Irva May (Cater) Porter (1883 - 1949)

Born 25 Sep 1883 in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Edward Porter — married 25 Sep 1907 (to 6 Sep 1943) in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1949 at age 65 in Bellows Falls, Windham, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Genealogically Defined

Early Years

Irva was born about 1883. ^[1] She was the daughter of George Cater and Rhoena French.

Irva was a mother and a homemaker in Alstead, New Hampshire

Marriage & Family

She was about 26 years old when she married George Edward Porter (1875-1943), a young farmer in Alstead, in 1908. The Rev. F L Leavitt performed the ceremony. She and George had one son, Charles Elbert Porter (1912-1978), born in Alstead in 1912.^[2]

George passed away from cancer on the 6th of September in 1943.

Death & Burial

She, herself, passed away at the Rockingham Hospital in Bellows Falls, Vermont from parenchymatous-nephritis, complicated by her underlying organic heart disease..^[3]
NOTE: parenchymatous-nephritis is an inflammatory process involving all the kidney structures.

She was laid to rest in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Alstead, New Hampshire.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Digital Image: "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008", database with images, FamilySearch, Irva Porter, Death, 06 Jun 1949, Bellows Falls, Windham, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
2. ↑ Online Book: "Genealogy of the Billerica, Massachusetts, French family from 1599 to 1944". Part I was compiled by H. Martin Kellogg. Page 31 refers to their child's date of birth and marriage.
3. ↑ Digital Image: "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005", database with images, FamilySearch, Irva Porter, 6 Jun 1949; citing Death, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States, various town clerks, and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005488252.
4. ↑ Online Memorial: Find A Grave. Memorial page for Irva Cater Porter (1883–1949). Find A Grave: Memorial #227232103, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Maintained by C. P., contributor 50668139

See Also:

• US Census: "United States Census for the town of Alstead, New Hampshire, for the year 1900", database with images, FamilySearch, Irva N Cater in the household of George E Cater, Alstead Town, Marlow Town, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 12B, family 335, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,945.