Brief Life History of Homer A
When Homer A Moore was born on 6 June 1886, in Pike, Illinois, United States, his father, William Riley Moore, was 49 and his mother, Emma Annis Hull, was 36. He lived in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1910. He died on 19 March 1916, in Beardstown, Cass, Illinois, United States, at the age of 29.
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- Homer A Moore in household of Annis Moore, "United States Census, 1910"
- Homer Moore, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
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1892 · The Chicago Canal
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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