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Migrated to/Born in Australia
  • John Moore was born 6 May 1850 in Avoca, Wicklow.
  • Son of Michael Moore, (14 December 1823) and Ellen Doyle, (4 June 1826).
  • Siblings born in Avoca; Honora (1845-1883) and Mary (1848-~1851).
  • Michael, Ellen, Honora and John emigrated to South Australia, 4 November 1851.
  • Arrived Port Adelaide via. Plymouth, 2 February 1852 on the S.S. Marshall Bennett.
  • Siblings born in South Australia; Mary Barnes (1852-1878), Elizabeth White (1854-1881), Terence (1856-1913), James (1858-1921), Ellen (1860-) and Michael William (1863-1931).
  • Following the death of John’s father, 12 February 1863, his mother Ellen married Arthur Quinn, 30 April 1866.
  • Stepsiblings born in South Australia; Alfred James Quinn (1867-1924), Thomas Arthur Quinn (1869-) and Edward Quinn (1870-).
  • John left the Kapunda area of South Australia in the 1870’s and subsequently lived in the Charters Towers / Ravenswood area of Queensland, Australia.
  • John worked as a miner, and Electoral Rolls suggests he worked at Gladstone Reef, Ravenswood from 1880-1886.
  • John died 29 December 1923 in the Charters Towers Hospital of Miners' Phthisis and is buried in the Lynd Charters Towers Cemetery.
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Date of Birth 6th May 1850 VIEW SOURCE
Date of Death 29th Dec 1923

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