Comments by "Joe Madden" (@joemadden4160) on "How The Scot-Irish Transformed The American South" video.
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Excellent historical perspective.
My family on my mother's paternal side was firmly Protestant(or so she was led to believe. It was mostly Ulster-Scots). In fact, my grandfather was an Orangeman and proud to call himself one(although the majority of his male descendants starting from early 19th century Ontario(Upper Canada) married Catholic women, including my grandfather, which is never recognized by the Orange Order). My maternal grandmother's name was Rivers(Larivière). My greater grandfather, James Porter, married a French-Canadian named Delilah Fountain(LaFontaine).
In fact, one of my great uncles, one Louis Porter, was murdered by another great uncle, through marriage, one Hec(tor) Ellis, over a perceived slight, which could either be the death of my great aunt Mary, Louis's sister, or a feud based sorely on cultural differences.
My great uncle Louis was not considered a decent man by the days standards(at least not by the reporter recording the circumstances of my uncle's murder in The Toronto Star). A woodsman who reputedly stole other peoples traps and furs and consistently hunted on others acreage, whilst reputedly threatening and bullying these landowners. This was early in the 20th century.
In fact, there was even a play written about this feud/murder called Murder Pattern, which is occasionally produced even today.
My grandfather also claimed to be related to O Henry(William Sydney Porter).
There were, of course, many Porters within the greater English hegemony.
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