The Moore Family

Anne (Moore) Kilroy

Birth: 1814, in Waterloo Lodge, Cavan, Ireland

Baptism: 9 June 1814, in Ballymachugh, Cavan, Ireland

Father: George Moore

Mother: Mary (Foster) Moore

Married: James Kilroy on 25 February 1834

Children: Death: 21 October 1892, in Corcreeghy, County Monaghan, Ireland, aged 77

Buried: 24 October 1892, in Ballymachugh, County Cavan, Ireland

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George Moore

Married: Mary Foster

Children: Notes: George's parents were possibly Charles Moore and Jane Elliot. In Burke's History of Colonial Gentry, an. Hon. Charles Moore of Sydney, Australia is listed and described as a cousin of Mark Moore M.D. of Cavan, likely the Mark Moore M.D. who is a son of George's. Assuming that the "cousin" is a first cousin, then Charles's father, listed in the History of Colonial Gentry as James Moore of Ballymacarne would be George's brother, and their parents would be the Charles Moore (who died 3 January 1804) and Jane Elliot as shown in the History of Colonial Gentry.

A biographical entry in Montgomery County, TN on George Forbes Adams and Matilda Moore (George's daughter) claims that Matilda's grandmother was "Mrs. Mary Moore, of Carricane, Ireland, and was a relative of the famous Irish poet, Thomas Moore". This would indicate that George's mother was Mary, and thus not Jane Elliot. Carrickane is a townland situated aproximately one mile west of Cavan town, in Annagelliff parish, county Cavan.

An entry in History of North Washington (1903) on George's grandson, John J. Argue, mentions that John's mother (Jane Moore) "was a niece of Major Moore, who served under the Duke of Wellington". If this is true, the Major Moore would be brother of George's, but I can find no further record of him.

George owned land Tanderagee from 1848 to 1864 in Bailieborough, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland.

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Jane (Moore) Argue

Birth: 1810, in Ireland

Baptism: 21 November 1810, in Urney parish, Cavan, Ireland

Father: George Moore

Mother: Mary (Foster) Moore

Married: Robert Argue on 30 August 1832, in Urney parish, Cavan, Ireland

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Death: 1880, in Monroe, Green county, Wisconsin, United States

Buried: in Montrose, Dane county, Wisconsin, United States

Notes: Jane emigrated via Quebec to Exeter, Wisconsin, in February 1849. After the death of her husband in 1855, Jane continued on the homestead until 1868, then moved to Layton, and later to Green county where she died in 1880.

Census:
1860: Primrose, Dane county, Wisconsin, United States. Jane is listed as aged 47, born in Ireland.
1870: Exeter, Green county, Wisconsin, United States. Jane is listed as aged 59, keeping house, born in Ireland and her parents as "foreign born". Her real estate is valued at $500 and her personal estate at $200.

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Mary Moore

Baptism: 16 November 1811, in Urney parish, Cavan, Ireland

Father: George Moore

Mother: Mary (Foster) Moore

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Matilda (Moore) Adams

Birth: 8 October 1812, in Urney parish, Cavan, Ireland

Father: George Moore

Mother: Mary (Foster) Moore

Married: George Forbes Adams on 23 November 1836, in Urney parish, Cavan, Ireland

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Death: 30 May 1885, in Cedar Hill, Robertson county, Tennessee, United States, aged 73

Buried: in Greenwood Cemetery, 984 Greenwood Avenue, Clarksville, Montgomery county, Tennessee, United States

Obituary:
The Nashville Christian Advocate
September 12, 1885
MATILDA MOORE ADAMS daughter of George and Mary Moore, born Cavan, Ireland, Oct. 8, 1812; married George F. Adams, Nov. 23, 1836 and moved to U.S. in July 1844, locating in Logan Co., Ky. where she lived until Dec. 1856 when moved to Port Royal, Tenn.; in old age moved to Cedar Hill, Tenn. where she died May 30, 1885.

Notes: George and Matilda and their children emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1844. An elder brother of George's had previously traveled to the United States and purchased property for the family in Tennessee and Kentucky. The Adams family travelled to Kentucky where they purchased a farm near Keysburg where they lived until 1857 when they moved to Port Royal, Tennessee.

Census:
1850: Logan county, Kentucky. Matilda is listed as aged 37, born in Ireland
1860: Montgomery county, Tennessee. Matilda is listed as aged 47, born in Ireland
1870: Port Royal, District 5, Montgomery county, Tennessee. Matilda is listed as aged 56, born in Ireland
1880: District 5, Montgomery county, Tennessee

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