Walter Kingsbury Moore (1883 - 1957)

Born 15 Sep 1883 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Maude Linley (Sturrup) Moore — married 1 Jun 1910 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Died 4 Dec 1957 at age 74 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

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Walter Moore is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Walter Kingsbury Moore was born 15 September 1883 in Nassau, Bahamas to Ernest Kingsbury Moore and Maria Alday Moore.

He married Maud Linley Sturrup, daughter of Henry Cannell Sturrup and Belinda Bethell Sturrup, the first day of June, 1910 at Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church, Nassau, Bahamas. The couple had children Walter Kingsbury Moore, Jr., Winifred Maude Moore, and Ernest Moore.

WK Moore, merchant, was the largest exporter of Bahamian sisal hemp and marine products (tortoise and sea shells). Served as Member of Parliament for Grand Bahama and Bimini, as a member of the Executive Council, and as president of the Legislative Council.

Walter Kingsbury Moore received a CBE (Order of the British Empire - Civil Division) on the Colonial Office Honours List, 1935. And in 1942, he received a Knight Bachelor on the New Year's List.

Sir Walter Kingsbury Moore, CBE, MEC, MLA died in Nassau, Bahamas 4 December 1957 at 74 years.

[Note: WKM was not a descendant of Philip Moore, Loyalist, as several have noted in past histories. He was a descendant of mariner Captain Thomas Moore of Wiscasset, Maine.]

Sources

Who's who in Canada: An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men ..., Volume 16, edited by Charles Whately Parker, Barnet M. Greene, page 786.

Colonial Office Honours List, Birthday 1935, CO 448/44/10.

1942 New Years Honours List. United Kingdom and British Empire: The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35399. pp. 1–9. 30 December 1941.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-714X : 3 August 2015), Walter Kingsbury Moore and Maud Linley Stirrup, 1910.

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New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 for Walter Kingsbury Moore, Roll, T715, 1897-1957, 1001-2000, Roll 1328, 2 September 1909, Walter K Moore. Establishes mother as Maria (Alday) Moore.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-JNFG : 3 August 2015), Walter K Moore, 1957.