Category: Oliver Family

European Immigrants in Baltimore

March 1, 2024

Family Stories, Oliver Family, Taylor Family

Baltimore, Civil War, history, LaPorte, Lippstadt, Maryland, military, Prussia, Taylor

Arnold LaPorte (1803-1885) Arnold LAPORTE was born in Lippstadt, Prussia, in August of 1803. He was baptized Conrad Arnold on 17 September 1803 at Great Marienkirche (St. Mary’s Church) in Lippstadt, Westfalen, Prussia – son of Johann Phillip and Caroline Catharine (WINCKEL) LAPORT. Westfalen, or Westphalia in modern Germany, was a province of the Prussian
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