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Alma (Spinks) Moore

Alma L. Moore formerly Spinks
Born 1900s.
Died 1970s.
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Biography

Alma Louise Spinks was born 27 June 1908[1] in Virginia to George W. Spinks and his second wife, Ida Bryant. The place of birth was likely Fauquier or Prince William counties in northern Virginia.

The 1910 census shows her family living in Brentsville, Prince William, Virginia.[2]. By the time of the 1920 census, her father had died and she lived in her mother's household at 334 S. Patrick St in Alexandria, Virginia.[3] Alma completed three years of grade school.[4]

John William Moore also lived in Alexandria, about nine blocks away. He and Alma married on 30 Apr 1923 in Washington, D.C.[5][6][7]

Some uncertainty in the date of her birth is introduced by her marriage records, which suggest she might have been born by 1905. However, oral family tradition[8] is clear that she was a very young bride and lied about her age in order to get married. The location of the marriage in Washington, D.C. is not surprising; many northern Virginia couples married there because there was no statutory waiting period. Because her first child was born less than eight months after the marriage, some haste may have been desired.

In 1930, the family lived at 112 S Pitt St,[9], in 1934 at 304 Prince St,[10] and in 1935 and 1940, at 1106 Wilkes St.[11]

During their married life, John and Alma had 9 children, with 6 surviving infancy. The oldest child, Catherine Jeannette "Junie" Moore, preceded the second child by four years, and was age 15 at the birth of the final child. As might be expected in a sizable family, Junie assisted in the mothering duties. A sign of her role in the family is that the younger children generally did not refer to her by name; they called her "sister".

Long before 1973, the family moved to the Delray section of Alexandria, at 1216 E. Luray Ave.[12], a home that was eventually owned by one of their grandsons. Her husband died in January 1973; on 15 June, she died at Circle Terrace Hospital in Alexandria, due to multiple causes.[13][14] She was buried at Mt. Comfort Cemetery in Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia.[15][16]

  1. ↑ "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014," database with images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com: accessed 11 July 2014), Alma Louise Moore, Registration area 200, Certificate number 518, State file 73-017027; citing Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
  2. ↑ 1910 U. S. Census, Prince William County, Virginia, population schedule, Brentsville, enumeration district (ED) S.D. 8, E.D. 93, sheet 11B (penned), lines 81-90, dwelling 213, family 218, George Spinks household; index and image, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBW-9SZ2 : accessed 29 December 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,641.
  3. ↑ 1920 U. S. Census, Alexandria (Independent City), Virginia, population schedule, Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) S. D. 8, E. D. 8, sheet 20A (penned), lines 39-42, household 411, family 422, 334 S. Patrick St., Ida Spinks household; index and image, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RFW-L77 : accessed 29 December 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,877.
  4. ↑ 1940 U. S. census, Alexandria (Independent City), Virginia, population schedule, Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) S. D. 8, E. D. 101-14, sheet 9B (penned), lines 65-72, family 146, 1106 Wilkes St., John W. Moore household; index and image, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MR-S912 : accessed 29 December 2015); citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4304.
  5. ↑ Washington, District of Columbia, image of return of marriage license (provenance unknown) no. 116252 (30 April 1923 (marriage)/3 May 1923 (return)), John W Moore & Alma L Spinks; [provenance unknown].
  6. ↑ "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950," database index (with images available at family search centers) of film 2073130, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL9S-GMC: accessed 29 December 2015), John W Moore- Alma Spinks marriage, # 116252.
  7. ↑ "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950," database index (with images available at family search centers) of film 2293229, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V64J-GWK: accessed 29 December 2015), John W Moore- Alma L Spinks marriage, page 252.
  8. ↑ This and other unsourced information is the recollection of the writer, her grandson, James W. Moore.
  9. ↑ 1930 U. S. census, Alexandria (Independent City), Virginia, population schedule, Ward 2, enumeration district (ED) S. D. 2, E. D. 101-12, sheet 4B (penned), lines 83-87, dwelling 76, family 95, 112 S. Pitt St., John W. Moore household; index and image, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR8N-93QK : accessed 29 December 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); FHL film 2342200.
  10. ↑ "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database with images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/: accessed 9 July 2015), Alexandria, Virginia, City Directory, 1934, pp 266-267.
  11. ↑ 1940 U. S. census, Alexandria, VA, pop. sched., Ward 4, ED S. D. 8, E. D. 101-14, sheet 9B (penned), lines 65-72, family 146, 1106 Wilkes St., John W. Moore household.
  12. ↑ Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 December 2015), Alma L [Spinks] Moore, Memorial# 33928124.
  13. ↑ Ancestry, Alma Louise Moore, Registration area 200, Certificate number 518, State file 73-017027.
  14. ↑ Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, Alma L [Spinks] Moore, Memorial# 33928124.
  15. ↑ Ancestry, Alma Louise Moore, Registration area 200, Certificate number 518, State file 73-017027.
  16. ↑ Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, Alma L [Spinks] Moore, Memorial# 33928124.

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This profile was originally created by a GEDCOM import by Jim Moore through the import of JWM-GEDCOM.ged on May 21, 2015. He revised it on 31 December 2015 to create the narrative.


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