Jessie (McDermid) Moore (1859 - 1926)

Born 4 Jan 1859 in Williams River, Colony of New South Wales

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Moore — married 16 Jun 1882 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1926 at age 67 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Jessie McDermid was born on 4 Jan 1859 in Williams River, Colony of New South Wales, daughter of Hugh McDermid (1827 - 1910) and Janet (McPhee) McDermid (1828 - 1904). ^[1]

Her siblings were:

1. Donald McDermid (1849 - 1909)
2. John McDermid (1851 - 1925)
3. Allan McDermid (1853 - 1921)
4. Christina McDermid (1855 - 1926)
5. Mary McDermid (1857 - 1938)
6. Florabon (McDermid) Berry (1861 - 1932)
7. Catherine McDermid (1863 - 1929)
8. Sarah McDermid (1867 - 1924)
9. Alexander McDermid (1869 - 1915)
10. Hugh McDermid (1869 - 1944)
11. Annie McDermid (1871 - )
12. Janet McDermid (1875 - 1875)

In 1880 Jessie gave birth to Frederick William McDermid. His father Frederick William Davis was charged with desertion.^[2]

Jessie married Edward Moore on the 16th Jun 1882 at Scots Church, Sydney. Ceremony conducted by the Reverend A M JARVIE.^[3][4] They had seven sons and 2 daughters.

Jessie died on 18 Oct 1926 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 67.^[5] She was buried in the Waverley Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
   Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1363870
   Ancestry au Record 9776 #236695 (accessed 3 April 2023)
   Jessie Mcdermid born in Jan 1859, daughter of Hugh Mcdermid & Jessie Mcphee, in Clarence Town District, New South Wales, Australia.
2. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930. Ancestry.com. 18 Aug 1880, Page #306.
   Grafton.—A warrant has been issued by the Grafton Bench for the arrest of Frederick William Davis, charged with unlawfully deserting his illegitimate male child, leaving him without means of support. Davis is about 29 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, stout build, large brown beard and moustache ; a native of the colony ; a sailor. Supposed to have gone to Sydney. Complainant Jessie McDermid, resides at Grafton.
3. ↑ Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 27 Aug 2023), Index entry for EDWARD MOORE and JESSIE MCDERMID; District: SYDNEY; Registration Number: 870/1882
4. ↑ Family Notices (1882, June 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved August 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13513694
   MOORE—McDERMID.—June 16, by the Rev. Alexander Milne Jarvie, Minister of the Scots Church, Sydney, Edward Moore, only son of the late Charles Moore, of London, to Jessie, third eldest daughter of Hugh McDermid, Palmer's Island, Clarence River.
5. ↑ Death: "Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985"
   Nsw Pioneer Index - Between the Wars Series 1919-1945; Registration Number: 16753
   Ancestry au Record 1779 #4441452 (accessed 3 April 2023)
   Jessie Moore death 1926, child of Hugh & Jessie, in Sydney, New South Wales.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/218653606/jessie-moore: accessed 25 August 2023), memorial page for Jessie Moore (1859–7 Oct 1926), Find A Grave: Memorial #218653606, citing Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).