Arthur Moore

Brief Life History of Arthur

When Arthur Moore was born about 1904, in Washington, Tennessee, United States, his father, Arthur E. Moore, was 27 and his mother, Cecila Allen, was 31. He died before 1995, in Chuckey, Greene, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur E. Moore
1878–
Cecila Allen
1874–1924
Callie Sarah Moore
1902–1994
Arthur Moore
1904–1995
Gaythur Edgar Moore
1906–1997

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    World Events (8)

    1904

    St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    1929

    13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

    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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