When William Moore was born on 13 June 1830, in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Moor, was 29 and his mother, Ann Usher, was 33. He married Ruth Twigg on 27 January 1857, in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1830. He died on 30 March 1885, in Grey, New Zealand, at the age of 54, and was buried in Karoro Cemetery, Blaketown, Grey, New Zealand.
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A confederation of Maori tribes was convened in 1834 by James Busby, a British Resident who had been sent to New Zealand to set up a framework for trade between the Māori and Europeans. The Flag which they used was a mix between the St. George’s Cross and in the top left corner another smaller St. Georges Cross with four eight pointed stars representing the Holy Cross stars in the Southern Hemisphere. This design is still being used today as the official flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.
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The New Zealand Wars, also referred to as the Land Wars. Maori put up resistance to British colonial rule.
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.
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