We had a great morning on Bank Holiday Monday at the Alweston Car Boot sale in Dorset, our favourite! I came away with quite a few Old Photos from 3 sellers, and several dates/names on the backs too.

When I got home I sorted them all into what I thought were matching family groups, so here’s the first family of Moore.

I started by looking firstly at the marriage records on Find My Past, I typed in George Moore, married 1925 +/-5 years with a spouse Eva in Civil Marriages, 6 came up, not too bad. So making a note of these, I did the same with the second Wedding photo below.

I typed in William Harrison, married 1925 +-5 years with a spouse Ruth in Civil Marriages, 5 came up on this search.

The interesting thing was that one out of each of these groups was married in the same location, Darlington, Durham, and when I looked at the spouse’s surname on this second marriage search, Ruth’s surname was Moore!

1. The marriage year 1925. Marriage quarter 2. Volume 10A.
   Page number 49. George H Moore married Eva Elgie
   Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 (FMP)

2. The marriage year 1921. Marriage quarter 2. Volume 10A
Page number 44. William P Harrison married Ruth Moore
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 (FMP)

So of course I started a family tree for George H Moore and his wife Eva Elgie, with a possible sister called Ruth and husband William P Harrison.

Goodness me it was a complicated family to sort out as there were marriages, deaths, more marriages, and stepchildren, but I think I have sorted it all now, although from what I see of other people’s trees on Ancestry many people have this family in a dreadful mix-up.

Moore Family Tree. I will start with Frederick Moore 1848-18 May 1882 and his wife Ann Jones 1854-1895, they married in 1874 in Scarborough, Yorkshire. Frederick was a Hairdresser. The couple had 4 children Elizabeth Ann 1876-1941, Emily Jane b1877, Gertrude (Aunt Gert) 1880-1959 and Frederick 30 Sep 1882-1957. While Ann was pregnant with Frederick her husband Frederick died aged just 34.

In 1886 widow Ann Moore (Jones) married Samuel Cloke 1845-1922, in Scarborough, Yorkshire. Ann and Samuel had 4 children, Ann Davis 1886-1887, Esther Ann 1887-1963, Abraham Davis 1891-1958 and John Charles, born at the beginning of January 1895-1895. He was baptised on 12 January 1895. He sadly died in the same quarter and so did his mother Ann Cloke (Jones/Moore) very likely as a result of childbirth.

When Samuel Cloke married Ann he was himself a widower, he had previously been married to Sarah Hunter 1849-1877 in Hartlepool, Durham in 1870. The couple had had 4 children Samuel 1871-1916, George Henry 1873-1903 and Sarah Jane 1875-1885 and Thomas Mar 1877-Mar 1877, sadly I also found that his mother Sarah died just after him, both registered as CLOAK, THOMAS 0 GRO Reference: 1877 M Quarter in HARTLEPOOL Volume 10A Page 67. His mother Sarah‘s death was on page 69 just after Thomas, she was just 28.

I’ve not been able to find Samuel Cloke in the 1881 census, as a young lad aged 16 he was a Brew House Labourer, then on the 1871 census, he was a Seaman. When he married Ann Moore(Jones) she was a few months pregnant with their first daughter. By the time of the 1891 census, he is described as a Sailor with the Royal Navy. I did find his children from his marriage to Sarah (Hunter)in the 1881 census though, Samuel and George Henry aged 9 and 7, were in the Hartlepool Union Workhouse and their sister Sarah Jane aged 6 was living with Samuel Cloke’s married sister Jane and her husband John Carey, they were childless. Sadly Sarah Jane died just 3 years later aged 9, presumably while still living with her Aunt and Uncle.

Back to 1895 after the death of Samuel Cloke‘s second wife. I was surprised when I found on the 1901 census that he was living at 1 Priors Square, Darlington as the head of household, he was a Fish Hawker. But living with him was his Step Daughter Elizabeth Ann Moore, she was 24 and unmarried, but she had 3 children with her, described by Samuel as his Grandchildren, or are they? Sarah Ann Moore 3 Jan 1896-1947, Ruth Moore 1898-1978 and George Henry Moore 1900-1977. Also in the household were Samuel’s daughter Esther Ann Cloke 1887-1963 and son Abraham Davis Cloke 1891-1958 plus another of his step children Frederick Moore 1882-1957, who was Elizabeth Ann’s brother.

Now the thing is Elizabeth Ann carried on to have 3 more children after this as you can see from the 1911 census below. Samuel Alexander Moore (Sam) 1903-1978, Frederick Abraham Moore 1905-1993 and Elizabeth Olive Moore (Ollie) 1909-1976. In this record Elizabeth Ann aged 35 is the head of the household, single and a Fish Dealer with Samuel Cloke described as her Step Father, widowed, aged 64 now with a Royal Navy pension, Abraham Davis Cloke (Uncle Abe) her Step brother and her own 6 children. They are all registered as Moore in the Birth records but is her step father Samuel the father of these 6 children despite their 30 year age gap and the first one being born on 3 Jan 1896 just about a year after Ann his wife had died? Some people on Ancestry seem to think so.

Now that I have filled in a few of these family groups at least I can identify most of the faces named in them.

The first Wedding between George Henry Moore and Eva Elgie was in the April quarter of 1925, the couple had one daughter that I have found. George died in 1977 in Darlington and Eva died in 2000 in Hampshire.

The second wedding photo between Ruth Moore and William P Harrison (Billie)was taken in the April quarter of 1921. I have found a probable death of Ruth in 1978 in Durham, but no information on Billie and there are way too many options for possible children of the couple for me to confirm any without certificates.

Sally in the photos was I think probably Sarah Annie Moore 1896-1947.

To add to these two marriage photos I also had 3 other photos, 2 of a girl/young lady, and written on the back of these was Ollie Moore. Most likely a sister to George Henry Moore called Elizabeth Olive Moore (1909-1976). She married Robert Henry Kirby 1910-1984 in 1934 and they had one son.

The last photo of this little collection was this one below, so an aunt of whoever had written the names. Once I had filled in more of the family the names fitted in perfectly!

Aunt Gert was Gertrude Moore 1880-1959 daughter of Frederick Moore and Ann Jones, back where we started. She married Albert Charles Wood 1882-1970 in 1903, they had the 3 children pictured below, Albert William Frederick Wood (Albie) 1904-1975, Esther May Wood 1906-1975 and Violet Ethel Wood 1914-1984. All 3 children married.

An interesting family to sort out and while I was researching on Ancestry I came across this splendid photo on a public family tree of Samuel Alexander Moore, Sam in the weddong photos. He was a Fish Merchant, several other family members were in the Fish business too.

Another interesting photo from Find A Grave was the Headstone photo of Frederick Moore, the chap I started with who died at 33. Headstone: Frederick Moore d 18th May 1882 aged 33 and Arthur Ballington d aged 26, Fri 11th April 1924, 13 Trafalgar Street, Derby. Funeral 1:00pm Tue 15th April, Christ Church, Derby. Frederick was Arthur’s Grand Uncle, his Mother’s Uncle. Arthur’s parents were Helen Moore and James Ballington, Arthur was their only child. Helen was the daughter of Samuel Moore and Charlotte Smithayd, Samuel Moore was a brother of Frederick who died in 1882.

Direct link to the Moore Family tree on Ancestry here: Moore Family Tree

Till next time then……..