Earl David Moore

Brief Life History of Earl David

When Earl David Moore was born on 1 June 1881, in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Hiram George Moore, was 43 and his mother, Josephine Edna FALES, was 34. He married Martha Wheeler Leonard on 2 June 1907, in Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 31 January 1963, in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Earl David Moore
1881–1963
Martha Wheeler Leonard
1882–1953
Marriage: 2 June 1907
Gordon Earle Moore
1911–1962
Dean Moore
1915–1917
Pauline Moore
1917–2000
Edwin Fales Moore
1918–1950
Stanley French Moore
1920–1978
Janice Ruth Moore
1923–2010

Sources (31)

  • David E Moore in household of Josephine E Moore, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Earl David Moore, "New Hampshire Marriage Certificates, 1948-1959"
  • Earl David Moore, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.

English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .

English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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