Brief Life History of Joseph William
When Joseph William Moore was born on 29 December 1922, in Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States, his father, William Wiley Moore, was 44 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Burrell, was 40. He died on 21 April 1997, in Poteau, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Joseph Moore in entry for Ruby Moore Witherspoon, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- J W Moore in entry for William W Moore, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Joseph Moore in entry for Ruby Moore Witherspoon, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
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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