Hi, Jim. Not sure if there's a connection with your PORTEOUSES. My Porteous ancestors started out in Reach Township (George Porteous, my gg-grandfather) in the early 1840s, and lived in Prince Albert/Port Perry, Epsom and the general area. My great-grandfather, also George Porteous, and his family lived in a variety of places in Ontario including Guelph, Stratford, Berlin, Perth and Almonte. His youngest brother, William Simpson Porteous, had a son by the name of Harry Meredith Porteous. The obit for Harry Meredith Porteous indicates that he left a son, Donald, in Galt, but that was in the early 1970s. My grandfather, Frederick Blake Porteous, migrated to Saskatchewan and later to British Columbia where I was born and where most of my relatives now live. However, Frederick's half-brother and sisters remained behind in Ontario and lived in Kitchener and area so perhaps there's a connection... You can check for more info at http://members.home.com/dporteous/letters.html, or e-mail me directly. Cheers. --Doug Doug Porteous Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: rain@infoserve.net [mailto:rain@infoserve.net] > Sent: August 27, 2000 5:42 PM > To: ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: PORTEOUS / HOWDEN / STEVENSON > > > Would like to make contact with descendents of James (born ? > died ? married?) and Eliza Ellen (HOWDEN) (born circa 1851 > died after 1921) PORTEOUS - children? They lived in Brooklin, > > Whitby Township, Ontario in 1921 but lived in 1916 in Galt, > Ontario. > > Jim Dawe > > ______________________________