Flora L Moore

Brief Life History of Flora L

When Flora L Moore was born about October 1889, in Illinois, United States, her father, William Riley Moore, was 52 and her mother, Emma Annis Hull, was 40. She married Harry Clinton Coultas on 21 May 1908, in Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Gillespie, Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 7 October 1962, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Harry Clinton Coultas
1888–1914
Flora L Moore
1889–1962
Marriage: 21 May 1908
Harry Clinton Coultas Jr.
1909–1978
Virginia Mae Coultas
1910–
Fern Lucille Coultas
1912–

Sources (3)

  • Flora Chesky in household of Raymond Chesky, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Flora L Moore, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Floy S Coultas in household of Harry C Coultas, "United States Census, 1910"

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1909 · The NAACP is formed

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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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