Dorothy Moore

Brief Life History of Dorothy

When Dorothy Moore was born on 1 August 1912, in Ashland, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Michael Moore, was 45 and her mother, Bridget Lavelle, was 42. She lived in Danville, Cape Province, South Africa in 2008 and Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, United States in 2008. She died on 19 January 2008, in Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Beaverdale, Mount Carmel Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Joseph Kleman
1912–2001
Dorothy Moore
1912–2008

Sources (4)

  • Dorothy Kleman in household of Joseph Kleman, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Dorothy F Kleman Ditchey, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Dorothy F Ditchey Kleman, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1916

Ashland became a city in 1916.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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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