Jonathan Moore

Brief Life History of Jonathan

When Jonathan Moore was born on 1 March 1807, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Captain Jonathan Moore, was 35 and his mother, Martha Carpenter, was 34. He died on 11 March 1831, at the age of 24, and was buried in Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Captain Jonathan Moore
1771–1813
Martha Carpenter
1772–1813
Captain John Moore
1794–1848
Mary Carpenter Moore
1795–1846
Ashman Moore
1796–1872
Deborah Moore
1798–1842
William Moore
1801–1869
Joseph Brant Moore
1802–1860
Elizabeth Moore
1804–1880
Jonathan Moore
1807–1831
Sarah Ann Moore
1808–1826
Martha Carpenter Moore
1812–1895

Sources (2)

  • Jonathan Moore, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Joseph Moore in the Web: Canadian Headstone Index, 1840-2017

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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