Individual Details

Guy Gilbert PORTER

(2 Sep 1883 - 21 Jun 1953)

According to Jean Moore

He lived in Sinnemahoning, PA and worked on Penn. RR. He left Sinne. after a big flood washed away their house. He moved to DC to a high position in Agric. Dept. Family followed some years later.

Events

Birth	2 Sep 1883
Birth		Penfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Birth	2 Sep 1885	Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage	Bef 1907	Mabel O. "May or Mabe" OBER
Occupation	1908	laborer in saw mill
Residence	Abt 1917	Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States
Employment		worked for the railroad
Removed	1917 - 1942	after a big flood washed away their house - Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, United States (1846-1902)
Residence (family)	27 Apr 1942	2911 Holly Street, Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, United States (1846-1902) - Mabel O. "May or Mabe" OBER
Military	27 Apr 1942	(registered for the draft) - Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, United States (1846-1902)
Description	27 Apr 1942	White, light complexion, gray eyes, gray hair, scar on forehead - Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, United States (1846-1902)
Employment	27 Apr 1942	Federal Works Agency - Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Residence (family)	21 Jun 1953	2911 Holly Street, Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, United States (1846-1902) - Mabel O. "May or Mabe" OBER
Death	21 Jun 1953	cardiac failure due to cancer - Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, United States (1846-1902)
Burial	24 Jun 1953	Mount Comfort Cemetery, Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia, United States (1779-1791)
Occupation		engineer

Families

Spouse	Mabel O. "May or Mabe" OBER (1884 - 1972)
Child	Living
Child	Gladys May PORTER (1908 - 1986)
Child	Jessie Frances PORTER (1910 - )
Child	Dorothy Emma PORTER ( - 2017)
Child	Bessie Marie PORTER (1915 - 2001)

Father

James PORTER ( - )

Notes

Marriage

inferred from birth dates of children

Burial

Wheatley Funeral Home, 809 King St, Alexandria, VA

Endnotes

1. "U.S. WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918," database index (no images), Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3172/: accessed 11 August 2018), Guy Gilbert Porter, b. 2 Sep 1883 Cameron PA; citing Banks, Ray, comp.. World War I Civilian Draft Registrations.

2. "Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-1908," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/: accessed 23 February 2016), Gladys May Porter, b 29 Feb 1908, Benezette, Elk, PA, USA to Guy Gilbert Porter and Mabel May Ober, certificate # 22583; citing Pennsylvania (State). Birth certificates, 1906–1908. Series 11.89 (50 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania..

3. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 August 2016), memorial #23202713, tombstone reads: Guy G. Porter, September 2 1885 - June 21, 1953.

4. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, registered 27 April 1942, Alexandria VA, serial # U4140; citing United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration.

5. "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278/: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, Registration Dist #2020, State File #13073, Registered #256; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 February 2016), Mt Comfort Cemetery, Mabel O Porter (2 Sep 1884-25 Aug 1972), w/o Guy G Porter, #23202714.

7. "Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-1908," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/: accessed 23 February 2016), Gladys May Porter, b 29 Feb 1908, Benezette, Elk, PA, USA to Guy Gilbert Porter and Mabel May Ober, certificate # 22583; citing Pennsylvania (State). Birth certificates, 1906–1908. Series 11.89 (50 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania..

8. "U.S. WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918," database index (no images), Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3172/: accessed 11 August 2018), Guy Gilbert Porter, b. 2 Sep 1883 Cameron PA; citing Banks, Ray, comp.. World War I Civilian Draft Registrations.

9. Iva Carlson Donovan, daughter of Gust A Carlson, , Emporium, PA, interview by James W. Moore, 10 October 1985, ; notes, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016.

10. Iva Carlson Donovan, daughter of Gust A Carlson, , Emporium, PA, interview by James W. Moore, 10 October 1985, ; notes, privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2016.

11. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, registered 27 April 1942, Alexandria VA, serial # U4140; citing United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration.

12. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, registered 27 April 1942, Alexandria VA, serial # U4140; citing United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration.

13. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, registered 27 April 1942, Alexandria VA, serial # U4140; citing United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration.

14. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database index with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, registered 27 April 1942, Alexandria VA, serial # U4140; citing United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration.

15. "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278/: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, Registration Dist #2020, State File #13073, Registered #256; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

16. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 August 2016), memorial #23202713, tombstone reads: Guy G. Porter, September 2 1885 - June 21, 1953.

17. "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278/: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, Registration Dist #2020, State File #13073, Registered #256; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

18. "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278/: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, Registration Dist #2020, State File #13073, Registered #256; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

19. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 August 2016), memorial #23202713, tombstone reads: Guy G. Porter, September 2 1885 - June 21, 1953.

20. "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278/: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, Registration Dist #2020, State File #13073, Registered #256; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

21. "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278/: accessed 11 August 2016), Guy Gilbert Porter, Registration Dist #2020, State File #13073, Registered #256; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.