See also
Husband:
George Robert Portway (1841-1921)
Wife:
Anne Salmon Webb (1843-1929)
Children:
Marriage:
1866
Stow, Suffolk
Name:
George Robert Portway
Sex:
Male
Father:
George Portway (1815-1880)
Mother:
Charlotte Ridley Ranson (c. 1815-1894)
Note:
PORTWAY George Robert of Ashfield Headingley Leeds died 17 August 1921; Probate London 25 November to Anne Salmon Portway widow George Webb Portway tanner and Joseph Herbert Portway and Robert Benson Portway woollen merchants. Effects £45013 8s 9d.
Birth:
1841
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Birth fact:
1841 (age 0)
Birth: 1841 Mar Qtr, Bury St Edmunds, 13/399
Census (1):
1871 (age 29-30)
Master woollen merchant, Ashwood Villas, Headingley, Leeds
Fact1:
9 Aug 1871 (age 29-30)
Arrived New York from Liverpool on board SS Scotia
Census (2):
1891 (age 49-50)
Woollen merchant, Cliff Ho Villa, Cliff Road, Woodhouse, Leeds
Census (3):
1901 (age 59-60)
Woollen merchant, Ashfield, Grove Road, Headingley, Yorkshire
Occupation:
2 Jun 1904 (age 62-63)
Woollen manufacturer (on son Charles Harold Portway's marriage cert.)
Census (4):
1911 (age 69-70)
Woollen merchant, Ashfield, Grove Road, Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire
Residence:
28 Aug 1916 (age 74-75)
Ashfield, Headingley, Leeds (son Robert's WW1 Pension Record)
Death:
17 Aug 1921 (age 79-80)
Leeds, Yorkshire
Name:
Anne Salmon Webb
Sex:
Female
Father:
Lankester Webb (1812-1887)
Mother:
Sarah Vertue (1812-1866)
Note:
PORTWAY Anne Salmon of Ashfield Headingley Leeds widow died 1 February 1929: Probate London 16 March to George Webb Portway tanner and Joseph herbert Portway and Robert Benson Portway merchants. Effects £37927 0s 9d.
Birth:
1843
Combs, Suffolk
Birth fact:
1843 (age 0)
1843 Jun Qtr, Stow, 12/429
Census (1):
1901 (age 57-58)
Wife in household
Census (2):
1911 (age 67-68)
Wife in household (married 44 years, 8 children, 8 living)
Death:
1 Feb 1929 (age 85-86)
Leeds, Yorkshire
Name:
George Webb Portway
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Constance Maud Bellamy Ledger (1875-1961)
Children:
George Ronald Webb Portway (1904-1996)
Constance Barbara Portway (1908-2006)
Note:
PORTWAY George Webb of Combs near Stowmarket Suffolk died 27 October 1943 at 57 Fonnereau Road Ipswich. probate Ipswich 3 january 1944 to Robert Benson Portway woollen merchant George Ronald Webb Portway tanner and John Lloyd chartered accountant. Effects £125625 0s. 3d.
Birth:
18 Jun 1867
Leeds, Yorkshire
Birth fact:
1867 (age 0)
1867 Sep Qtr, Kirkstall, 9b/280
Census (1):
1891 (age 23-24)
Tan yard superintendant, Tan Office Rd, Combs, Suffolk
Census (2):
1911 (age 43-44)
Managing director of tannery, Combs, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Occupation:
1939 (age 71-72)
Joint managing director of tannery, The Tannery, Tannery Road, Combs, Suffolk
Death fact:
1943 (age 75-76)
1943 Dec Qtr, Ipswich, 4a/1358 (aged 76)
Death:
27 Oct 1943 (age 76)
57 Fonnereau Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
Name:
Joseph Herbert Portway
Sex:
Male
Note:
PORTWAY Joseph Herbert of Ashfield 8 Grove Road Headingley Leeds died 19 November 1941. Probate Wakefield 16 February 1942 to Robert Benson Portway woollen merchant and Bertha Grace Portway spinster. Effects £95528 15s.
Birth:
3 Nov 1868
Leeds, Yorkshire
Birth fact:
1868 (age 0)
1868 Dec Qtr, Kirkstall, 9b/265
Census (1):
1891 (age 22-23)
Living with parents
Census (2):
1901 (age 32-33)
Woollen merchant, living with parents
Census (3):
1911 (age 42-43)
Woollen merchant, living with parents
Occupation:
1939 (age 70-71)
Woollen merchant, 8 Grove Road, Leeds, Yorkshire (unmarried)
Death fact:
1941 (age 72-73)
1941 Dec Qtr, Leeds, 9b/287 (aged 73)
Death:
19 Nov 1941 (age 73)
Headingley, Leeds, Yorks
Name:
Annie Charlotte Portway
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Harry Senior Smith (1865-1949)
Note:
SMITH Annie Charlotte Senior of Craigmuir Arnside Westmorland widow died 4 December 1959. Probate Wakefield 22 January 1960 to John Rhodes Haygarth chartered accountant and Eric Senior Smith and Geoffrey Senior Smith company directors. Effects £20881 12s. 2d.
Birth:
20 Dec 1869
Leeds, Yorkshire
Birth fact:
1870 (age 0-1)
1870 Mar Qtr, Leeds, 9b/518
Census (1):
1901 (age 31-32)
Living with parents
Census (2):
1911 (age 41-42)
Living with parents
Death fact:
1959 (age 89-90)
1959 Dec Q, Westmorland South, 1b/562 (aged 89)
Death:
4 Dec 1959 (age 89)
Westmorland South
Name:
Winifred Mary Portway
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Sidney Alfred Ward (1876-1950)
Children:
Eric Charles Portway Ward (1902- )
Eileen Mary Ward (1904- )
Winifred Kathleen Ward (1908- )
Muriel Ward ( - )
Note:
WARD Winifred Mary of Rozelle 48 Durham Avenue Bromley Kent (wife of Sidney Alfred Ward) died 9 April 1930. Probate London 6 May to the said Sidney Alfred Ward leather factor Eric Charles Portway Ward salesman and Arthur Cowdry solicitor. Effects £5532 15s. 7d.
Birth:
1872
Leeds, Yorkshire
Census (1):
1901 (age 28-29)
Living with parents
Census (2):
1911 (age 38-39)
Wife in household (married 9 years, 4 children, 4 living)
Death:
9 Apr 1930 (age 57-58)
48 Durham Avenue, Bromley, Kent
Name:
Bertha Grace Portway
Sex:
Female
Note:
PORTWAY Bertha Grace of Ashfield Grove Road Headingley Leeds spinster died 26 September 1944. Probate Wakefield 6 February 1945 to Robert Benson Portway woollen merchant and Ruth Portway spinster. Effects £42319 11s.
Birth:
31 Jan 1876
Leeds, Yorkshire
Birth fact:
1876 (age 0)
1876 Mar Qtr, Leeds, 9b/659
Census (1):
1901 (age 24-25)
Living with parents
Census (2):
1911 (age 34-35)
Living with sister Winifred & Sidney Ward (unmarried)
Occupation:
1939 (age 62-63)
Unpaid domestic duties, 8 Grove Road, Leeds, Yorkshire (unmarried)
Death fact:
1944 (age 67-68)
1944 Sep Qtr, Leeds, 9b/273 (aged 68)
Death:
26 Sep 1944 (age 68)
Headingley, Leeds, Yorks
Name:
Robert Benson Portway
Sex:
Male
Note:
PORTWAY Robert Benson of Runnymede 54 Weetwood Lane Headingley Leeds died 20 February 1964. Probate Wakefield 25 May to Ruth Portway spinster and John Rhodes Haygarth chartered accountant. £133373.
Birth:
26 Apr 1877
Leeds, Yorkshire
Census (1):
1891 (age 13-14)
Living in household of Joseph Vertue Webb, Combs, Suffolk
Census (2):
1901 (age 23-24)
Woollen merchant, living with parents
Fact1:
2 Jun 1904 (age 27)
Witness to marriage of brother Charles Harold Portway
Census (3):
1911 (age 33-34)
Woollen merchant, living with parents
Occupation (1):
28 Aug 1916 (age 39)
Woollen merchant, Ashfield, Headingley, Leeds (Army WW1 Pension Records)
Occupation (2):
1939 (age 61-62)
Woollen merchant, 8 Grove Road, Leeds, Yorkshire (unmarried)
Death fact:
1964 (age 86-87)
1964 Mar Q, Leeds, 2c/208 (aged 86)
Death:
20 Feb 1964 (age 86)
Headingley, Leeds, Yorks
Name:
Charles Harold Portway
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Marion Solomon (1884- )
Note:
PORTWAY Charles Harold of Ked Croft Boroughbridge Road Knaresborough Yorkshire died 27 November 1929; Probate London 7 February 1930 to Joseph herbert Portway and Robert Benson Portway merchants. Effects £16887 5s 9d.
Birth:
1881
Leeds, Yorkshire
Birth fact:
1881 (age 0)
1881 Dec Qtr, Leeds, 9b/482
Census:
1901 (age 19-20)
Woollen merchant's apprentice, living with parents
Occupation:
2 Jun 1904 (age 22-23)
Woollen manufacturer, Ashfield, Grove Road, Headingley, Leeds (on marriage cert.)
Death:
27 Nov 1929 (age 47-48)
Knaresborough, Yorkshire
Name:
Ruth Portway
Sex:
Female
Note:
PORTWAY Ruth of 54 Weetwood Lane Leeds died 15 July 1971. Probate Leeds 4 October. £99512.
Birth:
16 Mar 1885
Leeds, Yorkshire
Birth fact:
1885 (age 0)
1885 Jun Qtr, Leeds, 9b/490
Census (1):
1901 (age 15-16)
Living with parents
Census (2):
1911 (age 25-26)
Living with parents
Occupation:
1939 (age 53-54)
Unpaid domestic duties, 8 Grove Road, Leeds, Yorkshire (unmarried)
Death fact:
1971 (age 85-86)
1971 Sep Q, Leeds, 2c/1026 (aged 86)
Death:
15 Jul 1971 (age 86)
Leeds, Yorkshire
PORTWAY George Robert of Ashfield Headingley Leeds died 17 August 1921; Probate London 25 November to Anne Salmon Portway widow George Webb Portway tanner and Joseph Herbert Portway and Robert Benson Portway woollen merchants. Effects £45013 8s 9d.
PORTWAY Anne Salmon of Ashfield Headingley Leeds widow died 1 February 1929: Probate London 16 March to George Webb Portway tanner and Joseph herbert Portway and Robert Benson Portway merchants. Effects £37927 0s 9d.
PORTWAY George Webb of Combs near Stowmarket Suffolk died 27 October 1943 at 57 Fonnereau Road Ipswich. probate Ipswich 3 january 1944 to Robert Benson Portway woollen merchant George Ronald Webb Portway tanner and John Lloyd chartered accountant. Effects £125625 0s. 3d.
PORTWAY Joseph Herbert of Ashfield 8 Grove Road Headingley Leeds died 19 November 1941. Probate Wakefield 16 February 1942 to Robert Benson Portway woollen merchant and Bertha Grace Portway spinster. Effects £95528 15s.
SMITH Annie Charlotte Senior of Craigmuir Arnside Westmorland widow died 4 December 1959. Probate Wakefield 22 January 1960 to John Rhodes Haygarth chartered accountant and Eric Senior Smith and Geoffrey Senior Smith company directors. Effects £20881 12s. 2d.
WARD Winifred Mary of Rozelle 48 Durham Avenue Bromley Kent (wife of Sidney Alfred Ward) died 9 April 1930. Probate London 6 May to the said Sidney Alfred Ward leather factor Eric Charles Portway Ward salesman and Arthur Cowdry solicitor. Effects £5532 15s. 7d.
PORTWAY Bertha Grace of Ashfield Grove Road Headingley Leeds spinster died 26 September 1944. Probate Wakefield 6 February 1945 to Robert Benson Portway woollen merchant and Ruth Portway spinster. Effects £42319 11s.
PORTWAY Robert Benson of Runnymede 54 Weetwood Lane Headingley Leeds died 20 February 1964. Probate Wakefield 25 May to Ruth Portway spinster and John Rhodes Haygarth chartered accountant. £133373.
PORTWAY Charles Harold of Ked Croft Boroughbridge Road Knaresborough Yorkshire died 27 November 1929; Probate London 7 February 1930 to Joseph herbert Portway and Robert Benson Portway merchants. Effects £16887 5s 9d.
PORTWAY Ruth of 54 Weetwood Lane Leeds died 15 July 1971. Probate Leeds 4 October. £99512.