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« on: Wednesday 29 December 21 19:31 GMT (UK) »
Hi Dennis,
I'm interested to learn that George Henry Porter is your great-grandfather.
Information was obtained by searching on Ancestry and FindMyPast.
I'm researching his niece Sarah Ann Porter who married Edward Featon in New Zealand.
Details as follows:
Descendants of Sarah Hannah Porter (sister of your George Henry Porter)
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1-Sarah Hannah Porter b. 15 Apr 1821, Highbury, Hornsey, Middlesex, c. 27 May
1821, Salem Chapel, Highgate, London, d. Jul 1874, Mile End, Old Town, London
+ Henry William Porter b. 13 Nov 1824, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, c. 7 Feb
1826, St Matthew, Bethnal Green, m. 20 May 1846, St Mary Stratford Bow,
Parish of Bow, Middlesex, par. William Porter and Sarah Ann Hunt
|--2-Sarah Ann Porter b. 14 Jul 1847, St George in the East, Middlesex, c. 5
| Sep 1847, St George in the East, Middlesex, d. 28 Apr 1927, Gisborne, New
| Zealand, Bur. 29 Apr 1927, Makaraka Cemetery, Brethren
| + Edward Henry Featon b. 21 May 1840, St Anne Limehouse, Middlesex, c. 10
| Jun 1840, St Anne Limehouse, Middlesex, m. 17 Mar 1870, St Paul's Church,
| Auckland, New Zealand, d. 22 Jun 1909, Gisborne, New Zealand, Bur. 23 Jun
| 1909, Makaraka Cemetery, par. John Featon and Mary Ann Read
|--2-Henry Robert Porter b. 20 Apr 1849, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, c. 17 Jun
| 1849, St Matthew, Bethnal Green, d. 1917, Cardiff. Glamorgan, Wales
| + Jane Bridger b. 1855, St Ives, Cornwall, c. 20 Jul 1855, St Ives,
| Cornwall, m. 26 Oct 1879, Registry Office, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, d.
| 1940, Cardiff. Glamorgan, Wales, Bur. 11a, 843, par. George Bridger and
| Jane James
|--2-Alice Esther Porter b. 12 May 1851, Holborn, Middlesex, c. 1 Jun 1851, St
| Matthew, Bethnal Green, d. Dec 1946
| + Henry James William Harris b. Oct 1856, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, m. 26 Sep
| 1880, Harrow Green Holy Trinity, West Ham, Essex, d. Dec 1934, West Ham,
| Essex, par. Henry Harris and Emma Catherine Corbett
|--2-William Charles Porter b. 7 Apr 1853, St Matthew, Bethnal Green, c. 28 Aug
| 1853, St Matthew, Bethnal Green, d. 16 Jun 1929, Stawell, Victoria,
| Australia
+ Emmeline Florence Lee m. Feb 1881, Auckland
It is thought that niece Sarah was educated by an uncle, possibly your George Henry Porter, who encouraged her to paint.
If you have any information about her I would be pleased to hear.
Thanks, John