I believe your Porath family are cousins to my Porath Family - my great grandfather was Herman
Porath, grandfather was John Porath and my father if Herman John Porath, my great-great grandfater immigrated to the farm in Taylor - I am thinking that my great grandfather and your Great-great Grandfather possibly were brothers.
I have my family tree back to Germany if you are interested plesae email me at
iacopelli@aol.comJill Porath Iacopelli