Ellen Amelia Moore

Brief Life History of Ellen Amelia

When Ellen Amelia Moore was born on 7 April 1894, in Ramey, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Moore, was 27 and her mother, Ellen Emily Meek, was 19. She married George H Reesman on 29 November 1916, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Goshen, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Hubbard, Trumbull, Ohio, United States in 1930. She died on 29 July 1972, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

George H Reesman
1897–1939
Ellen Amelia Moore
1894–1972
Marriage: 29 November 1916
Ida Mae Reesman
1917–
John Kingsley "Jack" Reesman
1919–1996
Lillian Lee Reesman
1921–2010
George Reesman
1926–1994

Sources (18)

  • Ellen Moore in household of John Moore, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Ellen Mooe, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Ellen Moore, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"

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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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