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Maria Porter[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1846 - 1909  (62 years)

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  • Name Maria Porter  [2, 3, 4]
    Birth 20 Nov 1846  Sidmouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female
    Residence 1891  Clinton, Huron West, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 25 Jan 1909  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Clinton, Huron County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I322454777299  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father Henry Porter,   b. 30 Jan 1816, Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Elizabeth Jenkins,   b. 1819, Winsham, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Biddlecombe,   b. 1830, Bristol, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1896, Clinton, Huron, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Marriage 12 Oct 1868  Ilminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Family ID F3256  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S1191160816] Ancestry.com, 1891 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    3. [S_996801829] Ancestry.com, Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    4. [S1188978489] Ancestry.com, Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    5. [S1188978489] Ancestry.com, Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\ILM/2/1/11.


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