Albert B. Moore1

M, #187, b. 8 May 1840, d. 9 November 1911
Last Edited: 4 Aug 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:

Priscilla E. Benner b. 12 May 1842, d. 7 Jun 1940

Children:

Elmer E. Moore Moore8 b. 21 Feb 1862, d. 19 Nov 1932
Edwin Moore9 b. 1 Apr 1864, d. 5 May 1923
Mary K. Moore10 b. c 1873

Notes

  • Note*: In the 1850 census Albert appears in his father's household in West Nantmeal, Chester, as Albert Moore, age 8, so born about 1842 [mis-transcribed by Ancestry as Alverta].
    In the 1860 census he is with them in Wallace, Chester county, as Albert Moore, age 18.

    In his father's 1865 probate he is named as Albert B. Moore.

    Albert is not named in his mother's 1877 will.

    In his aunt's 1878 will he is named as Albert B. Moore.4,5,1,6
  • Note: 1850 US Census - West Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania
    James Moore 46
    Among others:
    Albert Moore 8 [transcribed as Alverta]

    1860 US Census - Wallace, Chester, Pennsylvania
    James Moore, 56
    Among others:
    Albert Moore, 18

    1880 US Census - Reading, Berks Co., Pennsylvania
    Albert B. Moore, 39
    Pracilla Moore, 37
    Elemer E. Moore, 18, son, so b. about 1862
    Edwin A. Moore, 16, son, so b. about 1864
    May N. Moore, 7, dau., so b. about 1873

    1900 US Census - Reading
    Alvert B Moore, 59, b. May 1841, married 39 years
    Priscilla Moore, 58, b. May 1842, mother of 3, with 3 living
    Charles Moore, 17, son, b. June 1882
    Emily Moore, 15, dau., b. Nov 1884

    [Note that Charles and Emily were the children of Albert's younger brother Charles A Moore.]

    1910 US Census - Reading
    Albert B Moore, 70
    Precilla E Moore, 68, mother of 3, with 3 living
    Marian M Hoffman, 14, grand daughter, b. Pa.
    Helen Hoffman, 12, grand daughter, b. Pa., so b. about 1898
    Emily H Moore, 26, dau.

    1920 US Census - Reading
    Percilla Moore, 77
    Emily Moore, 36, dau.
    Helen Hoffman, 21, grand dau.

    1930 US Census - Reading
    Priscilla C Moore, 87
    Emily H Moore, 47, niece
    Helen M Hoffman, 31, grand dau.

    1940 US Census - Reading
    Priscilla E Moore, 97
    Emily Moore, 57, niece4
  • Note: Death Certificate:
    Name: Albert B. Moore
    Death: 9 Nov 1911, Reading, Berks Co., Pa.
    Burial: Charles Evans Cem. [Reading], 14 Nov 1911
    Birth: 8 May 1840
    married, contractor in teaming industry
    Father: James Moore, b. Chester Co.
    Mother Maiden name: Mary Knowles, b. Philadelphia
    Informant: Elmer E. Moore2
  • Note: Will of Albert B. Moore of Reading, Pa.
    Written 1 Aug 1909, proved 15 Nov 1911.
    Names wife Priscilla E. Moore, and children Elmer E. Moore, Edwin A. Moore and Mary K. Hoffman. Executors sons.7

Citations

  1. [S163] 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. [S159] Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Certificate of Death. Viewed on Ancestry.com,'Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1964' Albert B. Moore, 1911.
  3. [S159] Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Certificate of Death. Viewed on Ancestry.com,'Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1964', Priscilla E. Moore, 1940.
  4. [S211] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com
  5. [S156] 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.
  6. [S156] 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.
  7. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Berks, 'Estates 1850-1915 Mogel, Peter-Moore, Ellen R.', Folder: 'Moore, Alber B. Reading 1911', image 2482.
  8. [S159] Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Certificate of Death. Viewed on Ancestry.com,'Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1964', Elmer E. Moore, 1932.
  9. [S159] Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Certificate of Death. Viewed on Ancestry.com,'Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1964', Edwin A. Moore, 1923.
  10. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196, Berks, 'Estates 1850-1915 Mogel, Peter-Moore, Ellen R.', Folder: 'Moore, Albert B. Reading 1911', image 2482.