When Thomas Moore was born on 12 December 1829, in Gnosall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Moore, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Madeley, was 41. He married Betsey Pasfield about 1845, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 22 March 1913, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Mary Ellen Allsop BIRTH 22 Feb 1856 DEATH 15 Oct 1858 (aged 2) BURIAL Richmond City Cemetery Richmond, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 59246365
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.
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Possible Related NamesEdwin Brewster was born in 1843 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England to 17-year-old Susannah Brewster, who was unmarried. Four years later he got a little brother when Susannah, still unmarried, g …
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