Cecilia R. Moore

Cecilia R. Moore¹

• Birth*: circa 1831; Birth year calculated from age in 1850 census.
• Marriage*: 11 February 1872; Old St. Paul's Church (Roman Catholic), Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania; He of Philadelphia. Sehe of Moorestown, Chester Co. N. Jersey [sic]; Principal=William M Reckless^1,2
• Death*: 28 January 1914; State Hospital, Norristown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania³
• Burial*: 2 February 1914; Fairview Cemetery, Glenmoore, Chester Co., Pennsylvania^3,4

Parents:

Notes

• Note*: Cecilia appears in the 1850 census in her father's household in West Nantmeal, Chester as age 18, so born about 1831. ['Guilia' in Ancestry].
  She does not appear with them in 1860.
  
  In her father's 1865 probate she is named as Cecilia R. Moore.
  
  Cecilia is not named in her mother's 1877 will.
  
  In her aunt's 1878 will she is named as Cecilia R. Reckless.^5,6,1,7
• Note: Mother's will:
  Will of her 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: Newspaper social notice:
  
  Delanco, Aug. 5.
  Mrs. Hiram D. Torrie is entertaining her sister, Mrs. C. R. Reckless, of Philadelphia.⁹
• Note: Philadelphia Inquirer, 25 May 1908:
  Orphan's Court, Decrees Issued:
  "Authorizing the Fidelity Trust Co. trustees under the will of Elizabeth Moore, deceased, to pay itself as guardian of Cecilia R. Reckless, the sum of $765.17."¹⁰
• Note: Death notice:
  "Reckless - January 28 1914. Cecelia Reckless, aged 84 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services, in Presbyterian Church, Glenmoore, Pa....Internment at Fairview Cemetery, Glenmmore, Pa."⁴
• Note: Death Certificate:
  Name: Cecilia Reckless
  File No: 4629
  Registered No: 061
  Death Date: 28 Jan 1914
  Death Location: State Hospital, Norristown, Montgomery Co., Pa.
  Lengfth of Residence at Hospital: 7 yrs 11 mos 27 days
  Burial: 2 Feb, 1914, Glenmoore, Pa.
  widow, age "86?"
  Occupation: wife of accountant³
• Note: 1870 US Census - Wallace, Chester, Pennsylvania
  Mary R Moore 64
  Charles Moore 18
  Cecilia Moore 33
  Elizabeth Davis 39
  
  1880 US Census - Philadelphia
  boarders at same address:
  William Reckless, 45, married, bookkeeper
  Cecilia Reckless, 30, married
  
  1910 US Census - Norristown Ward 6, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
  Cecelia Reckless, 82 inmate⁵