When Marjorie Willinyne Moore was born on 23 March 1915, in Texas, United States, her father, Austin Charles Moore, was 29 and her mother, Bertha Tidwell, was 27. She died on 9 December 1919, in Granger, Williamson, Texas, United States, at the age of 4, and was buried in Granger Cemetery, Granger, Williamson, Texas, 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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