Colin Alfred Thornley Moore (1920 - 2000)

Born 16 Feb 1920 in Cromer, Norfolk England

Husband of Dorothy (Larner) Moore — married 9 Sep 1945 in Norwich, Norfolk England

Died 3 May 2000 at age 80 in Chelmsford, Essex England

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Colin Moore was born in Cromer, Norfolk, England.

Biography

Colin Moore was born in Cromer, Norfolk, England on February 16,1920.^[1] He was the son of Ernest Moore and Beatrice Thornley . When Colin was about 11 they moved to Lincoln Street in Norwich next door to the Larner family. As he was an only child Colin often spent time with the family next door. The Moores were Anglicans and Colin was confirmed at Norwich Cathedral.

On September 9, 1945 Colin married Dorothy Larner in St. Peter Mancroft Norwich.^[2] They began their married life in Norwich and had their first child Janet there, but she was a 'blue baby' and died when she was seven months old. Colin remembered her anniversaries until he went to join her. Colin was an architect and on account of his work they moved to Bristol and from there to Chelmsford where Colin designed schools for the Essex county council. He drove a Morris Minor for many years.

When they were living in Bristol Colin and Dorothy had another baby, Juliet, but she only lived for 10 hours, a third child died before birth so Colin and Dorothy adopted a son. After they moved to Chelmsford Colin became very involved with St. Andrew's Church.

After Dorothy died in 1994 Colin spent many weekends with her sister Alice and husband Vic in Norwich. Colin had retained his love for Norwich cathedral and appreciated the chance to worship there on Sunday mornings.

Colin had good friends in Chelmsford and he had planned to go to France with one of them on May 3, 2000 but while he was waiting for the bus in Chelmsford he had a heart attack and died very suddenly.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ FS England and Wales Birth Registration Index Name Colin A T Moore Event Type Birth Registration Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar Registration Year 1920 Registration District Erpingham County Norfolk Event Place Erpingham, Norfolk, England Mother's Maiden Name (not available before 1911 Q3) Thornley Volume 4B Page 150 Line Number 79 Citing this Record "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NM6-VBC : 1 October 2014), Colin A T Moore, 1920; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Erpingham, Norfolk, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ FS England and Wales Marriage Registration Index Name Colin A Moore Event Type Marriage Registration Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep Registration Year 1945 Registration District Norwich County Norfolk Event Place Norwich, Norfolk, England Spouse Name (available after 1911) Larner Volume 4B Page 503 Line Number 102 Colin A Moore married Dorothy Larner Citing this Record "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVDM-JL3M : 8 October 2014), Colin A Moore and null, 1945; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1945, quarter 3, vol. 4B, p. 503, Norwich, Norfolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ FS England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007 Name Colin Alfred Moore Event Type Death Registration Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun Registration Year 2000 Registration District Chelmsford County Essex Event Place Chelmsford, Essex, England Birth Date (available after June quarter 1969) 16 Feb 1920 Volume 4681C Page C13G Citing this Record "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZF-N6ZV : 4 September 2014), Colin Alfred Moore, May 2000; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Chelmsford, Essex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Biography includes first-hand information as remembered by Christine Frost