Brief Life History of Ruth Bell
When Ruth Bell Moore was born on 18 May 1917, in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States, her father, Robert Ault Moore, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth, was 31. She had at least 1 daughter with Grady Hoyle Moody. She lived in United States in 1949 and Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States in 1950. She died on 25 July 2008, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States.
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- Ruth M Moody, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ruth Belle Moore, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Ruth M Moody, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1941
Japanese attack 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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