Isabella Moore

Brief Life History of Isabella

When Isabella Moore was born on 27 June 1863, in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Frederick Moore, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Coe, was 27. She married Richard John Spear on 11 September 1886, in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Shirley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1920. She died about 1954, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 92.

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Family Time Line

Richard John Spear
1862–1944
Isabella Moore
1863–1954
Marriage: 11 September 1886
Frederick John Spear
1887–1969
Margaret Elizabeth Spear
1888–1976
Winifred T Spear
1890–
Richard Percival Spear
1892–1897
Kathleen Victoria Spear
1899–
Nora Evelyn Spear
1899–
Arthur Edward Spear
1907–1988
Julie Mercia Spear
1909–2004

Sources (22)

  • Isabella Moore in household of Frederick Moore, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Isabella Moore, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Isabella Moore, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate

On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.

1888 · The Whitehall Mystery

The Whitehall Mystery has some ties to Jack the Ripper, the victim was female and had been dismembered. The arms were found first; the headless torso to which they belonged was found a month later. The rest of the body was never discovered and the mystery was never solved.

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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