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John PORTER
(Abt 1727 –1817)
Agnes GIBSON
(1738 –1823)
Hugh MUIR
(Abt 1765 – )
wife UNK
(Abt 1770 – )
Alexander PORTER
(Abt 1778 –1846)
Agnes MUIR
(1799 –1848)
Alexander Muir PORTER
(1824 – )

 

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1. Elizabeth MURRAY

2. Mary Reid FERGUSON

Alexander Muir PORTER 3
  • Born: 10 June 1824, Porterston, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 4 5
  • Christened: 14 June 1824, Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 5
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth MURRAY on 17 July 1846 in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 1 2 3
  • Marriage (2): Mary Reid FERGUSON on 8 June 1850 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland 3

bullet   Another name for Alexander was Alexander PORTER.1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9

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bullet  Birth Notes

Alexander son of Alexander Porter and Nanny Mure spouses Porterstone was born 10th of June and baptized on 14th 1824.  Porter.

bullet  Christening Notes

Dundonald Parish Church

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Porterston, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 4

Alexander Porter   60   Abt 1780   Ayrshire, Scotland   Farmer
Agnes Porter       40   Abt 1800   Ayrshire, Scotland
John Porter        19   Abt 1821   Ayrshire, Scotland
Hugh Porter        18   Abt 1822   Ayrshire, Scotland   Sp Mason
Alexander Porter   16   Abt 1824   Ayrshire, Scotland  
Robert Porter      15   Abt 1825   Ayrshire, Scotland
Janet Porter       10   Abt 1830   Ayrshire, Scotland
William Porter      8   Abt 1832   Ayrshire, Scotland
Agnes Porter        5   Abt 1835   Ayrshire, Scotland
Thomas Porter       2 Mo    1841   Ayrshire, Scotland

  • He had a residence in June 1846 in Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 2
  • He had a residence on 11 October 1846 in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 6
  • He worked as a mason on 11 October 1846 in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 6
  • He had a residence on 22 February 1848 in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 7
  • He worked as a mason on 22 February 1848 in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 7
  • He worked as a mason on 30 March 1851 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
  • He appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Alexander Porter   Head   26   Dundonald, Ayr       Mason
Mary Porter        Wife   25   Bonhill, Dumbarton


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Alexander married Elizabeth MURRAY on 17 July 1846 in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.1 2 3 (Elizabeth MURRAY was born about 1825 in prob Ayrshire, Scotland,10 died on 21 February 1848 in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 1 and was buried on 23 February 1848 in Dundonald, Dundonald Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 1.)


bullet  Marriage Notes

Porter & Murray. Alexander Porter & Elisabeth Murray, both in this Parish, gave in their names for proclamation on the twenty seventh of June, were regularly proclaimed and were married by the Rev'd Alexander Willison, Dundonald on the seventeenth of July, Eighteen hundred & forty six. 3

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Alexander next married Mary Reid FERGUSON on 8 June 1850 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.3 (Mary Reid FERGUSON was born about 1825 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Ayrshire Burials Omnibus Edition. CD-ROM. (Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland: Troon @ Ayrshire Family History Society, 2007.), 590/4 Dundonald Old Parochial Register (1820 –1854): Elizabeth PORTER, a.k.a. MURRAY, formerly residing in Dundonald, Died 21-Feb-1848; Buried 23-Feb-1848; Wife of Alexander Porter, mason.
  2. Dundonald Parish Church (Dundonald Parish [Dundonald, Troon, Barassie, Fullarton, and Crosbie], Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms, v. 3, 1819 –1855; Marriages, v. 4, 1820 –1854; Deaths, v. 4, 1820 –1854. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Volume 4: Marriages, 1820 –1854," 17 July 1846 marriage of Alexander Porter and Elisabeth Murray; FHL microfilm 1041340.
  3. Kirsty M. Haining.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1–151), Alexander Porter household, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland (transcription on Ancestry.com).
  5. Dundonald Parish Church (Dundonald Parish [Dundonald, Troon, Barassie, Fullarton, and Crosbie], Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms, v. 3, 1819 –1855; Marriages, v. 4, 1820 –1854; Deaths, v. 4, 1820 –1854. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Volume 3: B. 1820-1854," 1824 birth and baptism of Alexander Porter; FHL microfilm 1041340.
  6. Dundonald Parish Church (Dundonald Parish [Dundonald, Troon, Barassie, Fullarton, and Crosbie], Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms, v. 3, 1819 –1855; Marriages, v. 4, 1820 –1854; Deaths, v. 4, 1820 –1854. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Volume 3: B. 1820-1854," 1846 birth and baptism of Alexander Porter; FHL microfilm 1041340.
  7. Dundonald Parish Church (Dundonald Parish [Dundonald, Troon, Barassie, Fullarton, and Crosbie], Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms, v. 3, 1819 –1855; Marriages, v. 4, 1820 –1854; Deaths, v. 4, 1820 –1854. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Volume 3: B. 1820-1854," 1848 birth and baptism of Elizabeth Murray Porter; FHL microfilm 1041340.
  8. Ayrshire Burials Omnibus Edition. CD-ROM. (Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland: Troon @ Ayrshire Family History Society, 2007.), 590/4 Dundonald Old Parochial Register (1820 –1854): Alexander PORTER, formerly residing in Dundonald, Died 11-Feb-1848; Buried 13-Feb-1848.
  9. Ayrshire Burials Omnibus Edition. CD-ROM. (Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland: Troon @ Ayrshire Family History Society, 2007.), 590/4 Dundonald Old Parochial Register (1820 –1854): Elizabeth Murray PORTER, formerly residing in Loans, Died 28-Feb-1848; Buried 01-Mar-1848 in Dundonald; Daughter of Alexander Porter.
  10. Kirsty M. Haining, Estimated date. Estimates are based off of known event dates (birth dates, christening dates, marriage dates, graduation dates, retirement events, death dates, etc.) from the lives of the individual's immediate ancestors or descendants. Women are estimated to be roughly 20 years older than the birth of the first child; men are about 5 years older than their wives; siblings are estimated at 2 years apart.


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