Freda Elmira Booher

Brief Life History of Freda Elmira

When Freda Elmira Booher was born on 8 August 1899, in Mercer, Missouri, United States, her father, Adam Tennessee Booher, was 37 and her mother, Laura Jane Nigh, was 36. She married Fred Waldo Moore in 1916, in Mercer, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Somerset Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 August 1985, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Fred Waldo Moore
1899–1967
Freda Elmira Booher
1899–1985
Marriage: 1916
Gwendolyn Beatrice Moore
1923–1998
Larry Jack Moore
1934–2005

Sources (11)

  • Elmira Moore, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Elmira Moore, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
  • Elmira Booher in entry for Fred Moore, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

Probably an Americanized form of German Bucher .

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

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