William Shotwell MOORE

1816 - 1901  (84 years)

• Name	William Shotwell MOORE
  Born	13 Aug 1816	Rahway, NJ   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Apr 1901	Norwich, ON   [1, 2]
  Buried	Norwich Pioneer Cemetery, Norwich ON
  Person ID	I1237	Jay Moore Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Samuel MOORE, Jr.           b. 23 Mar 1784, Nova Scotia.           d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth L. SHOTWELL           b. 1795           d. 1827  (Age 32 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1815	Rahway, NJ   [3, 4, 5]
  	James H. Moore has the mariage recorded as 22 Sep 1815.
  Family ID	F697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rachel TOMPKINS           b. 6 Nov 1820, Norwich Twp, Upper Canada           d. 2 May 1887, Norwich Twp, U. C. (Ontario)  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1836  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Samuel MOORE           b. 1836           d. 1908  (Age 72 years)   2. Harvey MOORE           b. 1837           d. 1888  (Age 51 years)   3. Margaret MOORE           b. 19 Sep 1840           d. 25 Dec 1859  (Age 19 years)   4. Rev. James Beach MOORE           b. 1 Apr 1842, Norwich, ON           d. 29 Aug 1931, Waterford, ON  (Age 89 years)   5. Eliza MOORE           b. 1844           d. 1853  (Age 9 years)   6. Elgin MOORE           b. 1845           d. 1845  (Age 0 years)   7. John F. MOORE           b. 1846           d. Yes, date unknown   8. Charles MOORE           b. 1848           d. Yes, date unknown   9. Ellen MOORE           b. 1850           d. 1925  (Age 75 years)   10. Elizabeth MOORE           b. 1 Jun 1853           d. 10 Oct 1920  (Age 67 years)   11. Sarah Ann MOORE           b. 1854           d. Yes, date unknown   12. Murray MOORE           b. 1856           d. Yes, date unknown   13. William MOORE           b. Unknown   14. Oscar MOORE           b. 1860           d. Yes, date unknown   15. Warren MOORE           b. 11 Apr 1862           d. 18 Sep 1919  (Age 57 years)   16. Amelia Gertrude MOORE           b. 1866           d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ann Elizabeth HARDY
  Married	1888  [6]
  Last Modified	10 May 2007
  Family ID	F495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "W.S. emigrated to Norwich in 1835 to the Norht Norwich home of his grandfather, Samuel Moore. His first wife, Rachel Tompkins, was the daughter of Caleb Tompkins, owner and operator of ther Tompkins Inn on Quaker Street. W.S. cleared land on a small farm [and] then, in 1847, sold it an bought a 200 acre farm on Concession 3, Norwich Gore. Rachel and William had 16 children, 11 of whom were living at the time of Rachel's death in 1887. After Rachel died, W.S. married Ann Elizabeth Hardy in 1888. (taken from the Norwich Gazette, 16 Apr 1901)." [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Moore - Personal Files of Donna Moore, Donna Moore compiled the Family Groups Sheets in 1990, (Donna Moore 365 Ambleside Drive London, ON N6G 4Y2). [S58] Moore - Personal Files of Donna Moore, Donna Moore compiled the Family Groups Sheets in 1990, ( Donna Moore 33-59 Pennybrook Crescent London, ON N5X 4C3). [S23] Shotwell Genealogy, Ambrose M. Shotwell of Concord, Jackson County, MI, (Roberts Smith Printers and Binders, Lansing MI, 1895-7). [S104] Shotwell, Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants, Ambrose M. Shotwell, (1895-97), 21 & 190 (Reliability: 3). [S57] Shotwell Genealogy, Ambrose M. Shotwell of Concord, Jackson County, MI, (Roberts Smith Printers and Binders, Lansing MI, 1895-7). [S58] Moore - Personal Files of Donna Moore, Donna Moore compiled the Family Groups Sheets in 1990, ( Donna Moore 33-59 Pennybrook Crescent London, ON N5X 4C3) (Reliability: 3), 10 May 2007.