecca Porter 1788–1851 m. John (Bishop) Harris 1787–1857
    1. 1. Gesner Harris 1824–1858
    2. 2. John (Asa) Harris 1829–1898
    3. 3. Rebekah Harris 1832–
    4. 4. Charles Harris 1811–1850
    5. 5. Martha Harris 1818–1891
    6. 6. Edmund Harris 1813–
    7. 7. Merritt (D) Harris 1816–1879 m. Rosanna Wilson 1819–1869
      1. 1. Rebecca (Jane) Harris 1849–1906
      2. 2. Bethany (Ann) Harris 1845–1893
        1. 1. Stanley (Ralph) Perry 1885–
        2. 2. Bessie (Lillian) Perry 1880–1943 m. Otis Williamson 1874–1962
      3. 3. George (M) Harris 1853–1886
      4. 4. John (B) Harris 1842–1896
  11. 11. John (B) Porter 1806–1868 m. Martha (Anna) Dexter 1825–1901
    1. 1. Jacob (Dexter) Porter 1849–1931 m. Elizabeth Orth 1848–1933
      1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Porter 1873–1958 m. John Bubel 1872–1955
        1. 1. Vincent (E) Bubel 1903–1983
        2. 2. Gertrude Bubel 1898–1942
        3. 3. Andrew Bubel 1907–1996 m. Eleanor Ahern 1910–1992
        4. 4. George Bubel 1896–1974 m. Mabel Deibert 1903–1964
      2. 2. Josephina Porter 1877–1949
      3. 3. Catharina Porter 1879–
      4. 4. Gertrude Porter 1881–1972
      5. 5. John Porter 1885–1953
      6. 6. George (Frances) Porter 1886–1972
    2. 2. Sarah (Dexter) Porter 1858–1945 m. George (W Van) Selus 1852–1927
      1. 1. Albert (Gordon Van) Selus 1881–1960
      2. 2. Edith (Martha Van) Selus 1898–1933
      3. 3. Elsie (Maude Van) Selus 1882–1937 m. Irwin (Grant) Greenwood 1864–1926
        1. 1. Irvin (Albert) Greenwood 1907–1965 m. Catherine Evans 1918–2007
        2. 2. Ida (May) Greenwood 1902–1945 m. Carl (Oscar) Johnson 1898–1996
      4. 4. Etta (May Van) Selus 1885–1962
    3. 3. Bessie (Martha) Porter 1861–1941 m. Milton (Van) Selus 1862–1953
      1. 1. Frank (Van) Selus 1885–
      2. 2. Arthur (Van) Selus 1887–
      3. 3. Myrtle (Belle Van) Selus 1891–1973 m. Byrd (Augustus) Ludwig 1884–1943
        1. 1. Lillian (Marie) Ludwig 1915–1994 m. Chester (Arthur) Linton 1915–1978
        2. 2. Mildred (Mae) Ludwig 1913–1994 m. Gilbert (James) Linton 1909–1973
      4. 4. Ernest (Van) Selus 1895–
      5. 5. Mildred (Van) Selus 1903–
    4. 4. Mary (Ann) Porter 1866–1867
    5. 5. Harriet (Sophia) Porter 1847–1920 m. Benjamin (Foster) Tupper 1837–1914
      1. 1. Frederick (Eugene) Tupper 1865–1868
      2. 2. Norma (Estella) Tupper 1887–1986 m. Lee Orr 1892–1976
        1. 1. Kathleen (Harriet) Orr 1924–2012 m. Pelvin (Arthur) Slinden 1919–1991
        2. 2. Mildred (Arlene) Orr 1926–2021 m. Russell (George) Badenschier 1925–1998
        3. 3. Dorothy (Louise) Orr 1921–2015 m. Edward (Joseph) Blumenstein 1916–1981
        4. 4. Marie (Lenore) Orr 1917–1960 m. Wayne (Frederick) Gransee 1917–1996
      3. 3. Arthur (Dale) Tupper 1880–1960 m. Ida (G) Klingbeil 1892–1977 m. Susan (Marion) Leonard 1887–1924
        1. 1. Leonard (Dale) Tupper 1922–1993
        2. 2. Robert (Lawrence) Tupper 1912–1973
        3. 3. Dean (Arthur) Tupper 1932–2001
      4. 4. Frances (Marian) Tupper 1884–1885
      5. 5. Mary (Blanche) Tupper 1878–1937 m. Orville (Sylvester) Miller 1868–1949
        1. 1. Edward Miller 1915–1915
        2. 2. Lillian (Althea) Miller 1901–1938 m. Alvin (Harold) Prinzing 1901–1985
        3. 3. Gertrude (Louise) Miller 1897–1987 m. Raymond (Clifford) Derby 1899–1970
        4. 4. Vernon (Edward) Miller 1918–2017 m. Norma (Geneva) Benedict 1917–1992
        5. 5. Orville (Dale) Miller 1906–1984 m. Ruth (Evelyn) Graham 1911–1989
        6. 6. Norma (Pearl) Miller 1916–1985 m. Robert (Tibbs) Maxey 1910–2001
        7. 7. Mary (Jean) Miller 1920–2018 m. Floyd (Sherwood) Smith 1922–2013
        8. 8. Helen (Mae) Miller 1911–2003 m. Pleasant (Granville) Lunsford 1904–1966 m. John (Harold) Olson 1907–1974
        9. 9. Clarence (Gaylord) Miller 1912–1988 m. Hallie (Jean) Wilson 1922–1999
        10. 10. Charles (Lester) Miller 1909–2011 m. Dorothy (Jane) Quiggle 1910–2000
        11. 11. Evalyn (Harriet) Miller 1907–1976 m. Charles (Henry) Brinker 1907–1964
      6. 6. Isaac (Elmer) Tupper 1875–1960 m. Alice (Maude) Cowden 1877–1962
        1. 1. Baby (Boy) Tupper 1906–1906
        2. 2. Ora (Mae) Tupper 1917–1996 m. Jacob (Phillip) Dettling 1916–1991
        3. 3. Ruth (Harriet) Tupper 1915–1991 m. Leonard (George) Morris 1928–2005 m. George (Smith) Wiedenhofer 1915–2001 m. Benford (S) Roisum 1908–1968
        4. 4. Benjamin (John) Tupper 1911–1992 m. Blanche (L) Lockrem 1917–2002
        5. 5. Lloyd (Allen) Tupper 1909–1996 m. Ethel (Mary) Lockwood 1912–1997
        6. 6. Vernon (Elmer) Tupper 1908–1964 m. Helen (Valeria) Foster 1913–1986
      7. 7. Edward (Dexter) Tupper 1873–1938 m. Grace (Eugenia) Doherty 1873–1946
        1. 1. Mary (Alexandra) Tupper 1910–1995 m. Robert (E) Barringer 1902–1970
        2. 2. Eugene (Alexander) Tupper 1904–1981 m. Inez (Elnora) Sandvig 1913–1991 m. Fayette (F) Fleming 1895–1977
      8. 8. Martha (Irene) Tupper 1869–1961 m. Thomas Hess 1857–1934
        1. 1. Margaret (Lucille) Hess 1914–1990 m. Erwin (Ernest) Spading 1915–1981
        2. 2. George (Elmer) Hess 1905–1958 m. Bertha (Catharina) Goettsch 1900–1995
        3. 3. Harriet (Matilda) Hess 1889–1968 m. Arthur (Adelbert) Davis 1885–
        4. 4. Aylmer Hess 1908–1988 m. Wendla (Viola) Forsberg 1904–1988
        5. 5. Anna (Edith) Hess 1907–1996 m. Mathew (Earl) Casey 1902–1966
        6. 6. Fanny (Irene) Hess 1903–1965 m. John (Stanton) Barlow 1898–1969
        7. 7. Jessie (Ethel) Hess 1899–1991 m. Albert (Plummen) Hess 1899–1981
        8. 8. Benjamin Hess 1901–1968 m. Loretta (Mae) Coleman 1912–1975
        9. 9. Elsie (May) Hess 1896–1973 m. Peter (Joseph) Schmitz 1895–1983
        10. 10. Arthur (Dale) Hess 1894–1961 m. May (A) Foster 1886–1955
        11. 11. Lena (Marie) Hess 1891–1926 m. John (Louis) Gernandt 1891–1962
        12. 12. Clarence (Leroy) Hess 1910–2003 m. Dorothy (Margaret) Schrader 1904–1989
      9. 9. John (Lorenzo) Tupper 1867–1920 m. Mary (Louisa) Miller 1871–1960
        1. 1. Glenn (Whitney) Tupper 1901–1985 m. Artie (Augusta) Swigart 1901–1974 m. Vivian (Bernice) Green 1906–1965 m. Ida (Theresa) Schofield 1898–1992
        2. 2. Chester (Earl) Tupper 1898–1989
      10. 10. Wilbert (Manson) Tupper 1864–1883
      11. 11. Anna (Maria) Tupper 1871–1928 m. Charles (Marion) Hatfield 1860–1944
        1. 1. Florence (Mary) Hatfield 1892–1896
        2. 2. Anna (Margaret) Hatfield 1905–1969 m. Shirley (Leland) Emery 1905–1983
        3. 3. Jessie (Viola) Hatfield 1909–1997 m. Frederick (Wilhelm) Peterson 1905–2005
        4. 4. Grace (Mae) Hatfield 1901–1988 m. Ernest (Edwin) Schrader 1898–1956
        5. 5. Ethel (Irene) Hatfield 1899–1978 m. Clarence (Raymond) Little 1895–1989 m. Sverre (Peder Loüis) Fjeld 1897–1970
        6. 6. Georgiana (H) Hatfield 1897–1978
        7. 7. James (Gilmer) Hatfield 1895–1983 m. Edna (Christine) Schrader 1892–1985
        8. 8. Wilbert (Marion) Hatfield 1893–1951 m. Ethel (Marion) Atkinson 1894–1965
        9. 9. Janet (Estella) Hatfield 1913–1999 m. Donald (Henry) Becker 1919–2007 m. William (John) Becker 1910–1956
    6. 6. Etta (Laura) Porter 1865–1946 m. James (Foster) Lucas 1855–1935
      1. 1. Chrissie (Myrtle) Lucas 1891–1974
      2. 2. Harry (O) Lucas 1897–
      3. 3. Gertrurde (Frances) Lucas 1899–2000 m. Ernest (Gordon) Wood 1895–1967
        1. 1. Deryl (Lucas) Wood 1925–2018 m. Marianne Lehmann 1927–2001
        2. 2. Clarence (James) Wood 1931–2007
        3. 3. Phyllis (J) Wood 1927–2007 m. William Morgan 1928–2008
        4. 4. Eunice (Gertrude) Wood 1925–1993
        5. 5. Gordon (Ernest) Wood 1929–2015
      4. 4. Clarence (Howard) Lucas 1902–1981 m. Lillie (Rose) Henke 1910–1995
      5. 5. Ethyl (M) Lucas 1905–
      6. 6. Martha (Ella) Lucas 1886–
      7. 7. Vernon (Eugene) Lucas 1882–1925
      8. 8. Ross (Alton) Lucas 1884–1950
      9. 9. Florence (Pearl) Lucas 1889–1983 m. Vern (Ellsworth) Hungerford 1883–1962
        1. 1. Vivian (Mabel) Hungerford 1913–1998 m. Kenneth (G) Hilden 1912–1986
        2. 2. Neva (Irene) Hungerford 1916–2007 m. Glen (Haviland) Ferguson 1914–1982
    7. 7. Blanchard (Leadlo) Porter 1860–1934 m. Anna (Martha) Canedy 1866–1959
      1. 1. Cynthia (Lucinda) Porter 1890–1930 m. Clifford (Albert) Thielbar 1887–1948
        1. 1. Cynthia (Rosella) Thielbar 1930–2008 m. Richard (Edwin) Grant 1920–1982
        2. 2. Eugene (Porter) Thielbar 1927–1972 m. Delores (Ruth) Cate 1926–2009
        3. 3. Alvin (Clifford) Thielbar 1925–1930
        4. 4. Calvin (Blanchard) Thielbar 1923–2003 m. Virginia (Florence) Vandenheuvel 1927–2013
        5. 5. Wilma (Irene) Thielbar 1922–1975 m. Richard (John) Kowalczyk 1924–1974
        6. 6. Fay (Albert) Thielbar 1920–2002
        7. 7. Myrtle (Lunetta) Thielbar 1918–1979 m. Franklin (B) Rahmann 1907–1972 m. George (Morris) Teachout 1918–1994
        8. 8. Martha (Lavina) Thielbar 1916–1933
        9. 9. Leona (May) Thielbar 1915–2007 m. George (Julius) Glende 1906–1996 m. Raymond (Henry) Meyer 1913–1993 m. Kenneth (Manly) Chester 1907–1953
        10. 10. Eva (Amedia) Thielbar 1913–2003 m. Leo (Thomas) Koger 1908–1983
        11. 11. Raymond (Arnold) Thielbar 1912–1967
      2. 2. Myrtle (Jane) Porter 1886–1968 m. Fred (Henry) Uhey 1890–1971 m. Irving (Nelson) Taylor 1867–1942
      3. 3. Floyd (Edward) Porter 1904–2002 m. Dorothy (Jennie) Stowe 1907–1994
        1. 1. Betty (Lou) Porter 1929–1994
      4. 4. Clarence (Wilbur) Porter 1887–1953 m. Alvina (A) Gewecke 1892–1981
        1. 1. Lawrence (Edward) Porter 1913–2005 m. Helen (Elizabeth) Misslin 1911–1993
        2. 2. Lester (Fredreick) Porter 1915–1999 m. June Middaugh 1918–1964 m. Annie (M. Keller) Anderson 1909–1993
        3. 3. Marion (Juliet) Porter 1917–1994 m. Arnold (C) Lein 1912–1990
        4. 4. Pearl (Elizabeth) Porter 1922–
        5. 5. Lyle (Wilbur) Porter 1924–2011 m. Phyllis (Jean) Meisner 1925–1993
        6. 6. Paul (Alvin) Porter 1926–2007 m. Gloria (Elaine) Anderson 1928–2002
        7. 7. Ruth (A) Porter 1931–2019 m. Duane (A) Lownsberry 1932–2010
      5. 5. Lloyd (Edwin) Porter 1904–1905
    8. 8. Isaac (B) Porter 1850–1910

Edmund Porter's Timeline

2 Records

1768
15 May 1768
Birth of Edmund Porter in Cornwallis, Kings, NS
Cornwallis, Kings, NS
1854
15 Sep 1854
Age 86
Death of Edmund Porter in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 May 1768
    Event Place: Cornwallis, Kings, NS

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1854
    Event Place: Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
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