The Porters of the East-From Devon to India,Burma, Australia
Updated October 7, 2003
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Hugh
Ninnis
Porter
124 Roberta St
Greystanes,
NSW
2145
Australia
mintha01@optusnet.com.au
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" ...It's a long road from Topsham in Devon to Perth in Western Australia...
Every family has its legends, myths and mysteries. Tall tales and true ones about majestic ancestors whose feats
of heroism, entrepreneurship and derring-do have brought wealth and fame to the family name. Ours was no
different, with stories of legendary East Indiamen, Police Commissioners , Burmese princesses each lovingly
embellished by successive generations to satisfy their hopes and aspirations.
....Each family has its true believers and healthy cynics and it is usually incumbent on the latter to determine the truth of the stories, to seek out the kernels of fact amongst the broad panorama of myth and legend.
It often comes as a surprise, sometimes pleasant and sometimes otherwise when the truth is found to be close to
the myth. This family history was an attempt to winnow out the chaff of myth from the seeds of truth, to trace the threads of fact in the weave of wishful thinking.
It was no great surprise that our Australian present had its roots in a yeoman past and that there were those whose exploits added richness to our story...."
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- Christian 's Graduation with his proud parents (170 KB)
After six years, Christian graduated with a degree in Communications with adouble major in Advertising and Interactive Multimedia
- Catherine Duffley (33 KB)
Picture of Catherine Duffley, wife of William Porter from a picture engraved on ivory and currently in the possession of Martin Hugh Ninnis Porter
- Matilda Savage (11 KB)
- Htaik Tin Thay Thay (7 KB)
Photograph of Great grand Mother, daughter of the Myozar of Shwegin
- William Porter (39 KB)
William Porter, son of Htaik Tin Thay Thay, my grandfather
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