When Margaret Moor was born on 30 July 1763, in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Muir, was 23 and her mother, Mary Ferguson, was 25. She married Archibald Mcauslane on 6 November 1785, in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh: variant of Moore .
German: variant of Mohr .
Dutch (also De Moor): nickname for a man of swarthy complexion, from Middle Dutch moor ‘Moor’ (from Latin maurus), or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a Moor. Compare De Moor .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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