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Richard Ketcheson (Moffatt) Moffett (1875 - 1935)

Richard Ketcheson Moffett formerly Moffatt
Born in Smithfield, Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canadamap
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Died at age 59 in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

Richard Ketcheson Moffatt, the son of Thomas Moffatt (abt.1835-aft.1901) and Rebecca Gross (Ireland) Moffatt (1840-1908), was born on May 20, 1875 in Smithfield, Ontario,[1] where he grew up with his parents and his older sister, May (Moffatt) Langdon (1872-aft.1911).[2][3]

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Richard (Moffatt) Moffett migrated from Ontario, Canada to New York, USA.
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After making a move to New York state (and apparently opting to spell his last name "Moffett" instead of "Moffatt"), he worked as a cabinet maker, but also served in the Spanish-American War as a private in the US Army: initially in the 6th Artillery (1898-99),[4][5] then in the 19th Infantry (1899-1902).[6][7][1][8] (The 1900 US census found him in San Jose de Buenavista in the Philippine Islands.)[9]
Private Richard (Moffatt) Moffett served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: Oct 14, 1898
Unit(s): 6th Artillery; 19th Infantry
Service Ended: Jun 18, 1902

Following the war, he lived in Buffalo, NY, where he married Maude Evelyn Pierce (b. ca 1879) on Jan. 19, 1903.[10] Their first child, Iola M. Moffett, was born in the States about 1906. Richard made his living variously as a real estate agent[11] and as an insurance agent.[12] He invested in real estate himself at this time, purchasing a Tonawanda property mapped out for building lots in 1907.[13]

Richard and Maude returned to Ontario for the births of their next three children, all in Trenton:

  • Lettella F. Moffett (born Feb. 15, 1909)[10]
  • Erma Evelyn Moffett (born Aug. 4, 1912).[14]
  • Richard Pearce Moffett (born Dec.? 29, 1913)[15]

Richard was a Trenton policeman at the time of Lettella's birth,[10] and its chief of police at the time of Erma's and Richard P's.[14][15] (On Nov. 2, 1914, Trenton Town Council approved his $85.00 salary.)[16] In between their births, however, Richard and family were back in Buffalo, where he was again selling real estate.[17]

By 1924, the family had moved from Buffalo to Rochester, where Richard filed for his military pension[18] and worked as a receiving clerk (1924),[19] a traveling clothing salesman (1925),[20] again as a clerk (1926),[21] as a manager (1926-30)[22][23][24] as a lineman? (1930),[25] as a door man (1931),[26] and as a detective (1934)![27]

Richard K. Moffett was admitted to the U.S. Veterans Hospital in Batavia, NY on Dec. 18, 1934, and died there on Jan. 11, 1935.[28][29] He was given a military funeral and buried in the Spanish-American War veterans' area of Rochester's Mount Hope Cemetery.[30][31]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", Original data: United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2019, Ancestry ca Record 61861 #4672816 (accessed 19 January 2024)
  2. ↑ "1881 Census of Canada", Year: 1881; Census Place: Brighton, Northumberland East, Ontario; Roll: C_13239; Page: 32; Family No: 179, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1577 #2904541 (accessed 16 January 2024)
    Thomas Moffatt    48    Married    M    England
    Rebecca Moffatt    41    Married    F    Ontario
    Mary Moffatt    9        F    Ontario
    Ketchen Moffatt    5        M    Ontario
  3. ↑ "1891 Census of Canada", Year: 1891; Census Place: Brighton, Northumberland East, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6356; Family No: 130; Page number: 24, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1274 #501264 (accessed 18 January 2024)
    Thomas Moffat    58    Head    Married    M    England
    Rebecca G Moffat    52    Wife    Married    F    Ontario
    Mary E Moffat    19    Daughter    Single    F    Ontario
    Ketcheson Moffat    15    Son    Single    M    Ontario
    Elizabeth Ireland    84    Mother-in-law    Widowed    F    Prince Edward Island
  4. ↑ "New York, U.S., Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902", New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Abstracts of Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902; Series Number: B0809, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 5351 #9159 (accessed 19 January 2024)
  5. ↑ "U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914", Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1198 #912724 (accessed 19 January 2024)
  6. ↑ "New York, U.S., Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902", New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Abstracts of Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902; Series Number: B0809, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 5351 #9160 (accessed 19 January 2024)
  7. ↑ "U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914", Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1198 #964515 (accessed 19 January 2024)
  8. ↑ "U.S., Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916", National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, June 1821 - December 1916; Microfilm Serial: M665; Roll: 208, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2229 #14719366 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  9. ↑ "1900 United States Federal Census", Year: 1900; Census Place: San Jose De Beunavista, Philippine Islands, Military and Naval Forces; Roll: 1840; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0172, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 7602 #74703785 (accessed 22 January 2024)
    Richard K Moffett        White    25        Private        Canada
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912", citing Digital film/folder number: 004529958; FHL microfilm: 2394024; Image number: 1458; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: C05680-7, FamilySearch Record: QV9H-VDG7 (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 9Q97-Y3S8-6Y3
  11. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: Buffalo, New York, City Directory, 1906, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #113910926 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  12. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: Buffalo, New York, City Directory, 1910, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #111647888 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  13. ↑ "Newspapers.com", The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York) Sat, Mar 23, 1907, page 26, Newspapers Clip: 139313377 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912", citing Digital film/folder number: 004530278; FHL microfilm: 2434984; Image number: 449; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: C05684-9, FamilySearch Record: FMHN-PLT (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 9Q97-Y3SX-P62
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917", Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 249; Record Group: Rg 80-2; Reference Number: 80-2, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 8838 #18422859 (accessed 19 January 2024)
  16. ↑ "60 Years Ago - Town Council, Nov. 2nd, 1914" clipping, undated, from an unidentified newspaper, seen by Rick Hill
  17. ↑ "1910 United States Federal Census", Year: 1910; Census Place: Buffalo Ward 15, Erie, New York; Roll: T624_945; Page: 11a; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 1374958, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 7884 #17417298 (accessed 19 January 2024)
    Richard Moffett    M    White    34    Married    Head    Salesman    Canada
    Maud Moffett    F    White    31    Married    Wife        Massachusetts
    Iola Moffett    F    White    4    Single    Daughter        New York
    Lettela Moffett    F    White    14/12    Single    Daughter        New York
  18. ↑ "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Number: T288; Roll: 331, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 4654 #1611052 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  19. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1924, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #117319861 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  20. ↑ "New York, U.S., State Census, 1925", New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 23; Assembly District: 04; City: Rochester Ward 10; County: Monroe; Page: 4; Line Number: 07, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2704 #23336583 (accessed 22 January 2024)
    Richard H Moffett    50    Head    M    abt 1875    Canada   traveling clothing salesman
    Mande E Moffett    46    Wife    F    abt 1879    USA
    Iola M Moffett    19    Daughter    F    abt 1906    USA   factory worker
    Lettella T Moffett    16    Daughter    F    abt 1909    Canada
    Irma E Moffett    12    Daughter    F    abt 1913    Canada
    Richard P Moffett    11    Son    M    abt 1914    Canada
  21. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1926, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #119080068 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  22. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1928, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #1227501045 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  23. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1929, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #1205628199 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  24. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1930, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #120195612 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  25. ↑ "1930 United States Federal Census", Year: 1930; Census Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0160; FHL microfilm: 2341188, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 6224 #41052102 (accessed 19 January 2024)
    Richard K Moffett    M    White    55    Married    Head    Fl?? [Lineman?]   Canada
    Maude E Moffett    F    White    51    Married    Wife        Massachusetts
    Iola N Moffett    F    White    24    Single    Daughter    Operator, camera mfg.    New York
    Erma Moffett    F    White    17    Single    Daughter        Canada
    Richard P Moffett    M    White    16    Single    Son        Canada
  26. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1931, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #1328787516 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  27. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1934, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #1486765371 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  28. ↑ "New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956", New York Department of Health; Albany, NY; NY State Death Index; Certificate Number: 1586, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 61535 #3161870 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  29. ↑ "Newspapers.com", Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) Sat, Jan 12, 1935, page 11, Newspapers Clip: 139341783 (accessed 22 January 2024)
  30. ↑ Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #126317191 (accessed 19 January 2024), Memorial page for Richard K. Moffett (1876-11 Jan 1935), citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA (plot: BB-Spanish American War area); Maintained by Lochsa (contributor 47720432).
  31. ↑ "Newspapers.com", Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) Wed, Jan 16, 1935, page 16, Newspapers Clip: 139341244 (accessed 22 January 2024)




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