Brief Life History of George
When George Moss was born on 18 January 1868, in Missouri, United States, his father, Joshua Moss, was 49 and his mother, Mrs. Harriett Moss, was 47. He married Jeanette Grace Ingels on 27 December 1893, in Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in St. Peter, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States in 1910. He died on 13 December 1944, at the age of 76.
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Sources (2)
- George Moss, "United States Census, 1900"
- George Moss, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1868–1944 Male
1870–1948 Female
Children (4)
1895–1973 Male
1899–1969 Female
1903–1976 Male
1905–1978 Female
Parents and Siblings
1820– Male
1822– Female
Siblings (10)
1840– Female
1842–1923 Female
1844– Male
1846–1923 Male
1848– Male
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
Age 16
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English mos ‘moss, bog’ (Old English mos), for someone who lived at a boggy place, or a habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as Moss (Yorkshire), Mose in Quatford (Shropshire), and Moze (Essex).
English: variant of Moyse .
Irish (Ulster): adoption of the English name 1 by translation for Ó Maolmóna or Ó Maolmhóna ‘descendant of Maolmóna’, a personal name based on maol ‘servant, tonsured one, i.e. devotee’ + a second element assumed to be móin (genitive móna) ‘moorland, peat bog’, in local English ‘moss’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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