NameWilliam Corning Porter
BirthMay 1818, Beaver River, Yarmouth or Digby Co N.S.
Death25 Sep 1843, Beaver River, Yarmouth or Digby Co N.S.
Death Memoat a house or barn raising when part of a frame fell across his body
BurialFounders Cemetery, Beaver River, Yarmouth Co N.S.
Burial MemoMarker F5
Marriage27 Jan 1842, Beaver River, Yarmouth or Digby Co N.S.
Marr Memo(by Rev A V Dimock)
SpouseSarah H Goudey
Birth1821, Yarmouth Township N.S.
Death25 Jun 1899, Port Maitland, Yarmouth Co N.S.
Death Memo(of “heart failure”)
Burial27 Jun 1899, Island Cemetery, Port Maitland, Yarmouth Co N.S.
Burial MemoLot 52, Ave A East
ReligionFree Baptist
FatherStephen Goudey (1787-1870)
MotherMary Haskell (1789-1874)
Other spousesThomas Wilson Curry
Children
1 MWilliam Stayley Porter
Birth7 Nov 1842, Cedar Lake, Yarmouth or Digby Co N.S.
Death7 Mar 1918, Port Maitland, Yarmouth Co N.S.
Burial10 Mar 1918, Island Cemetery, Port Maitland, Yarmouth Co N.S.
Burial MemoLot 66, Ave B West
Occupationmerchant; general dealer
ReligionFree Will Baptist
SpouseJulia Parry
Marriage17 Jan 1867, Port Maitland, Yarmouth Co N.S.
Marr Memo(by Rev Aaron Cogswell; witnesses: Aaron Corning, Joseph Goudey)
2 FAlmira Agnes Porter
Birth5 May 1844
SpouseAaron Shaw Corning
Marriage18 Mar 1866
Notes for William Stayley (Child 1)
known as Stayley
“Stayley’s original shop burned in October 1913 and some time after that he had the building that William Thurston had used as a candy factory moved directly across Highway 1 from the current location of Shore Grocery in Port Maitland. Stayley owned this property from 14 June 1873 until his death when it became the property of his son Lyndon Earl Porter who owned it until 30 April 1937.”