Lives of the First World War

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ID: 8920521

Name: Cambridge Chronicle, 10 Nov. 1915, p.6.

Title: Trumpington V.T.C

Description: local paper

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ID: 8926769

Name: Census 1911 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 20, accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1911 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 20

Description: The census information recorded Thomas Francis Porter (aged 17, school) at home with his father, Thomas Humphrey John Porter (54, Solicitor's Managing Clerk, born in Lambeth, London), step-mother, Emily (54); his siblings, Mary Ann Elizabeth (30), Elsie Florence (19, school), Gladys Alessine (16, school), Doris Miriam (14, school); and Jane Julia Pearson (48) general servant. They lived in a 9-roomed property, Quy Villa, Cambridge Road, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. The census details were as of the night of 2/3 April 1911.

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ID: 8927430

Title: Trumpington Voluntary Training Corps, 1915

Description: T.H.J. Porter - 2nd from right, back row. Members of Trumpington Voluntary Training Corps outside Anstey Hall, Trumpington. Photograph taken by Stearn of Cambridge and reproduced in Cambridge Chronicle 10 November 1915, p.6.

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ID: 8927506

Title: Trumpington V.T.C. on Duty

Description: Item published in Cambridge Chronicle 17 November 1915, p.7, under the heading ‘Trumpington V.T.C. on Duty’ with the caption: “Pictures showing members of the Trumpington V.T.C., Patrol No.3, on duty guarding a railway bridge “Somewhere in Cambs.” Left to right: W.R. Haslop, T.H.J. Porter, P.J. Collins, Sergt. P.R. Robinson, F.W. Lander, I. Parker, and R. Haslop.”

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ID: 8927531

Title: Trumpington V.T.C. on Duty

Description: Item published in Cambridge Chronicle 17 November 1915, p.7, under the heading ‘Trumpington V.T.C. on Duty’ with the caption: “Pictures showing members of the Trumpington V.T.C., Patrol No.3, on duty guarding a railway bridge “Somewhere in Cambs.” Left to right: P.J. Collins (sentry), P.R. Robinson (sergeant), T.H.J. Porter and W.R. Haslop (patrol).”

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ID: 9137910

Title: Thomas H. J. Porter, Headstone, Trumpington

Description: Photograph of the headstone of Thomas Humphrey John Porter and his first wife, Sarah (Minnie), at Trumpington Churchyard Extension. T. H. J. Porter died 26 July 1936 and Sarah, born 29 September 1857, died 5 February 1899. The churchyard extension is located at the junction of Hauxton Road and Shelford Road, Trumpington. Photo: Wendy Roberts, 28 Nov 2017

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ID: 9137918

Title: Thomas H. J. Porter, Headstone locn., Trumpington

Description: Photograph to indicate the position of the grave of Thomas Humphrey John Porter and his first wife, Sarah (Minnie) in Trumpington Churchyard Extension. Grave with the horizontal cross. Photograph: Wendy Roberts, 28 Nov 2017

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ID: 9210510

Name: England & Wales National Probate Calendar, 1936, accessed via Ancestry

Title: England & Wales National Probate Calendar, 1936

Description: Entry for Thomas Humphrey John Porter of Quy Villa Trumpington Cambridge died 26 July 1936 at Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge. Probate was granted to Emily Porter and Mary Ann Elizabeth Huckle widows and Thomas Francis Porter local government officer.

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ID: 9210518

Name: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1858, accessed via Ancestry

Title: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1858

Description: Entry for Thomas Humphrey John Porter, born 29 March 1857, baptism date 19 Sept. 1858 at Saint Luke, Westminster, London. Father: Thomas Humphrey Porter. Mother: Mary Anne Porter.

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ID: 9210534

Name: Census 1871 England, London, Lambeth, Kennington First, District 5

Title: Census 1871 England, London, Lambeth, Kennington First, District 5

Description: The census information recorded Thomas Porter (aged 14, clerk at wine merchant's, b. London) at home with his father, Thomas H. Porter (34, clerk of works); his mother, Mary A (34); and his siblings, Jane (11), Emily (7), Edward (6), and Mary A. (1). They lived at 49 Princes Square, Lambeth. The census details were as of the night of 2/3 April 1871.

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ID: 9210541

Name: Census 1881 England, Cambridgeshire, St Andrew the Less, District 14

Title: Census 1881 England, Cambridgeshire, St Andrew the Less, District 14

Description: The census information recorded Thomas H.J. Porter (aged 24, solicitor's clerk, b. Lambeth, Surrey) at home with his wife, Sarah (23, b. U.S.A.); their daughter, Mary A.E. (5 months); and Annie E. Pratt (14, domestic servant). They lived at 12 Milford Street, Cambridge. The census details were as of the night of 3/4 April 1881.

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ID: 9210598

Title: Free BMD Database - Marriage - 1879

Description: Marriage registration: Thomas Humphrey J. Porter and Sarah Creger, Jul - Sep 1879, Cambridge v.3b p. 757

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ID: 9210601

Name: Census 1891 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 3, accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1891 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 3

Description: The census information recorded Thomas H.J. Porter (aged 34, solicitor's clerk) at home with his wife, Sarah (33); their daughter, Mary A.E. (10); and Emily C. Mansfield (17, domestic servant. They lived at Quy Villa, London Road, Trumpington. The census details were as of the night of 5/6 April 1891.

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ID: 9210654

Name: Census 1901 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 3, accessed via Ancestry

Title: Census 1901 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 3

Description: The census information recorded Thomas H.J. Porter (aged 44, widower, solicitor's managing clerk) at home with his children, Mary A.E. (20), Elsie (9), Thomas F. (7), Gladys A. (6) and Doris M. (4); his aunt, Elizabeth Rayner (83, widow, b. Trumpington); and Lane J. Pearson (39, domestic servant). They lived at Quy Villa, Cambridge Road, Trumpington. The census details were as of the night of 31 March/1 April 1901

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ID: 9210663

Title: Free BMD Database - Marriage - 1905

Description: Marriage registration: Thomas H. J. Porter and Emily Holmes, Jul - Sep 1905, Cambridge v.3b p. 1015

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ID: 9448965

Title: Memorial in Trumpington Parish Church

Description: Tablet of clunch on the east wall of the north transept. 'In Memorium. Thomas Humphrey John Porter. 1857-1936. For sixteen years Churchwarden of this Parish. For sixty-five years Servant of one Firm.' Source: Trumpington Magazine, August 1937

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