Brief Life History of Joseph Brant
When Joseph Brant Moore was born in 1802, in Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, his father, Captain Jonathan Moore, was 31 and his mother, Martha Carpenter, was 30. He married Jane Mc Curdy on 9 April 1831, in Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He died in 1860, in Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 58, and was buried in Grimsby, Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
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- Joseph B Moore, "Canada Census, 1851"
- Joseph Brant Moore, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joseph Moore in entry for Jane Mccurdy Moore, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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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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