OBIT: Carl PORTA, 1914, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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PARENT OF LARGE FAMILY EXPIRES
Carl Porta, Father of Thirty and a Prominent German-American Resident, 
Dies of Cirrhosis of Liver.

  Carl Porta of 2905 Sixth avenue, a prominent German-American citizen 
and puddler at the Altoona Iron works, died at 6.30 o'clock last 
evening at his home of cirrhosis of the liver, after an illness of one 
month. He was the father of thirty children. He was born in Germany, 
July 28, 1845, and lived in this country for the past thirty-five 
years.
  He was a member of St. Mary's German Catholic church, of the Bavarian 
association, the Catholic Men's Benevolent association and the Aid 
association of the Altoona Iron company. He was twice married. His 
first helpmeet was Miss Barbara Quinn, who died twenty-seven years ago. 
His second wife, by whom he is survived, was Miss Mary Wolf.
  Of his thirty children nine have died. Those surviving are: Peter of 
Hazlewood, Mrs. Logan Smith of Tarentum, Pa., Mrs. Frank Logue of 
Wilkinsburg, Karl, George, John, Joseph, Jacob, August, Nicholas, 
Alphonse, William, Frank, Herman, Louis, Anthony, Stephen, Mrs. J. F. 
Schram, Mrs. Chester Burket, Helen and Genevieve. He also leaves forty 
grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Wilhelmina Hass in Germany. Mr. 
Porta in his youth served in the German army and fought in the Franco-
Prussian war of the early seventies. The funeral will take place on 
Thursday morning, the cortege leaving the house at 8.30 o'clock and 
proceeding to St Mary's church, where requiem mass will be celebrated 
at 9 o'clock. Interment will be made in St. Mary's cemetery.
  Mr. Porta's family is one reflecting the highest credit upon him. 
Every one of those who have reached the age of maturity has attained 
success in his chosen field of labor, the most notable one being the 
son George, who is general foreman in the Westinghouse electrical plant 
at Pittsburg.
  A number of years ago, on entering the bonds of matrimony, the eldest 
son of the Porta family took as his bride the youngest sister of his 
step-mother, the marriage attracting considerable attention throughout 
the state, due to the fact that it placed the son, mother and daughter 
in an unusual relationship.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., August 18, 1914

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