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An Introduction to the Research Project
The Porteous Research Project will provide a resource for family historians and researchers of the Porteous and Porteus name, as well as other spelling variants.
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How to Use this Site
What this site has to offer, with an explanation of how to navigate it and links to sources of further information, including files that may be downloaded.
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Origins of the Porteous family
A possible answer to where the Porteous family originally came from, and how they first came to settle in Scotland.
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The Porteous home in Scotland
A description of the area in southern Scotland where the Porteous family originally settled in Peeblesshire, from Tweeddale to Annandale and into Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire.
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Early Porteous families
A list of names and dates of the progenitors of the earliest recorded Porteous families, from Glenkirk and Broughton in Peeblesshire to Dumfriesshire, Midlothian and Kincardineshire.
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Famous Porteous names
A brief biography of a few famous - and not-so-famous - men and women bearing the Porteous and Porteus name, from bishops to inventors, explorers to missionaries.
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A historical background to emigration
A brief summary of the main events in Scottish history that had a bearing on emigration, from the Border Reivers to the famines of the nineteenth century.
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A timeline of events
A brief timeline of events in Scotland and the New World which had a bearing on the emigration of Scottish lowland families.
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Why did they migrate?
What were the factors that caused so many Scots to leave their homeland, firstly to northern England and Ireland and then to cross the Atlantic on perilous voyages that often resulted in tragedy?
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Early settlers in the New World
The first emigrants from lowland Scotland and Ireland crossed the Atlantic to Canada and the northern states of America. A few of the early Porteous settlers are listed, together with a summary of the main places of settlement.
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Leaving Scotland in the nineteenth century
Huge numbers of Scots and Scots-Irish emigrated in the 1800s, mainly to Canada and the recently independent United States of America.
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Emigration to the British colonies
It was in the mid-nineteenth century that vast numbers of Europeans migrated to the then British colonies, such as Australia, New Zealand and India. Some of these are listed.
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Emigrants
A listing of over 200 Porteous and Porteus emigrants known to have left Scotland, Ireland and England from 1623 to the present, including dates of emigration (where known). Other variant spellings, such as Porteouss, Portis, Portice, Portus and Porthouse are also included. This list will be added to, as and when information becomes available.
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Concentrations of Porteous worldwide
As they emigrated from their Scottish home and spread to various parts of the world, Porteous and Porteus families settled in locations in England, Ireland and around the world where there are now clusters, some of which we attempt to identify.
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Porteous in business
Wherever they went, Porteous family members set up businesses of many kinds, from publishing to agricultural companies and general stores, attorneys and cabinet makers. We will list as many as we find - this list will be constantly added to.
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Porteous in the Ministry
A surprise when researching the history of the Porteous and Porteus name was the huge number of members who entered the ministry, as either ordained or lay preachers. All those known are listed here, and the list will be added to.
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Sources for Porteous family historians
Original sources relating to the history of the Porteous name and the social and economic conditions in Lowland Scotland in the eighteenth century.
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Porteous Casualties
A list of all men (and one woman) who were killed in action, or died as a result of wounds, from the First and Second World Wars, the South Africa Campaign and the Vietnam War.
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Memorials to Porteous fallen
A list of all known memorials and cemeteries worldwide, where fallen Porteous officers, men, women and civilians are remembered.
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Awards and Decorations
A list of bravery awards, Mentions in Dispatches and civilian decorations made to members of the Porteous Family during the periods of the First and Second World Wars.
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Some useful resources for researchers
Online resources for family historians and genealogists researching the Porteous name and all its variants, including homepages, bulletin boards and mailing lists.
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You can be part of the project
How family researchers or those interested in their own Porteous history can get involved with the Porteous Research Project.
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A selected bibliography
A list of helpful written sources relating to emigration from Scotland and Ireland to the Americas and former British colonies.
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Links to other Porteous family sites
A listing of online links to other Porteous and Porteus family pages and search facilities, including the Porteous Associates.
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Links to other background sites
Links to other online sources relating to genealogy and the emigration of lowland families to Ireland and England - and to Canada, the US and the former British colonies.
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Downloads
You can download an Excel file listing Porteous and Porteus families who have emigrated from Scotland, Ireland and England. Also includes listings of Porteous in Business and Porteous in the Ministry.
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Photographs of Hawkshaw and Tweedsmuir
A previously unknown collection of photographs, taken by Janet Boyd Kelly Anderson in the 1930s, of the Porteous country in Tweeddale.
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