Brief Life History of Joseph
Joseph Moses was born in October 1821, in New York, United States. He married Elizabeth Porter on 19 October 1848, in Sterling Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Almont, Almont Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1870 and Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. He died on 20 February 1904, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Lapeer Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Joseph Moses (b abt 1820-1821), "United States Census, 1870"
- Joseph Moses (b abt 1821) and Elizabeth B Porter (1848), "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Joseph Moses [1809(181? maybe 1819)-1904], "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1821–1904 Male
1829–1916 Female
Children (2)
1850–1920 Female
1871–1939 Female
World Events (8)
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
Age 6
1837
Age 16
1846
Age 25
Name Meaning
Jewish, Welsh, African American, and African (mainly Nigeria): from the Biblical personal name borne by the Israelite leader who led the Israelites out of Egypt, as related in the Book of Exodus. The Hebrew form of the name is Moshe . It is probably of Egyptian origin, from a short form of an ancient Egyptian personal name such as Rameses or Tutmosis, meaning ‘conceived (by a god)’. However, very early in its history the name acquired a folk etymology, being taken as a derivative of the Hebrew root verb mshh ‘extract or draw (something), e.g. from water’ and was associated with a story of the infant Moses being discovered among the bullrushes by Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2: 1-10). As a Welsh surname, it was adopted among Dissenter families in the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Italian Moise , Hungarian Mózes (see Mozes ), Assyrian/Chaldean Moshe , Arabic Musa .
English: variant of Moss , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: variant of Moyses, a Cornish personal name derived from Middle English Moises, a vernacular form of Moses (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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