When Samuel Moore was born on November 24, 1868, in Chorley, Lancashire, England, his father, David Moore (1831-1890), was 37 and his mother, Ann (nee Kellett) (1828-?), was 40. Samuel had one sister, Elizabeth.
He married
Elizabeth Longworth on December 29, 1888, at St. James Church in Chorley (the church was built approximately ten years prior).
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| Parish Register, St. James Chorley (image credit Ancestry.com) |
When Elizabeth was born on July 22, 1869, in Adlington, Lancashire, England, her father,
John Longworth (1835-1880), was 34, and her mother,
Alice (nee Loxham) (1839-1891), was 30. Elizabeth had seven sisters and four brothers.
At the time of the marriage, both
Samuel and
Elizabeth's occupation was "Weaver", with
John living at
23 Cavendish Street and Elizabeth living at just up the street at 253 Lyons Lane. The wedding was witnessed by Elizabeth's sister
Isabella and
John Moore, likely a relative of Samuel.
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| 23 Cavendish Street, Chorley (image via GoogleMaps) |
The cotton industry made up one-quarter of Britain's exports at the turn of the century. This film from the British Film Institute on Facebook provides some insight into what it looked like.
Lancashire's Time for Adventure (1948)
Follow the thread and take a tour of Lancashire's rich textile industry in 1948.
"Beyond a doubt, King Cotton."
#BritainOnFilm
Posted by BFI on Thursday, 9 November 2017
The couple can be found (with
Elizabeth likely pregnant) in the 1891 Chorley census living at 63 Water Street (the home
no longer appears to exist).
They had two daughters:
- Lily Moore (1891-1985) married Arthur Bird Griffin (1888-1972)
- Dora Moore (1897-1981) married Albert Hulme (1890-1960)
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| Samuel, Elizabeth and Lily Moore |
The 1901 England census shows the family living with
Elizabeth's eldest sister,
Isabella, as well as her sister
Joanna and brother John at
32 Bolton Road.
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| 32 Bolton Road, Chorley (middle red door) (image via GoogleMaps) |
The family boarded the
S.S. Tunisian in June 1901. The ship was only a year old. The passenger list shows Samuel, Elizabeth and Lily boarded at Liverpool and disembarked in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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| Canadian Passenger Lists, June 1901 (image via Ancestry.com) |
This initial trip may have been a vacation, or may have been scouting for their new home, as there is another trip (this time listing Dora as well) aboard the Virginia following the same route from Liverpool through Montreal in July 1910. Samuel's occupation is still listed as a weaver.
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| Canadian Passenger Lists, July 1910 (image via Ancestry.com) |
The family settled in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (records suggest that immigration was in1910) and can be found on the 1911 Census at
402 McNab Street North with two boarders. At this time, Samuel is a machinist at the
International Harvester Company of Canada.
On the 1921 Canadian Census, we find the family at
299 Grovesnor Street (where daughter
Lily eventually settled with her husband
Arthur as well) with their two daughters.
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| Top - 299 Grosvenor decorated for a royal visit ~ (bottom image via Google Maps) |
In 1948 the couple celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary and there was a photo of them in the local newspaper:
Samuel Moore died on January 30, 1951, in Hamilton, Ontario, at the age of 82.
Elizabeth Moore died in March. Her obituary reads:
MOORE - at the residence, 290 Grosvenor Avenue North, on Friday, March 9, 1951, Elizabeth Longworth, wife of the late Samuel Moore, in her eighty-third year. Resting at the L.G. Wallace Funeral Home, Limited, 131 Ottawa Street North. Funeral Service on Monday at 3:30 p.m. Interment in Hamilton Cemetery.
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| photo at rear of 299 Grosvenor |
The couple are interred at Hamilton Cemetery at Monument #142. The stone reads:
MOORE / In loving memory of/ SAMUEL MOORE / 1868-1951 / husband of ELIZABETH LONGWORTH / 1868 - 1951
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