Brief Life History of Phillip H
When Phillip H Moore was born about 1830, in Frontenac, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, his father, Henry Moore, was 29 and his mother, Cornelia Boyce, was 24. He lived in Montrose, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1850.
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- Philip H Moore in household of Henry Moore, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1802–1884 Male
1807– Female
Siblings (9)
1830–1906 Male
1830– Male
1832–1909 Female
1834–1904 Male
1836–1911 Female
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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1834
Age 4
1863
Age 33
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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