- Name: Asa (Porter) Specht
- Birth: 03-JUN-1818 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Death:
- Father: Christopher Anthony (or Anthony Christopher) Specht
- Mother: Sarah Marr (or Rebecca) Porter
Notes: Listed in 1871 Digby Census as "Asa Porter, Jr." as he was raised by his grandfather, Asa "Sr.". Is he the Asa who married Elizabeth? Or, the one who married Esther Jane Doty?
1881 Canada Census for Plympton, Digby Co, NS:
Asa PORTER M Male English 63 Nova Scotia Farmer Church of England
Maria E PORTER M Female English 58 Nova Scotia Church of England
William R PORTER Male English 35 Nova Scotia Farmer Church of England
Asa PORTER Male English 33 Nova Scotia Farmer Church of England
Robert A PORTER Male English 31 Nova Scotia Farmer Church of England
John N PORTER Male English 29 Nova Scotia Farmer Church of England
Elihu PORTER Male English 27 Nova Scotia Farmer Church of England
Annie PORTER Female English 25 Nova Scotia Church of England
Mary L PORTER Female English 21 Nova Scotia Church of England
Elisha PORTER Male English 20 Nova Scotia Farmer'S Son Church of England
Bertha PORTER Female English 17 Nova Scotia Church of England
Alexander PORTER Male English 12 Nova Scotia Church of England
Ella M PORTER Female English 10 Nova Scotia Church of England
Sarah PORTER W Female English 86 Nova Scotia Church of England
NOTE: Alexander, Ella, and Sarah are likely carry overs... as they appears as children of James P. M. Porter and his wife,Hannah, in 1871. Though, it seems James had passed away before 1881, so perhaps those three were actually LIVING in the hom e of Asa?
- Married:
- Name: Marie (Maria) Elizabeth UNKNOWN
- Birth: Abt 1823 in: Nova Scotia, Canada
- Death:
- Father:
- Mother:
Notes: " to confirm.
Other Spouses
Children
- James Peter Marr Porter, b. 1841 OR 1842 in: South Range, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- William R. Porter, b. MAR-1845 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Asa Porter, b. Abt 1848 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Robert Archibald "Archie" S. C. Porter, b. 09-SEP-1851 TO 1856 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- John H. M. (N.) Porter, b. Abt 1853 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Elihu (Elilas) C. Porter, b. 06-MAY-1855 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Sarah E. D. A. Porter, b. Abt 1856 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Emily (Annie) M. Porter, b. Abt 1858 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Mary L. Porter, b. Abt 1859 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Elisha Porter, b. Abt 1861 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
