Born in Nova Scotia, Canada
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Amos Rourke Porter
— married
23 Dec 1887 in River Hébert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Ethel Permilla (Porter) Moore
Died
at age 83
in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2015
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Biography
Mary Elizabeth Lyon was born on July 31, 1866, in Nova Scotia, the child of John and Mary. She married Amos Rourke Porter on December 23, 1887, in River Hébert, Nova Scotia. By 1891 the family resided in Cumberland, Nova Scotia. They had six children in 16 years. She died on April 30, 1950, in Burnaby, British Columbia, at the age of 83.
Sources
- 1901 Census of Canada Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. .Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-19
- 1891 Census of Canada Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. .Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-18
- British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.Original data - British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency: P.O. Box 9657, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9P3.
- "Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRF-VZX7 : 8 November 2017), Mary Elizabeth Lyon in entry for Ethel Permilla Porter, 09 Aug 1893; citing Birth, River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number 990036, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
- "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2L3-YZL : 10 February 2018), Amos Porter and Elizabeth Lyon, 23 Dec 1887; citing Riv. Hebert, Nova Scotia, reference P17 CN230; FHL microfilm 1,298,866.
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