100 years since the death of the first Killion sister - Rose Porter (nee Killion)
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| Possibly Rosanna Porter (nee Killion) |
Rose Porter (nee Killion) died on 29 April 1919, aged 64, at her home in Telfourd Street Glebe. Her cause of death is shown as "pneumonic influenza" which she had for 7 days. Rose was buried the following day in the Catholic Cemetery at Rookwood.
Rosanna (Rose) was the oldest of the three daughters of John Killion and Jane Feeney. She was born in Port Macquarie about 1855. We've never found a birth or baptismal registration for Rose. On 6 September 1882, Rose married Henry Porter in West Kempsey and their five children were born there over the next 15 years. The family had moved to their home in Glebe by 1911. Their oldest son, Clement, married Effie Wright in Glebe on 15 March 1911.
Rose was the first of the three daughters of John and Jane to succumb to the 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic. The next daughter, Mary Jane Newton, died at her home in Surry Hills on 15 June 1919. The third daughter, Margaret Gersbach, died at her home in Stanmore on 5 July 1919.
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| 21 Talfourd Street Glebe |
Do you think this is a photo of Rose with her two daughters, Margaret Mary (Cissie) and Mary Jane (Dattie). Undated, it's simply titled "Porter Women" and was taken at the Angus McNeil Studio in Kempsey. Rose was 27 when Cissie was born and 30 when Dattie was born.
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| Possibly Cissie, Rose and Dattie early 1900s |
Here's a photos of Cissie at the wedding of her son, Wal, when she was 68. Is there a likeness to the young girl on the left of the "Porter Women" photo?
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| Cissie Porter aged 68 |
The search continues for photos of the Porter family!