Elizabeth Sarah (Davies) Moor (1863-1948) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Elizabeth Sarah (Sarah) "Lizzie" Moor formerly Davies

Born 30 Aug 1863 in Wales

Daughter of Henry Edward Davies and Hannah E (John) Davies

Sister of Morgan John Davies, Simon Davies, John Smith Davies, Mary Ann (Davies) Tallentire and Henry Edward Davies

Wife of Thomas William Moor — married 14 Apr 1891 in Leeston Parsonage, Canterbury, New Zealand

Mother of Robert Henry Moor and Sarah Jane (Moor) Marshall

Died 19 Dec 1948 at age 85 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Sarah (Davies) Moor migrated from England to New Zealand.

1 Biography
2 Sources
- 2.1 Footnotes
- 2.2 Acknowledgments

Biography

Sarah known as 'Lizzie' was the first daughter of Henry Edward Davies and Hannah John.

Lizzie was 6 months old when she arrived in New Zealand with her family on the ship Amoor in 1864. She isn't listed with the family on the passenger manifest.

After disembarking at Lyttleton, the family made their way over the bridal path to Christchurch and then onto Harewood. They remained there for a time and later moved to Irwell where Lizzie's father purchased a farm of 50 acres.

Lizzie attended Irwell School.

In 1891 she married to Thomas William Moor of Brookside settling in the Ellesmere area where they stayed for many years. They had 2 children during their marriage, Robert Henry and Sarah Jane.

In the 1930's when Thomas retired, a move was made to Christchurch.

Elizabeth Sarah Moor died in 1948 and is buried at Sydenham Cemetery in Christchurch. Block number: 19A Plot number: 28. Age recorded on burial record is given as 79 not 81.

Sources

www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlists/amoor.html
ancestry.com

NZ Electoral Rolls

V Ede - Image
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz The Press - 15/4/1891
http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=14607

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah: