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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- 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"
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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 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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