Clara V. Moore1

F, #175, b. February 1832, d. 31 December 1912
Last Edited: 9 Sep 2017

Parents:

Father: James Moore1 b. 12 Jun 1803, d. 12 Jun 1864
Mother: Mary Knowles1 b. 2 Jan 1806, d. 5 Apr 1878

Family:

Hiram D. Torrey b. 22 Jun 1820, d. 11 Aug 1900

Children:

Hiram D. Torrey13 b. c Jun 1865
James M. Torrie+13 b. Feb 1871

Notes

  • Note*: Clara appears in the 1850 census in her father's household in West Nantmeal, Chester as age 15, so born about 1835.
    And she appears with them in the 1860 census as age 24, so born about 1836.

    In her father's 1865 probate she is named as Clara V. Torrey.

    Clara appears in her mother's 1877 will as Clare B Torrie.

    In her aunt's 1878 will she is named as niece Clara V. Terry, wife of H. D. Terry.6,7,1,8
  • Note: Newspaper social notice:

    Delanco, Aug. 5.
    Mrs. Hiram D. Torrie is entertaining her sister, Mrs. C. R. Reckless, of Philadelphia.9
  • Note: Passport Application
    8 May 1866, Pottsville, Pa. [Schuylkill Co.]
    Hiram D. Torrey, age 45 [so b. ~1821]
    Will be accompanied by his wife Clara V., 32 years [so b. ~1834]
    and his children
    Mary A. 15 years [so b. ~1851]
    William. H. 9 years [so b. ~1857]
    Hiram D., 11 months [so b. 1865]10
  • Note: 1880 US Census - Delanco, Burlington Co. New Jersey
    Hiram D Torrie, 32 [Both these ages are suspect, as they are 11 years apart elsewhere]
    Clara V. Torrie, wife, 30
    Hiram D. Torrie, son, 7, born Penn. [so b.~1873]
    James M. Torrie, son, 5, born Scotland [so b. ~1875]6
  • Note: 1885 New Jersey State Census - Beverly, Burlington Co., New Jersey
    Hiram D Torrie, age over 60
    Clara V Torrie, age 20 to 60
    Mary M Moore, age 20 to 60 [presumably the same Mary as in passport appl. & in 1900 & 1910, dau. of Hiram by 1st m.]
    Hiram D Torrie, age 5 to 20
    James M Torrie, age 5 to 20
    William K Moore, age 5 and under [son of Mary M Moore]11
  • Note: 1900 US Census - Beverly, Burlington Co.
    Hiram D Torrie, 79, b. Jun 1820
    Clara V Torrie, 68, b. Feb 1832, mother of 2, 2 living
    Mary T Moore, 49, b. Apr 1857, widow, mother of 1, 0 living [1900-49=1851]

    1910 US Census - Beverly
    Clara V Torrie, 74, widow
    Mary A Moore, 49, step dau., widow [so b. ~1861. Recorded age is suspect.]6
  • Note: Death Notice:
    Name: Torrey, Clara V.
    Death Date: 31 Dec 1912
    Place of Death: Delanco
    Publication: Mount Holly Herald, 11 Jan 1913, Page 2, Column 1.
    Notes: Widow of Hiram D. Torrey.12
  • Note: Probate Index:
    Torrie (or)
    Torrey Clara Virginia (or) V
    Residence and Date of Death: Delanco, 31 Dec 1912
    Admr cta: Hiram D Torrey, 2 Jun 1914
    Bond: Vol. B, p. 523, 2 Jun 1914
    Will: Vol. 39, p. 532, 8 Jun 19144

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S192] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com, 1900.
  3. [S64] FamilySearch.org., 'Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940', Hiram D. Torrey & Clara Moore, 1862.
  4. [S141] New Jersey Probate Records, 1678-1980. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, New Jersey. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2018330., Proceeding Index 1785-1970 Vol 4-6. Vol. 6, p. 75, Bk. 8. Image 908.
  5. [S52] Delanco, New Jersey, First Presbyterian, Church Register of, 1872-1916. FHL microfilm 1723678, Item 3., Register of Deaths, p. 133.
  6. [S192] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com.
  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., Orphan' Court Accounts 1863 - 1866, Vol. 8, p. 556, December 1865 Term, No. 24. Image 615. James Moore Estate.
  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. [S72] GenealogyBank. URL: http://www.genealogybank.com, Philadelphia Inquirer, 6 Aug 1899.
  10. [S6] Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925. Hiram D Torrey, 1866.
  11. [S64] FamilySearch.org., 1885 New Jersey State Census, 1885. Hiram D Torrie.
  12. [S34] Burlington County, New Jersey. Mount Holly Herald. Abstracted in 'Death Notices and Obituaries' on website of Burlington County Library System.
  13. [S192] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com, 1880.