When Thomas Moore was born on 12 January 1842, in Glenfield, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Moore, was 24 and his mother, Mary Jarvis, was 23. He married Ann Elizabeth Platts on 28 May 1865, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died about 1917, at the age of 76.
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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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