Brief Life History of Charles Le Roy
Charles Le Roy Moore was born on 27 April 1880, in Missouri, United States. He married Effie Eleanor Eldridge on 24 December 1899, in Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and San Antonio Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 16 April 1961, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Charles Moore, "United States Census, 1940"
- Charles Le Roy Moore, "Find A Grave Index"
- C S Moore in entry for Vernon Leroy Moore and Agnes M Moody, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1881 · Kansas Prohibits Alcoholic Beverages
Kansas became the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment which prohibited all alcoholic beverages on February 19, 1881.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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