Almeda Moore

Brief Life History of Almeda

When Almeda Moore was born about 1873, in Lamar, Alabama, United States, her father, Robert Asbury Moore, was 39 and her mother, Mary Esther Seay, was 32. She died in United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Asbury Moore
1835–
Mary Esther Seay
1842–1918
Sallie B. Moore
1867–
Alice L. Moore
1869–
Leona Matilda Moore
1871–1919
Almeda Moore
1873–
Rufus G. Moore
1874–1875
Caroline Jane Lina Moore
1877–1959
Robert Nathan Moore
1879–1959
Horace A Moore
1882–1914

Sources (1)

  • Almeda Moore in household of Robert Moore, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

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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