CATHERINE GAFFNEY, wife of Daniel Porter.
Daughter of Edward Gaffney and Catherine Oldheart/Alstoots.
Sister of John Gaffney, Martin L. Gaffney, Frances Gaffney, Johan Michael Gaffney, William Gaffney, and Elizabeth Gaffney.

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Daniel Porter & Catherine (Gaffney) Porter:
Chronology of migration, etc.

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SOURCE: Research of Cathy Porter-Maynard.
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• 1810 CENSUS: Household of Daniel Porter, shown on the Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania census.

• 1812: MILITARY, Daniel Porter - War of 1812. Patterson's 2nd Regiment; Pennsylvania Mil.

• 1820 CENSUS: Household of Daniel Porter, shown on the Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania census.

• 1823: Daniel and Catherine (Gaffney) Porter migrated from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to Vermillion, Richland County, Ohio. (SOURCE # 1: Obituary of Lucinda Porter Gingrich, "Stark County News," Feb. 26, 1908. SOURCE # 2: Excerpts from "OUR BOOK OF FINLEYS AND THEIR KINFOLK FAMILIES," By Leslie McLaughlin, R.G. [Page 293]. The Children of Edward Gaffney and wife, Catherine (unknown). Beginning with the section entitled: 'CATHERINE GAFFNEY').

• 1830 CENSUS: Household of Daniel Porter, shown on the Vermillion, Richland County, Ohio census.

• 1833 or 1834: Daniel and Catherine (Gaffney) Porter migrated from Ohio to Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. (SOURCE # 1: Biography of Edward Porter: "History of Cass County, Iowa - 1884". SOURCE # 2: Excerpts from "OUR BOOK OF FINLEYS AND THEIR KINFOLK FAMILIES," By Leslie McLaughlin, R.G. [Page 293]. The Children of Edward Gaffney and wife, Catherine (unknown). Beginning with the section entitled: 'CATHERINE GAFFNEY').

• 1836: Daniel Porter DIED in Macon County, Illinois, on February 5, 1836.
(*SOURCE # 1# Macon County, Illinois Probate Records for Daniel Porter [File # 23].
SOURCE # 2: Biography of Edward Porter: ''History of Cass County, Iowa - 1884''.
*SOURCE # 3: Obituary of Lucinda Porter Gingrich, ''Stark County News,'' Feb. 26, 1908.
*SOURCE # 4: Biography of Lucinda Porter Gingrich: ''History and Biography of Stark Co., Illinois,'' by M.A. Leeson. Page 513.
SOURCE # 5: [Excerpts from] "OUR BOOK OF FINLEYS AND THEIR KINFOLK FAMILIES," By Leslie McLaughlin, R.G. [Page 293]. The Children of Edward Gaffney and wife, Catherine (unknown). Beginning with the section entitled: 'CATHERINE GAFFNEY').

• 1840 CENSUS: Catherine Porter is shown as the "Head of the Household" on the 1840 United States Federal Census, in Macon County, Illinois. SHE IS A WIDOW. Residing with her is a son (Aaron Porter); and, two daughters.

• 1841: Catherine Porter migrates with other family members, to Stark County, Illinois, locating in Jersey Township. (SOURCE # 1: Excerpts from "OUR BOOK OF FINLEYS AND THEIR KINFOLK FAMILIES," By Leslie McLaughlin, R.G. [Page 293]. The Children of Edward Gaffney and wife, Catherine (unknown). Beginning with the section entitled: 'CATHERINE GAFFNEY'). SOURCE # 2: Obituary of Lucinda Porter Gingrich & other family records).

• 1850 CENSUS: Catherine (Gaffney) Porter is shown on the Stark County, Illinois census, with three of her adult children.

• 1860, 1870, and 1880: Catherine is shown on the Stark County, Illinois census, in the household of her daughter, Lucinda (Porter) Gingrich, and her husband Daniel Gingrich, and their children.

• 1883: Catherine (Gaffney) Porter died in Stark County, Illinois. She is buried in the Stringtown Cemetery, Stark Co., Essex Township; Section 31, Lot C-88.

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[NOTE: Please feel free to copy my research. However, If you use any portion of my research, please remember to cite my name (Cathy Porter-Maynard) as the source for this material. Thank-you].

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