Andrew Moyes

Brief Life History of Andrew

When Andrew Moyes was born on 12 January 1812, in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland, his father, Henry Moyes, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Lindsay, was 27. He married Margaret Smeaton on 22 November 1841, in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Indiana Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Henry Clay Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 1 February 1892, in Sharpsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Moyes
1812–1892
Margaret Smeaton
1809–1888
Marriage: 22 November 1841
Henry Moyes
1842–1862
Annie May Moyes
1844–1925
Elizabeth Moyes
1846–
Edward Moyes
1848–
Robert S Moyes
1852–1915
James David Moyes
1854–1926
Mary Jane Moyes
1854–1924

Sources (8)

  • Andrew Moice, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Andrew Moyes, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Andrew Moyes, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

World Events (8)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1828

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Fife) and English: from the Middle English personal name Moise, Mose, Mosse, a vernacular form (from Old French Moïse) of Moses .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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