Brief Life History of Gibson
When Gibson Moore was born on 11 November 1910, in Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Moore Sr, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Carlisle, was 35. He married Doratha Isabelle Reiss on 22 March 1942, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. He lived in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and San Francisco, California, United States in 1950. He died on 5 May 1976, in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States.
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- Gibson Moore, "United States 1950 Census"
- Gibson Moore and Dorothy Isobel Reiss in the U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current
- Gibson Moore in the U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
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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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