Anthony Bailey Moore (1820 - 1889)

Born 14 Sep 1820 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Eliza Jane (Ikin) Moore — married 25 Jan 1842 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died 5 May 1889 at age 68 in Peckham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Anthony Bailey Moore was born in 1820 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1889 in England

Anthony Bailey Moore was baptised on 8 October 1820, registered at St Philip's Church of England, Sydney, NSW. His parents were recorded as Joseph and Ann Moor(sic), his place of birth Sydney, and his date of birth 14 September 1820.^[1] His parents had arrived in Sydney only a month before, on the Woodlark on 18 August 1820; his father Joseph Moore was master of the ship Woodlark. Note however, that his mother was in the passenger list as Mary Moore, not Ann.

In the 1822 muster Anthony Moore, aged 2, was listed as Child of Captain Moore.

In the 1825 muster Anthony Moore, aged 5, was listed as arrived per ship Woodlark 1820, Residence Sydney, Child of Captain Moore, Employment: Woodlark

In the 1828 census: Anthony Bailey Moore, Aged: 8 years, Religion: Protestant; Born in Colony; in household of Joseph Moore, residence: Cumberland Street Sydney

Marriage 1: Anthony married Eliza Jane Ikin (1817 - 1864) on 25 January 1842 in St Phillips church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ^[2]

They had a daughter, Rosetta Frances Ann, born on 8 May 1843, baptised on 4 June 1843 at St Phillip's, Sydney.^[3] However Rosetta died on 19th November 1845.^[4]

Marriage 2: Anthony Bailey Moore (widower, mariner, father Joseph Moore, master Mariner) married Elizabeth Smith (widow, father Thomas Kingdom, gardener) at St Mary Wihitechapel in London on 21 May 1856.^[5] This was a bigamous marriage.

In the 1881 census, "Anthony Baily Moore" was listed as living singly in Pancras, London as head, married, age 60, Mariner unemployed, born Sydney NSW. He was living in the same dwelling as George Smith, married, 48, licenced victualler, Eliza Smith wife, 48, and Marion Moore Smith daughter 14.^[6]

Death: Anthony Bailey Moore died on 5 May 1889 at 15 Mawbey Road, Old Kent Road in London.^[7] The inquest to his death was reported in the South London Press on 11 May 1889:

"A Seaman's Tragic Death

Mr P.G. Wyatt held an inquest on Monday night on the body of Anthony Bailey Moore aged 69 formerly a seaman who committed suicide at his lodging 15 Mawbey-road, Old Kent-road on Sunday evening. Deceased had been very ill of late, suffering from bronchitis and he had been depressed In consequence of the loss of his wife. On Sunday a woman who had been nursing him left the room for a few minutes and when she returned she found the deceased hanging from a rope suspended to the top of the bedstead. He was immediately cut down, but life was found to be extinct. Dr Bousfield said that the deceased must have taken his own life, and the jury returned a verdict of suicide whilst mentally deranged."^[8]

Anthony Bailey Moore's wife Eliza Jane Ikin

Eliza Jane Ikin was born on 7 October 1817 at Sydney. She was the daughter of Alexander Ikin and Elizabeth Crook. Eliza Jane was baptised on 2 November 1817, registered at St Philip's Church of England, Sydney.^[9][10]

Anthony Bailey Moore left his wife Eliza Jane, and he bigamously married another woman in London in 1856.

His Australian wife, Eliza Jane Moore died at her residence, Elizabeth Street Sydney on 29 February 1864, according to her death notice. Unfortunately her death is not appearing in the NSW death registration index. Death Notice, Empire (Sydney, NSW), Thursday 3 March 1864, page 1:

"MOORE.—On the 29th February, at her residence, Elizabeth-street, Eliza Jane, the wife of Mr. Anthony Bailey Moore, aged 45 years."^[11]

Her grave, with her parents and her daughter Rosetta, is at Waverley Cemetery (Section: 3 Select; Row 22; Plot No.786). The inscription on the grave mentions that she was the wife of Anthony Moore.^[12][13] They were originally buried on the Devonshire Street Cemetery in Sydney and the grave was moved in 1901 to Waverley Cemetery after the Devonshire Street Cemetery was destroyed to made way for Central Railway Station. The applicant to re-bury was Mrs L. Aitken, 22 Underwood St, Paddington.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ St Philip's Church of England, Sydney NSW: Church Register - Baptisms; ML ref: Reel SAG 90
2. ↑ Marriage Index NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Index entry for Anthony B Moore, SPOUSE: Eliza J Ikin, MARRIAGE DATE: 1842, MARRIAGE PLACE: New South Wales, Australia, REF No: 5/1842 V18425 26C
3. ↑ Birth Index NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Index entry for MOORE ROSETTA F A, 147/1843 V1843147 27A, parents ANTHONY B ELIZ A J CA (Sydney, St Phillip's)
4. ↑ Death Notice, Sydney Morning Herald 20 Nov 1845
5. ↑ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for Anthony Bailey Moore, Tower Hamlets, St Mary, Whitechapel 1856-1865 https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31280_194827-00025?pId=2163390
6. ↑ 1881 England Census for Anthony Baily Moore London, Pancras, Grays Inn Lane District 4b https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/7572/images/LNDRG11_191_197-0025?pId=13959621
7. ↑ Death registration GRO index 1889 April/May/June quarter Camberwell 1d 474
8. ↑ South London Press, 11 May 1889, page 11. British Newspapers, Find My Past database https://search.findmypast.com.au/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000213%2f18890511%2f122&stringtohighlight=anthony%20bailey%20moore
9. ↑ St Philip's Church of England, Sydney NSW: Church Register - Baptisms; State Library of NSW ref: Reel SAG 90
10. ↑ Birth Index NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Index entry for IKIN ELIZA J709/1817 V1817709 7 and J4289/1817 V18174289 1B ALEXANDER ELIZABETH CA
11. ↑ 1864 'Family Notices', Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), 3 March, p. 1. , viewed 27 Nov 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60583528
12. ↑ Eliza Jane Moore in the Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1837-2003 Ancestry.com shared link
13. ↑ Waverley Cemetery Transcriptions, Society of Australian Genealogists, Find My Past database https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=ANZ%2FSOG_SHEAD_CEM%2F00003459 and https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=ANZ%2FSOG_SHEAD_CEM%2F00003455 and https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=ANZ%2FSOG_SHEAD_CEM%2F00003453
14. ↑ Sydney Burial Ground 1819-1901 and History of Sydney's Early Cemeteries from 1788 by Keith A Johnson and Malcolm R Sainty, LAH 2001, Sydney, cited in Biographical report for Alexander IKIN Person ID: U#40001105701 Biographical Database of Australia (BDA) https://www.bda-online.org.au/mybda/search/biographical-report/40001105701?f=alexander&l=ikin&ol=&i=3&s=&p=

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