Mary Knowles1,2,3

F, #161, b. 2 January 1806, d. 5 April 1878
Last Edited: 20 Aug 2017
Charts:
Descendants of James Moore of Convoy

Family:

James Moore b. 12 Jun 1803, d. 12 Jun 1864

Children:

Mary Moore+9 b. 11 Aug 1830, d. 12 Apr 1918
Cecilia R. Moore9 b. c 1831, d. 28 Jan 1914
Clara V. Moore+9 b. Feb 1832, d. 31 Dec 1912
James W. Moore9 b. c 1836, d. a 1850
John Wilson Moore+9 b. 4 Mar 1836, d. 22 May 1912
Sally R. Moore9 b. 1838, d. 20 Jul 1922
Albert B. Moore+9 b. 8 May 1840, d. 9 Nov 1911
Rachel E. Moore+9 b. 14 Feb 1844, d. 21 Jan 1925
William Knowles Moore+9 b. c 1848, d. 6 Mar 1881
Charles A. Moore+9 b. c 1849, d. a 7 Oct 1893

Notes

  • Note*: Death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1878:
    "Moore - On the morning of the 5th instant, Mary K., widow of the late James Moore, in the seventy-third year of her age.
    Funeral from her late residence, Glen moore, Chester county, Pa. on Monday, the 8th..."6
  • Note: Gravestone photo:
    "Mary K Moore
    born January 2 1806
    died April 5, 1878"4
  • Note: Will index: Mary Moore; Wallace; Date of death: 5 Apr 1878; Letters: 3 May 1878, Thos R Coombe, Wm K Moore; Inventory filed: 29 May 1878; File No: 18699; Will Bk 25, p. 177.7
  • Note: Will of Mary Moore of Glenmore, Chester Co., Pa. widow. Written 19 April 1877, codicil 2 Jan 1878, proved 3 May 1878.
    Names daughters Rachel Vanderveer, Mary Vanderveer, Sally Coombe, Clare B Torrie, and sons Charles G Moore and William K Moore, brother William H. Knowles, and son-in-law Thomas R Coombe. Recorded Chester Co., Pa., Will Book Vol. 25, p. 177.8
  • Note: The Pennsylvania death certificates of Albert B. Moore (d. 9 Nov 1911), of J. Wilson Moore (d. 22 May 1912), and of Mary Moore Vander Veer (d. 12 April 1918) all list their parents as James Moore and Mary Knowles.3

Citations

  1. [S36] Chester Co., Pennsylvania, Recorder of Deeds; Deeds 1688-1903 ; Index to deeds 1688-1922. FHL microfilm series. Images on FamilySearch.org., Book T6, Vol. 141, p. 79. image 371.
  2. [S192] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com, 1850, 1860, 1870.
  3. [S155] Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Certificate of Death. Viewed on Ancestry.com,'Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1964', Albert B. Moore, 9 Nov 1911; J. Wilson Moore, 22 May 1912; Mary Moore Vander Veer, 12 April 1918.
  4. [S66] FindAGrave.com, Mary K Moore, gravestone photo.
  5. [S152] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Chester Co., Will Index 1713-1923 I-O. M-Ms, image 369.
  6. [S72] GenealogyBank. URL: http://www.genealogybank.com, Death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1878, p. 4.
  7. [S152] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Chester Co., Will Index 1713-1923 I-O. M-Ms, image 369.
  8. [S152] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Chester Co., Wills 1873-1880 Vol. 24-25. Vol. 25, p. 177. Image 383. Mary Moore,1878.
  9. [S158] Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Register of Wills. FHL microfilm series titled 'Wills, 1682-1916; indexes to wills, 1682-1924'. Filmed at City Hall., Vol. 138, p. 68, image 39. Film 21793. Will of Elizabeth Moore, 1878.