Sarah PORTER (1876

Sarah PORTER (1876 - 1943)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
James Donald MACKERSIE (1903 - 1961) William George MACKERSIE (1905 - 1963) Henry Gordon MACKERSIE (1906 - 1949) Charles Leslie MACKERSIE (1915 - 1984)	Sarah PORTER (1876 - 1943) + George Stradbroke MACKERSIE (1862 - 1936)	William PORTER (1837 - 1887)	William PORTER

			Sarah MARRIOTT

		Mary SLATER (1838 - 1920)	William SLATER (1808 - 1898)	John SLATER (1778 - 1855)
				Frances SOMMERTON (1774 - 1857)
			Ruth DEACON (1804 - 1869)

b. 1876 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1902 George Stradbroke MACKERSIE (1862 - 1936) at Queensland, Australia

d. 1943 at Queensland, Australia aged 67

Near Relatives of Sarah PORTER (1876 - 1943)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William PORTER
Grandmother	Sarah MARRIOTT
Grandfather	William SLATER	1808	Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England	1898	Warwickshire, England	90
Grandmother	Ruth DEACON	1804		1869	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	65

Father in Law	James Donald MACKERSIE	1846	Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire, Scotland	1923	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	77
Mother in Law	Elizabeth MCLEAY	1836	Banffshire, Scotland	1915	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	79

Father	William PORTER	1837	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	1887	Inkerman, Ayr, Queensland, Australia	50
Mother	Mary SLATER	1838	Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England	1920	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82

Self	Sarah PORTER	1876	Queensland, Australia	1943	Queensland, Australia	67

Husband	George Stradbroke MACKERSIE	abt 1862		1936	Queensland, Australia	74

Son	James Donald MACKERSIE	1903	Queensland, Australia	1961	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	58
Son	William George MACKERSIE	1905	Queensland, Australia	1963	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	58
Son	Henry Gordon MACKERSIE	1906	Queensland, Australia	1949	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	43
Son	Charles Leslie MACKERSIE	1915	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1984	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69

Brother	George PORTER	1858	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	1878	Jarvisfield, Ayr, Queensland, Australia	20
Brother	John PORTER	1860	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	abt 1874	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	14
Brother	Thomas PORTER	abt 1862	England	1863		1
Brother	Thomas PORTER	1864		1933	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Brother	Henry (Harry) PORTER	1867	Queensland, Australia	1952	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	85
Sister	Margaret Sarah PORTER	1869	Queensland, Australia	06 Apr 1953	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	84
Sister	Annie Elizabeth PORTER	1871	Queensland, Australia	29 Aug 1958	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Sister	Elizabeth PORTER	1874	Queensland, Australia	1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	90
Brother	William PORTER	1879	Queensland, Australia	1947	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	68

Daughter in Law	Beryl Croxford NEWTON			1967	Ayr, Queensland, Australia

Uncle	Daniel PORTER			1896	Queensland, Australia
Aunt	Possibly STOKES
Uncle	John PORTER			1917	Queensland, Australia
Aunt	Hannah SLATER	1830	Sowe, Warwickshire
Uncle	Thomas RICHARDSON	1829	Stoke, Warwickshire, England
Uncle	Walter SLATER	1832	Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Aunt	Ann HIRONS
Uncle	John SLATER?	1833	Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Aunt	Elizabeth SLATER	1835
Uncle	Thomas SLATER	1841	Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Aunt	Agnes CARTER	1842	Foleshill, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Uncle	George SLATER	1845	Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Aunt	Eliza SLATER	1848	Stoke, Warwickshire, England
Uncle	Frederick JONES	abt 1846	Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Aunt	Sarah Ann SLATER	1848	Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Cousin	Henry RICHARDSON	1850	Stoke, Warwickshire, England
Cousin	Thomas JONES	1872	Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Cousin	Emily JONES	1874	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	1947	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	73
Cousin	Frederick JONES	1877	Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Cousin	Ernest JONES	1880	Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Cousin	Herbert JONES	1886	Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Niece	Lucy Ann PORTER			1919	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Herbert PORTER	abt 1877	Queensland, Australia	1938	Tully, Queensland, Australia	61
Niece	Margaret Elizabeth PORTER	1901	Queensland, Australia	1983	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	William James Leonta PORTER	1903	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1906	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	3
Nephew	George Henry PORTER	1905	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Jessie PORTER	1909	Queensland, Australia	2003		94
Niece	Mary Isabel PORTER	1913	Queensland, Australia	2002	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	89
Niece	Annie PORTER	1914	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Mary Grace SOPER	16 Jun 1886	Queensland, Australia	12 May 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	92
Nephew	John SOPER	1888	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	02 Jul 1971	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	83
Niece	Sarah Jane SOPER	1892	Queensland, Australia	04 Oct 1982	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	90
Nephew	William George SOPER	25 Mar 1894	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 Sep 1985	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Niece	Ellen SOPER	1897	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Ethel SOPER	1899	Queensland, Australia	26 Apr 1970	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	71
Niece	Emily Margaret SOPER	1903	Queensland, Australia	1903	Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Henry Samuel SOPER	1904	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	22 Sep 1987	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	83
Nephew	Herbert Francis SOPER	1906	Queensland, Australia	22 Feb 1976	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70
Nephew	Arthur Frederick SOPER	27 May 1908	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	30 Jun 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	71
Nephew	Walter James SOPER	1910	Queensland, Australia	16 Dec 1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	54
Niece	Annie CARCARY	18 Dec 1890	Queensland, Australia	1975	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	85
Nephew	Charles Harry CARCARY	12 Jun 1893	Queensland, Australia	22 Nov 1902	Queensland, Australia	9
Nephew	William James (Jim) CARCARY	27 May 1895	Queensland, Australia	14 Sep 1973	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	78
Niece	Mary Elizabeth (bessie) CARCARY	18 Aug 1897	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	12 Jul 1989	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Nephew	George Samuel CARCARY	01 Apr 1900	Queensland, Australia	1982	Queensland, Australia	82
Niece	Margaret Jane CARCARY	10 Jun 1902	Queensland, Australia	18 Oct 1988	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Nephew	David Alexander CARCARY	20 Aug 1904	Queensland, Australia	24 Jul 1926	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	21
Nephew	John Howard (Jack) (Jock) CARCARY	05 Aug 1906	Queensland, Australia	1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Niece	Frances Elsie CARCARY	20 Oct 1908	Queensland, Australia	15 Jun 1981	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	72
Niece	Alice Heatherbelle CARCARY	04 Oct 1911	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	06 May 1980	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	68
Nephew	Gordon Arthur CARCARY	1914	Queensland, Australia	22 Jun 1915	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1
Niece	Mary Ann SELDON	1894	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1966	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	72
Niece	Alice SELDON	1895	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1987	Queensland, Australia	92
Niece	Martha Elizabeth SELDON	1898	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1985	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Nephew	Edward SELDON	1901	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1901	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	0
Niece	Maud Charlotte SELDON	1902	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1971	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Nephew	Richard SELDON	1905	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1994	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	89
Nephew	Charles William SELDON	1908	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1990	Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	Silas SELDON	1910	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1989	Redland, Queensland, Australia	79
Niece	Eva SELDON	1913	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1993	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	80
Niece	Lilly May PORTER	1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1997	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	79

Brother in Law	James Donald MACKERSIE			1937	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Jessie MACKERSIE	1872	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Margaret Clare MACKERSIE	1874	Tambourine Mountain, Queensland, Australia	1943	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Sister in Law	Elizabeth GRAHAM	abt 1855	Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England	1915	Queensland, Australia	60
Brother in Law	John SOPER	abt 1857	Meeth, Devon, England	16 Feb 1944	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Brother in Law	Charles CARCARY	25 Sep 1860	Farnell, Angus, Scotland	29 Jul 1953	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	92
Brother in Law	Albert SELDON	abt 1865	Meeth, Devon, England	1921	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	56
Sister in Law	Hannah Jane KELLY			1960	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia

Events in Sarah PORTER (1876 - 1943)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1876		Sarah PORTER was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	18
1887	11	Death of father William PORTER (aged 50)	Inkerman, Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	60, 90
1902	26	Married George Stradbroke MACKERSIE (aged 40)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1903	27	Birth of son James Donald MACKERSIE	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1905	29	Birth of son William George MACKERSIE	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18
1906	30	Birth of son Henry Gordon MACKERSIE	Queensland, Australia	Note 6	18
1915	39	Birth of son Charles Leslie MACKERSIE	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 7	18
1920	44	Death of mother Mary SLATER (aged 82)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 8	59, 60, 90
1936	60	Death of husband George Stradbroke MACKERSIE (aged 74)	Queensland, Australia	Note 9	18, 59
1943	67	Sarah PORTER died	Queensland, Australia	Note 10	52

Note 1: Qld bmd - 1876 C129 Sarah Porter William and Mary Slater

Note 2: Brisbane Courier 11 Feb 1888
In the WILL of WILLIAM PORTER of Broughton Vale, Inkerman, in the Colony of Queensland, Selector, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that, after the expiration of fourteen days from the date of publication hereof, application will be made to the said Honourable Court that PROBATE of the WILL of the above named William Porter, deceased, nay be granted to MARY PORTER, of Broughton Vale, Inkerman, wife of the above named deceased.

Note 3: in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Sarah Poster
Spouse Name: George Stradbroke Mackerzi
Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1902
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1902
Registration Number: 002195
Page Number: 21085

Note 4: see death notes for father in 1936

1903 C10069 James Donald Mackersie George Stradbrooke Sarah Porter

Note 5: 1905 C10958 William George Mackersie George Stradbroke Sarah Porter

Note 6: 1906 C11056 Henry Gordon Mackersie George Stradbroke Sarah Porter

Note 7: 1915 C7864 Charles Leslie Mackersie George Stradbrooke Sarah Porter

Note 8: Burdekin Burial register
PORTER Mary (F) - age 85 - of Ayr - Ayr Cemetery, grave no 453 - dod 7 Nov 1920

Townsville Daily Bulletin 12 November 1920 (page 7):
There passed away on Sunday night at the district hospital on the oldest residents of this district Mrs Porter, aged 85 years. The deceased lady arrived in Queensland from England in the sixties and settled in our district with her husband in the middle seventies and has resided here ever since. Her husband predeceased her a number of years ago. The deceased lady leave behind a grown up family of three sons and four daughters all well known residents of our district and 11 grand children and several great-grandchildren. The funeral on Monday was largely attended testimonial to the esteem the respect in which the late Mary Porter and her family are held.

Note 9: Qld bmd - 1937 C1084 George Stradbroke Mackersie James and Elizabeth McClay

Burdekin Burial Register
15745 MacKersie. George S. Male. Age 74 Presbyterian - Ayr Cemetery - Grave no 1260 - date of burial 1936-12-27

Townsville Daily Bulletin 3 Feb 1938
Probate was granted by the Regis-
trar (Mr. J. Shannon) at the Supreme
Court on Wednesday in the will of
George Stradbroke Mackersie. late of
Alrdale, Ayr, farmer, who died at Ayr,
on December 26, 1936, to James Don
ald Mackersie, of Airdale. farmer, son
of the deceased, and the Union Trus-
tee Company of Australia Limited,
Brisbane. Sworn at realty under £497,
personalty under £1,923. (Taken out by
Roberts. Leu and North, town angents
for R. J. Ruddy and Tomlins, Ayr.)

Note 10: in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Sarah MacKersie
Death Date: 30 Dec 1943
Death Place: Queensland
Father's name: William Porter
Mother's name: Mary Slater
Registration Year: 1944
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 001148
Page Number: 1420

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Qld bmd - 1876 C129 Sarah Porter William and Mary Slater

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Sarah MacKersie
Death Date: 30 Dec 1943
Death Place: Queensland
Father's name: William Porter
Mother's name: Mary Slater
Registration Year: 1944
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 001148
Page Number: 1420

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Sarah Poster
Spouse Name: George Stradbroke Mackerzi
Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1902
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1902
Registration Number: 002195
Page Number: 21085

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