When Montagu Phippen Porch was born on 15 March 1877, in Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Reginald Porch, was 38 and his mother, Anne Rebecca Austin, was 31. He married Jenette "Jennie" Jerome in April 1918, in Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Bathwick, Somerset, England in 1891 and Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England in 1901. He died on 8 November 1964, in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, at the age of 87, and was buried in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
Probably an Americanized form of German Portsch: unexplained.
English (Somerset): topographic name from Middle English porche, po(u)rch ‘roofed entrance’ (often for a church), probably for a person who lived near one or perhaps whose work was associated with one (see Parvis ). Compare Portch .
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