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More Moores

The 1870 PA census is now every name searchable on ancestry.com, and I not only found Charles & Lucy MOORE with daughter Olivia, but found them living with Thomas & Susan MOORE. There is no relationship field in the 1870 census so I can’t be sure Thomas & Susan are Charles’ parents, but it is likely.

I then searched for Thomas & Susan in 1880. Enumerated with them is the single Elizabeth FLENARD who is listed as Thomas’ sister-in-law. Both Susan and Elizabeth were born in New Jersey, and there is a small group of FLENARDs in Burlington county in earlier censuses, although I have not found Elizabeth anytime but in 1880 so far. I don’t have immediate access to the 1860 or 1900 census. I’m looking forward to my next trip the local FHC to investigate further.

 

Found: Olivia Rush MOORE

Have I finally found Olivia Rush MOORE in the 1880 census? I think so. There is an Olivia Moore, age 10, in the 1880 census in Philadelphia, PA. She is the daughter of Charles D. and Lucy H. MOORE. Her mother was born in Delaware and her father was born in PA. The children of Charles and Lucy are Olivia, Frank O., Susan L., Benjamin B., Lucy L. and Elsie A. My Olivia had children named Lucy H. (aka L. Honour), Susan L. and Frank. Later census returns for my Olivia state that her mother was born in DE and her father in PA and that she was born in 1869.

More evidence: There is an IGI entry for an “Olevia R. MOORE”, born Oct 8, 1869 to Charles D. and Lucy H. MOORE. This is from the Birth registers, 1860-1903, for the city of Philadelphia. The addition of the middle initial helps me to accept that I have found my Olivia and her parents.

Now, to hunt down her husband John Alexander TODD and his parents…