Robert James Porter (1857 - 1930)

Born 14 Aug 1857 in Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Cooper) Porter — married 1 Oct 1879 in North Augusta, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1930 at age 72 in Oxford, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Robert was born about 1857. He is the son of Andrew Porter and Isabella Boyd.

He married Sarah Cooper on October 1, 1879 in North Augusta, Grenville, Ontario.^[1]

He passed away in 1930 after a five year struggle with pneumonia. He was buried in St. Matthew's Presbyterian Cemetery.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJ3-69J : 11 March 2018), Robert James Porter and Sarah Cooper, 01 Oct 1879; citing registration , North Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,504.
2. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNBQ-H5L : 26 March 2020), Robert James Porter, 29 Jan 1930; citing Oxford Twp, Grenville, Ontario, Canada, 16989, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,313,252.

• "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQJ-9W5 : 9 March 2018), Robert James Porter, Oxford, Grenville, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 42, line 3; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1025, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 349,269.

• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4WS-36B : 24 October 2018), Isabella Porter in household of Andrew Porter, Oxford, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXZ-R5Z : 20 May 2019), RobertJ. Porter in household of Mary Graham, Edwardsburgh, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Mary Graham, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH25-4PS : 16 December 2019), Robert J Porter, Grenville (south/sud), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 3, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-W2F4 : 16 March 2018), Robert Porter, 1911; citing Census, Grenville Sub-Districts 11-42, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,698.