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George PORTER and Amelia CAMPBELL.

Year married: 1854.
Place: Victoria.

Possible death for George is 1878 in Victoria, aged 50 years.
Birth place given as London.
Father named as George PORTER. Mother unknown.

Amelia died 1874 in Victoria aged 38 years.
Birth place given as Tasmania.
Parents named as John CAMPBELL and Lilias Vesey BLYTH.
Parents were Buxoo CAMPBELL and Lilias BLYTH.

Birth note.
Amelia was born in Tasmania on 08 June 1836.
Parents named as Buxoo CAMPBELL and Lilias. (Maiden name not recorded).

Buxoo CAMPBELL, died in Tasmania on 31 May 1837, aged 28 years.

Amelia's mother, recorded as Lilias CAMPBELL, remarried in Tasmania on 23 October 1838 to John VESEY. This may explain why the informant was confused with the father's name, and giving Lilia's the second given name of Vesey.

Nine children located Victorian records for George and Amelia.


[1]

Amelia Susan PORTER.
Born: 1855 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -


[2]

George Richard PORTER.
Born: circa 1856. Birth not located.
Died: 1931 Dandenong, Victoria, aged 75 years.


[3]

Josiah PORTER.
Born: 1859 Smythes Creek, Victoria.
Died: 1933 Colac, Victoria, aged 74 years.


[4]

Amelia Blythe PORTER.
Born: 1862 Smythesdale, Victoria.
Died: 1863 not recorded, Victoria. (Age not recorded)


[5]

Amelia Agnes PORTER.
Born: 1865 Smythesdale, Victoria.
Died: 1872 not recorded, Victoria.


[6]

William Thomas PORTER.
Born: 1867 Smythesdale, Victoria.
Died: -

Note.
William Thomas may be Thomas William.
Keep in mind the BDMs often recorded given names in reverse.


[7]

William PORTER.
Born: 1868 Avoca, Victoria.
Died: -


[8]

Louisa PORTER.
Born: 1870 Cundare, Victoria.
Died: -


[9]

John Henry PORTER.
Born: 1872 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1873 Colac, aged 05 months.
Death recorded as Henry John PORTER.


Sources:

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.

Registry of Births, Tasmania.