Harriet Moore

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Moore was born on 17 April 1840, in Washington Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, her father, Samuel Moore, was 36 and her mother, Eunice Sibley Bliss, was 33. She married Russell Thomas Kelley on 4 March 1857, in Genoa, Mexican Cession, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Payson, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 28 March 1894, in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Russell Thomas Kelley
1826–1915
Harriet Moore
1840–1894
Marriage: 4 March 1857
Russell Samuel Kelley
1858–1936
Rezine Baker Kelley
1860–1860
Harriet Emily Kelley
1861–1938
Eunice Sibley Kelley
1863–1913
Milton Erastus Kelley
1865–1907
Russell Thomas Kelley Jr.
1866–1898
George Washington Kelley
1867–1867
Centhia Melissa Kelley
1868–1869
Stephen Bliss Kelley
1870–1936
Lydia Sophronia Kelley
1872–1955
Orson Aaron Kelley
1875–1944
Esther Kelley
1877–1877
Edwin Lester Kelley
1882–1957

Sources (58)

  • Harriet Kelly in household of Russel Kelly, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Harriet Moore - birth-name: Harriet Moore
  • Harriet Kelly, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1849

Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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HARRIET MOORE

HARRIET MOORE It was on a spring day on the 17th of April, 1840 that Harriet Moore was born. Her folks had accepted the teachings of the missionaries and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latte …

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