When Stephen Bliss Moore was born on 29 February 1836, in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel P Moore, was 32 and his mother, Eunice Sibley Bliss, was 28. He married Elizabeth Elmina Baldwin on 1 April 1855. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 9 April 1894, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.
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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