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Lincolnshire / Re: Portas/Porter and Tyson Family
« on: Friday 17 June 05 01:37 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for taking the trouble to transcribe and post Thomas Portas' will.

I have my Port*s origins wrapped up on this side of the Atlantic (Canada, from the 1840s on), but I have a long way to go with the earlier UK history of my family. There is a Porteous Gathering in Edinburgh in September, 2005, so I'm hoping to make some inroads at that time.

I maintain a personal family history Web site. Feel free to visit it at www.novateq.ca/genealogy/.

--Doug

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Lincolnshire / Re: Portas/Porter and Tyson Family
« on: Thursday 16 June 05 03:35 BST (UK)  »
A friend of mine pointed out this site, and your message(s) in particular.

As far as I know, my Porteous family hails from Yorkshire (Dunnington and Elvington, both near York). In my research, I have come across a variety of spellings including, but not restricted to Portas, Portes, Portus, Portice, Porteus and Portis. In the 1861 census of Ontario, Canada, our name has the latter spelling, providing a clue as to its pronunciation at that time.

I suspect that the Porteous/Portas families in both Lincolnshire and Yorkshire may be related, and am interested in instances of the surname in both jurisdictions.

By the way, my Dunnington-born ggg-grandfather, George Porteus (1789-?), is identified as the son of William Portas (confusing, all of those spellings).

--Doug

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