Ellen Porter (1856 - 1932)

Birth:
May 29, 1856; Lot 16, Concession 10, St. Vincent Township
Death:
August 5, 1932 (age 76); Meaford, Ontario
Buried:
Lakeview Cemetery, Meaford, Ontario
Parents:

Ellen Porter was born in 1856 on the homestead and lived there with her family until 1910. She bought a new house at 178 Margaret Street and took in boarders. She kept chickens in the back lean-to of the house. Because of poor health, she later moved to a smaller house at 169 St. Vincent Street where she kept chickens in a coop in her backyard. She died in 1932 at the home of her niece, Hattie Ellis.