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Thanks so much everyone for all the marvelous help. Alan's find of Bethia nee Porter Browne & his thought that she was perhaps related to our Anne Blunt, proved to be true!
The parents were married 1758 St Mary, Stoke Newington, their deaths & wills found by Allen
 William Porter (before 1736 - 1783 St Luke, Islington) Dissenting Minister
  Sarah Lowther ( (1736–1805 Chesam) -  deaths & wills found by Allen
      children were:
  Bethia Porter (1765–1841 Shrops) who married James Bardwell Browne.
       Had family in Kent. ( child Sarah married a son from Robert's 1st marriage.)
  Sarah Porter (c.1765 –  ) married the Reverend John Mayor ...Shawbury, Shropshire.
       Fair bit of information available online, and Allen has followed some through as well.
  Rev.Thomas Porter c. 1766 -1821 whose family Allen has followed well into the U.S.
  Ann porter (1771–1847 Shrops) who married our common ancestor Rob't  Blunt...
  Samuel Porter ( - ) married Sarah Ball as mentioned earlier. Having children in Chesham.
       Allen has found him apprenticing in London prior to returning to Chesam where he marries         
     & has children... occupation mealman / chapman ...remaining there having legal matters until 1813, then we've lost track of them..
  Elizabeth Porter ( - )single at death of  mother 1805, but we have not found more

so...The first new mystery...What we have not found is one single christening for the six, not in London nor Chesham.....? His occupational timeline/ known whereabouts/ written next.

Next new mystery is...  We have now tracked down a whole lot of mini bios and many many publications and mentions on their father, Reverend William Porter. Several of these publications have his mini Ministerial Bio and give his birthplace as near Royston Kent...in the neighbourhood of Royston Kent, Kent near royston. All interpreted from the same diary notation, I believe.
( other online trees use a Royston, Kent but we have found all to be in Herts)
Rev Wm Porter was in Miles Lane for a decade 1756 to 66...also during which time he alternated to the Hoxton Meeting house ...He then moved to Camomile Street Independent  until 1773 when he was supposed to have moved to Chesam, Bucks.

Did find a family in Reed, Royston Herts, with a William Porter but really, nothing applies other than the one forename...unfortunately, no will exists from the father to confirm it isn't he.

Not that it helps anything...but I am now wondering if they might have meant near Royton, Lenham, Kent, although i have only seen this area referenced online, so it might be another bogus red herring?
Modifying to add that it did exist as such, referenced in a 1798 gazeteer as "Royton, Kent, near Lenham"
https://books.google.ca/books?id=WVQ9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PT580&lpg=PT580&dq="Royton,+Kent"

*modified to add some dates, etc.

Since we all have a soft spot for our WW veterans, the few alive, the many gone... Thought several of you might like to look at some of this and maybe add anything that you've found recently.

Our Christmas 2014 just now over, and I am looking at my grandfather's arrival with the first contingent of CEF in 1914....A hundred years ago, just a few months prior to Christmas. What their Christmas must have been like!...The dismal weather they met with and endured throughout the conflict.

The site url below has found many great stories and links....They've just recently posted a sample of a trench Newspaper Grandfather's Unit published...(a link to more although a paid site.)

Orders for cheer and laughter in the ranks despite the conditions.....and the resulting uproar of "CHEER"  ....This is an extensive site, lovingly put together and makes for most interesting reading.

an excerpt:
"On October 21, 1914 a quarter-inch of rain fell on Salisbury Plain followed by another inch in the next five days. In total it rained on 89 of the 123 days the Canadians spent in camp, a miserable existence which ironically helped prepare them for the waterlogged trenches of France and Flanders..."

https://doingourbit.wordpress.com/   Westdown https://doingourbit.wordpress.com/tag/west-down-south-camp/

Happy New Year and hugs to all you fabulous Rootschatters who share so much of yourselves and your time helping others.


P.S. Grandfather lived to sign up for WW2 in a small capacity although he did pass away a few years before I was born

For some reason the poster is not revealing the full name of James Davidson Cochrane as noted on the other posting url submitted by Sandra.  J.J.

Hello gang, need some help for a friend who has a name and death date for Grandfather. He can get the death cert of course, and will eventually...but first thought we'd see if someone can find him in 1916 Prairie census?
Jewett Sylvester Flett - no idea of birth date...as he may or may not have been born before the census.
Thanks if someone can  do the lookup for us... J.J.

I have a list of passengers from the Prince-of-Wales (II) ,1862, to York Factory
Commander D. J. Herd
(Northern Manitoba) Most on board are ship's crew and men who signed up for the HBC. Please don't post unless you are sure your ancestor signed up with the Hudson's Bay Company around that time.
A contact email to the HBC archives will get you that information beforehand.

Occupations are mostly listed as labourers and some have specialty occupations Blacksmith, etc. and ages are not listed
This is only a list of names, as it is a ship's log entry....

Hudson's Bay Company employees - Scotland to York Factory 1862
Lerwick  men embarked June 24th
Stornoway men embarked June 27th
Inverness  men embarked 28th ( month not given, assume from order, June)
Stromness men embarked July 1st

Transcribed May 2008 / archives source: M# 2M87 (.1/847-860)