John Moore 1814 : Short Biography

John Moore 1814

Tamlaght Ocrilly (Derry) Dunboe (Derry) Coleraine (Derry)

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Place of migration

Migrated to/Born in USA

These are my brickwall ancestors (from the 1851 Census) they were in Carbon County, Pennsylvania by 1854.

Year of Census Extract: 1851
Surname of Applicant: Moore
Christian name of Applicant: George [he is John's older brother]
Applicant's present address: Kielygullib, Kilrea, Derry
Surname of Father: Moore
Christian name of Father: John
Maiden Surname of Mother- Unknown
Christian name of Mother: Ann/Nancy/Mary Ann [also two children: Mary Ann b. 1841 and her sister, my g grandmother Anne b. Apr. 1848.]
Residence Location - County Londonderry
Residence Location - Barony Coleraine
Residence Location - Parish Tamlaght O'Crilly
Residence Location - Townland Bovedy

Additional Information
Date of Birth	1st Jan 1814 (circa)
Date of Death	1st Feb 1880	VIEW SOURCE
New Type	NAME Moore, John BIRTHPLACE Londonderry DATE OF ARRIVAL IN US 5/12/1852 AGE 35 PORT OF DEPARTURE Londonderry PORT OF ARRIVAL [blank] INTENT TO SETTLE AT… Pennsylvania REGISTRY - SWORN IN 06/04/1852 VOUCHED FOR BY… W. H. Butler
Names of Children	Mary Ann Moore McTague Sharp b. 1841 Anne/Anna Moore Barger. b. 1848

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Hello fellow brick wall hitter. I have been trying to connect my McShane ancestors of Brooklyn, New York to the McShanes of Killymuck, Kilrea, Derry. My g grandfather was Anthony McShane born about 1840 and married to Margaret Ann Moore born around the same time. His father-in-law was John Moore. Killymuck and Kielygullib are located so close to each other that a spark of interest has ignited! To complicate things I believe Anthony has a sister named Mary Ann McShane. There are so many Margarets, Marys and Anns in this branch of my family.Some of the McShanes ended up in Trenton, New Jersey and San Bernadino, California but none that I know of lived in Carbon County, PA.

Also I have found a John Moore in the 1850 census born about 1820, a tailor, who was married to Mary(Ann) Moore b. 1823in England and lived in Brooklyn. They had a daughter Mary Ann Moore. This John Moore died in 1872 in Brooklyn of Dysentery. I don't think this is my John Moore but may interest you.

Kathy Didden

Thursday 10th September 2020 05:36PM

Thank you, Kathy.

My gg grandfather, John Moore b. abt 1815-1820, a miner, may have had relatives in the Wilkes-Barre community. There were Moores who were furniture makers and casket builders, one was named John, but he was not my gg grandfather. He may have been a gg grand uncle. That John married Ann Dooley and they had six children, all boys. Some researchers have mistaken that Ann for my gg grandfather's wife but she definitely was not. We still do not know our Ann's (possibly Mary Ann) maiden name.

My gg grandfather John Moore died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania in 1880. He was enumerated in the death schedule of that census.

Theresa Griffin

Monday 29th March 2021 05:42PM

Correction: John Moore was most likely born 1814.

Theresa Griffin

Monday 29th March 2021 09:22PM

Hello Theresa,

Thanks for your reply. Another coincidence arises. My family of McShanes who went to San Bernadino, California were miners and are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery there.

Kathy