Charles Henry Porteous
Male, (1875 - 1965)
| Birth | Charles Henry Porteous was born 1875. |
| INFO | Probable CIV REG INDEX New Zealand Birth 1875 Charles Henry Porteous. Mother: Mary Ann Father: William. registered 1875 #2345 (NZBDMHist.) |
| Marriage | He married Edith Adelaide Waud, daughter of Charles Baetens Waud and Harriet Gertrude Stentiford, 1902 in New Zealand. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX NZ Marriage 1902 #1562 Porteous, Charles (NZCivRegInd LDS6341154 1902.) |
| INFO | REPORT OF TRAGIC FIRE. Evening Post [Wellington NZ], 17 Feb 1911, p.3. Auckland. 16th February. Report of injuries and casualties in the Ponsonby-street [Auckland] fire: Charles Porteous, 33, dangerously burned; Edith Porteous, 30, severely injured, condition critical; Charles Porteous, 8, slightly burned; Hettie Porteous, 7, burned to death; Arthur Porteous, 5, burned to death; Philip Waud, 12, slightly injured; Herbert Mountfield, 29, severely burned; Ruth Mountfield, 26, burned about the hands and feet. [A report of the fire follows and is summarized here.] The ground floor of the building on Ponsonby-street that burned was occupied by Charles Porteous for his fish-retailing business. The Porteous family lived in the upper story. The Mountfield famiy had recently moved to Auckland and were living with the Porteous family. Mrs Porteous and Mrs. Mountfield were sisters. The occupants heard an explosion in the shop area about 10 p.m. and tried to escape the fire from the windows of the front room upstairs over the verandah. The metal roof of the verandah became red-hot from the flames below. All in the family were severely burned in their escape attempt. Two of the young children were fatally burned. (Evening PosPP) NOTE: This dramatic story was reported in newspapers across New Zealand. |
| INFO | RESERVE LIST WWI, 2nd div of NZ Expeditionary Force reserves. Porteous, Charles Henry. Shop Assistant, 68 Sackville St. Grey Lynn. Category C=2 children. (NZExped1914 fiche 45,p.1322.) |
| INFO | DEATH OF FATHER-IN-LAW, Charles Waud, 21 Nov 1918, at son-in-law's house 68 Sackville St. Grey Lynn. NZ Herald, 22 Nov 1918. (NZHerDeaNot LDS1438930.) |
| INFO | DIRECTORY. 1929 Chas Porteous, fish curer, 72 Sackville st, Grey Lynn, Auckland. (WiseNZPODir p.2048.) |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX New Zealand. Death. Charles Henry Porteous, age 91, registration 1965 #25175. (NZBDMHist.) |
| Death | Charles Henry Porteous died 1965 in New Zealand. |