Porteous Research Project

EMIGRANTS

A partial list of known emigrants from Scotland, England and Ireland.

Although all of the following individuals are known to have migrated from their homeland, this list is intended to give only a general picture of Porteous emigration, and is obviously far from complete. In some cases assumptions have had to be made about precise dates of migration. This list was first collated in 2004 and an updated list is now in preparation. Please see the note below.

	Date	Name
before	1623	Robert Porteous	Scotland – Krosno, Poland
about	1630	John Porteus	Scotland – Devenish, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland
before	1645	Robert Portis	Scotland – Dorchester, Massachusetts
	1650	Edward Porteus	Newbattle, Scotland – Violet Banks, Petsworth, Gloucester County, Virginia
about	1725–30	Robert Porteus	Newbottle, Virginia – York, England
about	1755	James Porteous	Scotland – Kent County, New Brunswick
	1760	George Portis	Wales – Isle of Wight County, Virginia – Franklin, Nash County, North Carolina
	1761	John Porteous	Perth, Perthshire, Scotland – Shenectady – Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
c	1762	Andrew Porteous	Carmacoup House, Lanarkshire – Montreal, Quebec
	1766	John Porteous	Edinburgh – Bath, Virginia – Barron County, Kentucky
	1768	Robert Porteous	London – Beaufort, South Carolina
	1775	Simon Porteus	Scotland – Georgia
	1783–84	Christiania Porteous	Ancrum, Roxburghshire – Washington County, New York
c	1785	James Porteous	Glasgow – Jamaica
about	1785	Thomas Porteous	Lanarkshire – Addison, Vermont – Montreal, Quebec
c	1787	Henry Porteous	Roxburghshire – St Helena
c	1790	Mary Cannon (née Porteus)	Ireland – Nantucket, Massachusetts – North Carolina
before	1795	David Porteous	Scotland – Ogden Island, Ogdensburg, New York
	1800	John J Porteous	Stranraer – Waitapeka, New Zealand
about	1800	(unknown) Porteous	Scotland – Pictou / Colchester, Nova Scotia
	1806–09	William J Porteous	Dumfriesshire – St John's, Newfoundland
c	1815	Robert Porteous	Scotland – Madrid, St Lawrence County, New York
c	1815	Samuel Porteous	Scotland – Lower Canada – Carolina – Waddington, St Lawrence County, New York
	1817	George Portteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Boston, Massachusetts – Maryland – Franklin County, Indiana
	1817	David Portteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Boston, Massachusetts – Maryland – Franklin County, Indiana
	1817	Thomas Portteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Boston, Massachusetts – Maryland – Marion County, Indiana
	1817	Elizabeth Portteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Boston, Massachusetts – Maryland – Franklin County, Indiana
	1817	Margaret Portteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Boston, Massachusetts – Maryland – Marion County, Indiana
before	1818	Janet Porteous	Scotland – New York
before	1819	James Porteous	Scotland – Lanark County, Ontario
c	1819	John Porteus	Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland – US (?)
c	1819	Moore Lee Porteous	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Philadelphia – Madrid, St Lawrence County, New York – Waddington, New York
after	1819	Sarah Porteous	Jamestown, St Helena – Edinburgh
	1820	Alexander Porteous	Haddington, East Lothian – New Orleans, Louisiana
c	1820	Mary Grant (née Porteous)	Perthshire – Quebec
about	1820	Thomas Porteous	Haddington, East Lothian – Toronto, York County, Ontario
about	1820	(unknown) Porteous	Haddington, East Lothian – Riverside, California
c	1820	James Porteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Easttown, Pennsylvania
	1821	Andrew Porteous	(unknown) – New York – Canada
c	1821	John Porteous	Dumfriesshire – Lanark County – Renfrew County, Ontario
	1822	Andrew Porteous	Liverpool, England – New York – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
about	1825	James Byam Porteous	Falmouth, Cornwall, England – Jamaica
before	1827	John Porteous	Aberdeen, Scotland – Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick
	1827	Peter Porteous	Liverpool, England – New York
	1828	John Porteous	Greyfriars, Edinburgh – New Orleans, Louisiana
	1829	David Porteous	Scotland – New York
about	1829	Georgina Anson (née Porteous)	Scotland – Toronto, Ontario
c	1830	George Porteous	Edinburgh – New Orleans, Louisiana
about	1830	James Hope Porteous	Dumfriesshire – Galloway, New Brunswick
about	1830	William Porteous	Aberdeen – Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick
	1830	Robert Porteous	Orkney Islands, Scotland – Fullerton, Ontario
c	1830	William Bevill Porteous	Jamestown, St Helena – Scotland – Cape Town, South Africa
	1832	William Porteous	Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire – Osgoode Township, Carleton County, Ontario
	1832	Cornelius Porteous	York, England – Montreal, Quebec
c	1832	Rev John Porteous	Maybole, Ayrshire – St Catherine, Ontario
	1833	James Porteous	Leith, Scotland – New York
about	1833	George Porteous	Leith, Scotland – Australia
	1834	Margaret Porteous	Auchtenbogt, Scotland – Toronto, Ontario
	1835	Nichol Partis	Downham, Northumberland – Ormstown, Quebec
	1835	Robert Porteous	England – New York
about	1835	James Porteous	Scotland – Richibucto Parish, Kent County, New Brunswick
about	1835	Mary Porteous	Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland – Hamilton, Ontario
before	1836	Donald Porteous	Jamestown, St Helena – Edinburgh, Scotland – Hull, Yorkshire
	1836	Eliza Porteous	London, England – New York
before	1838	David Porteous	Dumfriesshire, Scotland – New Brunswick – Pembroke Township, Renfrew County, Ontario
c	1838	Capt Henry William Porteous	Jamestown, St Helena – Scotland – Cape Town, South Africa – Madras, India
about	1839	Mary Howden (née Porteous)	Musselburgh – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
	1840	Simon Porteus	Drumadown, Ireland – Manvers Township, County Durham, (?) Canada
	1840	James Porteus	Drumadown, Ireland – Canada
	1840	Thomas Portas	Liverpool, England – New York
c	1840	James Porteous	Kirtlebridge, Middlebie / Hoddam, Dumfriesshire, Scotland – Nippising County, Ontario
	1841	Helen Portas	England – New York
	1841	Thomas H Portas	Liverpool, England – New York
c	1841	William Porteous	Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland – Vernon, Ontario, Canada
c	1841	Andrew Porteous	Midlothian, Scotland – Beaufort, Victoria, Australia
	1842	John Porteous	Kilmarnock, Ayrshire – Pictou / Tatamagouche, Colchester County / New Annan, Nova Scotia
after	1843	Jessie Ingram (née Porteous)	St Stephen's Parish, Edinburgh – Chicago, Illinois
	1844	William Porteous	Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire – Scott Township, Ontario
before	1845	Jane Porteous	Enniskillen, Ireland – Newcastle, Ontario – Cartwright Township, Durham County, Ontario
about	1845	Robert Porteous	Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire – Bruce County, Ontario – Newfolden, Minnesota
before	1846	George Porteous	Elvington, Yorkshire – Reach Township, Ontario
	1848	George Porteous	Glasgow, Scotland – New York
	1848	John Porteus	Ireland – Norfolk, St Lawrence County, New York
before	1848	Robert Porteous	Scotland – Pembroke Township, Renfrew County, Ontario
before	1849	Archibald Porteous	Kirkpatrick-Fleming, Dumfriesshire – Richmond, Carleton County, Ontario
	1849	Peter Porteous	Greenock, Scotland – New York
	1849	William Porteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanaugh, Ireland – Pennsylvania – New York
	1849	Eleanor Porteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanaugh, Ireland – Pennsylvania – Napa, California
	1849	James Porteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanaugh, Ireland – Pennsylvania – San Francisco, California
	1849	Simon Arthur Porteus	Enniskillen, County Fermanaugh, Ireland – Australia – New York
	1849	William Porteus	County Sligo, Ireland – Ohio
	1849–50	James Porteous	Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire – Canada – West Point, Calaveras County, California
c	1850	David Porteous	England – Maryborough Township, Wellington County – Woodlands, Manitoba
about	1850	Adam Porteous	Glasgow, Scotland – Warren, Ohio
about	1850	Rev David Porteous	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia – Hokitika, New Zealand
	1850–51	Andrew McKay Porteous	Scotland – Echunga, South Australia
about	1850	James Alexander Porteus	Maguiresbridge, Ireland – New York
	1851	George Porteous	Musselburgh, East Lothian – Wellington – Lyttelton, New Zealand
	1852	William Porteous	Hoddom, Dumfriesshire – Montreal – Cornwall, Ontario
	1852	John Porteous	Beck, St Mungo, Dumfriesshire, Scotland New York – Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
	1852	Thomas Porteous	Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire – Wareek, Victoria, Australia
	1853	James Porteus	Northern Ireland – Hartford, Connecticut
	1854	Edward Porteus	Drumadown, Ireland - Grey County, Ontario
c	1854	William Porteous	Dumfriesshire – Ontario
c	1855	Agnes Porteous	Lanarkshire – Darlington Township, Durham County, Ontario
c	1855	Margaret Porteous	Lanarkshire – Darlington Township, Durham County, Ontario
c	1855	Mary Porteous	Lanarkshire – Darlington Township, Durham County, Ontario
c	1855	William Porteous	Lanarkshire – Darlington Township, Durham County, Ontario
c	1858	Thomas Clark Porteous	Edinburgh – New Orleans, Louisiana
	1859	Samuel G Porteous	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England – British Columbia, Canada – Virginia City – Reno, Nevada
	1859–60	Robert Porteous	Alloa, Scotland – Tasmania, Australia
	1860	Robert Porteous	Glasgow, Lanarkshire – Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
c	1860	Alexander Stuart Porteous	Glenholm, Peeblesshire – East Whitby Township, Durham County, Ontario
c	1860	John Porteous	Stranraer, Scotland – Dunedin, New Zealand
about	1860	Robert Porteous	County Fermanagh, Ireland – Mannors Township, Bethany, Peterborough, Ontario
	1861	George H Portice	Belfast, Ireland – Owen Sound, Ontario – Pickford Township, Chippewa, Michigan
c	1861	Robert Porteus	Belfast, Ireland – Winnipeg, Manitoba
c	1861	John Porteous	Edinburgh, Scotland – Waikouaiti, New Zealand
c	1862	John Alexander Porteus	Devenish, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
after	1863	Charlotte Porteous	Dumfries, Scotland – Brantford County, Ontario
	1864	William Porteous	Bo'ness, Falkirk, Linlithgowshire – Port Chalmers – Otaga, New Zealand
after	1864	George Robert Porteous	Holytown, Lanarkshire – South Oamaru – Otago, New Zealand
about	1865	Margaret Baillie Simpson (née Porteous)	Merryfield, Dunbar, Scotland – Yorkton, Saskatchewan
	1865	Alexander Porteouss	Woolwich, London – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
about	1870	George Porteous	Wales – Longueuil, Montreal, Quebec
c	1870	John Portus	Lincolnshire, England – Rockefeller/Mundelein, Lake County, Chicago, Illinois
	1870	John Porteous	Biggar, West Linton – Glasgow – Hartford – Norwich, Connecticut
	1871	Jane Porteous	Wood Hall, Lanarkshire – Lanaconing, Maryland – Gypsum, Kansas – Cooper, Texas
	1873	James Porteous	Haddington, Scotland – Santa Barbara – Fresno, California
	1875	James Matthew Porteus	Mullinacross, Ballintra, County Donegal – Hobart, Delaware County, New York
	1876	Isabella Porteous	West Linton, Peeblesshire – Brisbane – Blackall, Queensland, Australia
before	1877	Janet Porteous	Old Monkland, Lanarkshire – Christchurch, New Zealand
before	1877	Elizabeth Porteous	Old Monkland, Lanarkshire – Oamaru, New Zealand
c	1880	Thomas Porteus	Belfast, Ireland – Tara, Arran Township, Ontario
about	1880	Hercules Scott Porteous	Lauriston Castle, Mearns, Crieff, Scotland – Colorado – Comox, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
	1881	William Walter Porteous	Lauriston Castle, Mearns, Crieff, Scotland – New York – Denver, Colorado – Vancouver, British Columbia
	1882	John Porteous	Glasgow, Scotland – Bundaberg, Queensland – Westend, Brisbane, South Australia
	1882–84	William Lee Porteus	Lisdrumgran, Ireland – Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
	1883	Charles Edward Portas	Hannah-cum-Hagnaby, Lincolnshire, England – Mackay – Gympie, Queensland, Australia
	1883	Jane Bowman Mitchell (née Porteous)	Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire – Westerly, Rhode Island
c	1883–87	Bruce Edward Porteous	Tradeston, Glasgow – Chicago, Illinois – San Diego, California
before	1884	Barbara Porteous	Bothwell, Lanarkshire – Oamaru, New Zealand
before	1884	George Porteous	Bothwell, Lanarkshire – Victoria, Australia
	1884	Patrick ('Young Rick') Porteous	Enniskellen, County Fermanagh, Ireland – Ashern, Manitoba
	1885	Martha Porteous	Crossford, near Glasgow, Lanarkshire – Yorkton, Saskatchewan
	1885	Alex Porteous	Bankend, Lanark, Lanarkshire – Saskatchewan
	1886	William Acheson Porteus	Lisdrumgran, Ireland – Tasmania, Australia
	1886	John Porteous	Scotland – Hartford, Connecticut (?)
before	1887	Joseph B Porthouse	Dumfriesshire – Chicago, Illinois
	1889	John Boothe Porteus	County Leitrim, Ireland – Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
c	1890	Robert Porteous	Belfast, Ireland – Winnipeg, Manitoba
c	1890	Christopher Porteous	Milton, Glasgow – Santee, San Diego, California
about	1890	Hiram Porteous	Glasgow, Scotland – Pembroke, Ontario
about	1890	Robert Frances Porteous	Glasgow, Scotland – Pembroke, Ontario – Montreal, Quebec
	1896	Agnes Porteous	Stirling, Lanark, Lanarkshire – Vancouver, British Columbia
	1896	Elizabeth Porteous	Tinvale, Lanark, Lanarkshire – Yorkton – Vancouver, British Columbia
	1896	George Porteous	Crossford, Lanark, Lanarkshire – Yorkton – Springside, Saskatchewan
	1896	Bob Porteous	Crossford, Lanark, Lanarkshire – Yorkton – Ottawa, Canada
c	1896	Graham Maddison Porteous	Falmouth, Cornwall – Cape Town, South Africa
	1898	John Porteous	Coalburn, Lanark, Lanarkshire – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
before	1899	Edward James Porteous	Monard Mills, Queens County, Ireland – San Francisco, California – Fairfax, Canada
about	1900	Lilian Porteous	Rajamundry, Godavery District, Madras, India – Worthing, West Sussex, England
about	1900	George Porteous	Holytown, Glasgow – Auckland, New Zealand
	1900	Robert Crozier O'Farrall Porteous	Holytown, Glasgow – Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia – Hamilton, Ontario
about	1900	Katherine Mabel Porteous	Rajamundry, Godavery District, Madras, India – Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
about	1900	Col Charles Arckoll Porteous	St Thomas Mount, Madras, India – Sevenoaks, Kent, England
c	1902	Gilbert Gilmore Porteous	London – Buenos Aires, Argentina
about	1904	Thomas Porteous	Holytown, Glasgow – Nova Scotia – Auckland, New Zealand
c	1902–04	James Porteous	Holytown, Glasgow – New Brunswick/Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
	1904	Gladstone Porteous	Victoria, Australia – Salown, China
	1904	Rev Robert W Porteous	Howick, Scotland – Kiangsi, China – Olympia, Washington
	1905	Alexander Porteous	Stockport, Cheshire, England – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Vancouver
	1908	Roy Porteous	Lytham St Annes, England – Western Canada
before	1909	George C Porteous	Edinburgh, Scotland – Hamilton, Ontario – Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada
	1909	Dr William James Porteous	Waitapeka, New Zealand – Punjab, India
	1909	Andrew Porteous	Bothwell, Scotland – Indianapolis, Indiana
	1910	Hon George Porteous	Douglas, Lanarkshire – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
about	1910	Annie Hewetson Porteous (née Lightfoot)	Allerby, Cumberland, England – Ontario – Los Angeles, California
about	1910	Dinah Josephine Porteous	Allerby, Cumberland, England – Toronto, Ontario – Los Angeles, California
c	1910	Lt Col John James Porteous, CMG	Lauriston Castle, Mearns, Crieff, Scotland – Argentina
c	1910	Cecil John Montague Porteous	Lauriston Castle, Mearns, Crieff, Scotland – Argentina
c	1910	James Frederick Porteous	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England – South Africa – Australia
	1911	Mary Ellen Morphett (née Porteous)	England – Claremont, Western Australia
	1911	Isabella Seymour (née Porteous)	Gateshead, County Durham, England – Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
	1911	Francis Pender Porteous	Potchestroom, South Africa – England – Dunedin, New Zealand
	1912	Alexander Archibald Porteous	Pencaitland, East Lothian – Sydney, New South Wales
c	1912	John Porteous	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland – Montreal, Quebec – Bigger, Saskatchewan – Vancouver
c	1912	Andrew Sanderson Porteous	Inveresk, Musselburgh, Scotland – Canada
	1913	Esther Hare (née Porteous)	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England – Montreal, Quebec
before	1914	Maj Donald Valpy Porteous, MC	Rajamundry, Madras, India – Saanich, British Columbia
before	1914	Grace Portus	Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England – Montreal, Quebec
	1918	Stanley David Porteus	Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia – Vineland, New Jersey – Hawaii
	1918	Capt George Alfred Portus	Hessle, Hull, East Yorkshire, England – Riverside County, California
c	1919	Janet McNicol Blackwood Porteous	Glasgow – Montreal – Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
about	1920	Brig Gen Charles McLeod Porteous	Tinnevelly, Madras, India – Fleet, Hampshire, England
about	1920	Margaret Porteous Page (née Porteous)	Scotland – New South Wales, Australia
	1922	Alfred Stanley Porteous	Sunderland, County Durham – Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
before	1923	William Gillett Portus	Stallangborough, Lincolnshire, England – Los Angeles, California
		Maj Percy Gwynedd Porteous, OBE	Rajamundry, Godavery District, Madras, India – Beckley, East Sussex, England
	1923	John Porteous	Winchburgh, West Lothian, Scotland – Fremantle – Western Australia – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
about	1924	William Skinner Porteous	Godalming, Surrey, England – Three Rivers, Quebec
about	1924	William Porteous	Sunderland, England – Three Rivers, Quebec
	1924	John Porteous	Sunderland, England – Three Rivers, Quebec
before	1926	Williamson Brydon Frederick Porteous	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England – Australia
	1929	Robert Bennett Porteous	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England – Verdun – Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal, Quebec
about	1935	Col Vivian Porteous	Podanur, Coimbatore, India – Yeovil, England
about	1935	Andrew Porteous	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland – Warwick, Rhode Island
before	1936	James Frederick Porteous	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England – Australia
before	1937	Col Patrick Anthony Porteous, VC	Abbottabad, North West Frontier, India – Funtington, West Sussex, England
c	1951	John Duncan Porteous	Scotland – Australia
after	1951	John Porteous	Dulwich, London, England – Kalamunda, Western Australia
before	1952 ?	John Charles Porteous	Woolwich, London, England – Wanganui, New Zealand
	1953	Lieut Charles Lawrence Porteous, MC	Tinnevelly, SE India – Adelaide, Australia
about	1960	James Adam Porteous	Edinburgh, Scotland – Durban, Natal, South Africa
before	1967	Evan Lyle Porteus	Punahou, Hawaii – Stanford, Los Angeles, California
after	1970	Sandra Naismith (née Porteous)	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland – British Columbia
before	1975	John Douglas Porteous	Howdendike, York, East Yorkshire, England – Victoria, British Columbia
before	1979	William Rennie Porteous	Auckland, New Zealand – Alberta, Canada (?)
about	1980	Nigel Porteous	Stirling, Scotland – Malaga, Spain
	1980	Antony Ian Porteus	Bristol, England – Perth, Western Australia
c	1991	Richard James Stuart Porteous	Scottsburgh, Natal, South Africa – Calgary, Alberta

The above list has been compiled from information gathered from a variety of sources, much of it supplied in personal correspondence, and from postings on Internet bulletin boards, and its reliability cannot necessarily be fully guaranteed.

Family historians are advised to check the accuracy of all names and dates for themselves. Wherever possible, the author will be willing to give further details of sources of information.

Please notify any corrections or omissions to Bruce Porteous at the Porteous Research Project. Any information about the emigration of Porteous/Porteus families (regardless of spelling) will be gratefully received.

Researchers wishing to download a complete listing of emigrants containing much more information, such as dates, names of ships and references can do do so by clicking here: download Emigrants Listing. This is provided in the form of a spreadsheet and is gathered from information supplied to the author. This list was first collated in 2004 and a new list of over 450 individuals is currently in preparation.

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