Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Moore was born on 8 November 1811, in Harrison Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, her father, Benjamin Fenimore Moore V, was 28 and her mother, Lydia Elizabeth Shute, was 25. She married Job Borton on 1 November 1838, in Wayne, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Wayne, Webster Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 13 September 1897, in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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- Matilda Borton in household of Lafayette Borton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Matilda Moore, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Matilda Borton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1816
Indiana is the 19th state.
1835
A strike involving more than 2,000 workers from 20 textile mills in Paterson, New Jersey. Many of those involved were children, Irish, or both. The primary goal of the strike was to reduce the daily working hours from 13.5 to 11. Employers refused to negotiate, but the strike ended with a declaration that the workdays would now be 12 hours during the week and 9 hours on Saturdays. Paterson employers also blacklisted many of the strike leaders and their families.
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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