When William Howard Moore Jr was born on 28 December 1938, in Marion, South Carolina, United States, his father, William Howard Moore, was 28 and his mother, Ludie Pauline Cook, was 25. He lived in Kirby Township, Dillon, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 15 August 1971, in Marion, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion, Marion, South Carolina, United States.
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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