PORTUS FAMILIESThomas Portus of LincolnshireThomas Portus I was a Collier in England. He married Mary Mandlefs and had one known child: Thomas Portus. Thomas Portus was born 22 Aug 1840 in Tynemouth, Farsdon, Northumberland, England and probably died in Durham County, England. He was employed as an Engineman at the chemical works and resided near Cramer Dykes, Gateshead. Thomas married Mary Ray (born 1824 at Berwick-upon-Tweed - died at unknown location during 1861). Thomas and Mary had the following children: John Ray Portus; Robert Portus; Thomas Johnson Portus; William Portus; Margaret Portus; and Mary Portus. Robert Portus was born 26 Mar 1861 in Gateshead, Durham, England and died during 1925 in Lincolnshire and buried in St. Nicholas Churchyard, Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England. He married Anne Gillett about 1885 in East Yorkshire, England. Anne Gillett was born about 1867 in Beverley, East Yorkshire, England and died about 1927 in Lincolnshire, England. They had the following children: Robert Reginald Portus; Kathleen Portus; Grace Portus; Capt. George Alfred Portus; Margaret Anne Louise Portus; William Gillett Portus; Capt. Thomas Oliver Portus; and Edith Norah Portus. Robert Reginald Portus was born Sept 1887 in Sculcoates, Lincolnshire, England and died 26 Jun 1962 in Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England. He married Annie W. Rowe about 1911 in Gateshead, Durham, England. They had one child, Robert William Portus. Anne died about 1926. Kathleen Portus was born 30 Nov (?) in Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England and died 10 Nov 1975 in Nottingham, England. She was married to Ronald Everard and they had the following children: Grace Everard and Bernard Everard. Grace Portus was born 20 Jul 1889 in Lincolnshire and died during 1959 in Devon. She married Rev. Earnest Merryweather 15 Jun 1914 in Montreal, Canada. They had the following children: Evelyn Joyce Merryweather; Beryl Constrance Merryweather; Henry Reginald Merryweather; and John Patrick Merryweather. Capt George Alfred Portus was born 11 Dec 1891 in Hessle, Hull, East Yorkshire, moved to Riverside County, California during 1918. He died 28 Nov 1965 in Escondido, San Diego County, California. He was married twice but had no children. Margaret Anne Louise Portus was born 1893 in Ulceby, Lincolnshire and died 26 Nov 1934 in Ulceby. She married Carl Hollowday during 1923 in Glenford, England and they had Vivian (Bob) Hollowday born in South Africa, who earned the George Cross during World War II in England and died 15 Apr 1977. William Gillett Portus was born 30 Oct 1894 in Stallangborough, Lincolnshire and died 31 Dec 1954 in Los Angeles, California. He married Harriet Owston 3 Feb 1923 in San Bernardino, California. Their three children were: Marguerite May Portus, Robert Alan Owston Portus; and Ruth Marianne Portus. All the children were born in Los Angeles County, California. Following his wife Harriet's death, in 1939 of leukaemia, he married Emily Dorthea Werchan during Nov 1945 in Los Angeles. Their children were Michael Ernest Portus; Patricia Grace Portus; and Kathy Portus. Emily Werchan was born 2 Nov 1907 in Bastrop County, Texas and died 8 Sep 1970 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon. Capt Thomas Oliver Portus was born 9 Dec 1897 in Stallangborough, Lincolnshire and died during 1954 in Devon, England. He married May Hodder during 1920 and they had William Hodder Oliver Portus. Edith Norah Portus was born 5 May 1903 in Barton, Lincolnshire and died in Ulceby, England. She was married to Gladstone Sharman on 9 Jun 1930 in Ulceby. Their children were Ewart William Henry Sharman and Malcolm Douglas Sharman. All this information reproduced here courtesy of Curtis and Ruth (Portus) Craig, whose Family history website is illustrated with photographs of some of the Portus family. |
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