Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Albert A. Porter and Ada McKee




Husband Albert A. Porter 1




           Born: 27 Sep 1845 - Leet Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Nathan Porter (      -1884) 2 3
         Mother: Julia A. Anderson (      -Bef 1889) 2 3 4


       Marriage: Oct 1875 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1



Wife Ada McKee 1

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         Father: John McKee (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Catherine Van Hook (      -      ) 1




Children
1 M David Ross Porter 1

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2 M Edwin Forrest Porter 1

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General Notes: Husband - Albert A. Porter


He was educated in Shousetown and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, finishing his education in the latter place. He first worked a year in a boatyard with his father; when he accepted the position of clerk on his uncle's boat, the Glide No. 3. He also acted as clerk on the steamers Savannah and Gleaner, from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati and St. Louis, also two years on the boat Economist on the Arkansas river. In 1873 he opened a general store in Shousetown, and carried a stock valued at $5,000.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 568.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 298, 568.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 860.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 237.


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