When Freeman Hardy Moore was born on 6 November 1847, in Illinois, United States, his father, Daniel Mohr Moore, was 33 and his mother, Maria L. Olney, was 25. He married Sabrian Frances Fleming on 14 February 1884, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States. He lived in Victor, Teller, Colorado, United States in 1900 and Multnomah, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1920. He died on 14 February 1929, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Tumwater, Thurston, Washington, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Multnomah, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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