Robert Forbes Moore (abt. 1865 - 1938)

Husband of Minnie Florence Ida Herbert (Noyes) Moore — married 5 Oct 1891 in St Johns Church, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Died 11 Jun 1938 at about age 73 in Auckland, New Zealand

Biography

ROBERT FORBES MOORE ^[1] (Moore-29081)

PARENTS. possibly Walter Robert Fitzgerald Moore ^[2] & Marion Sophia (Greenway) Moore

BIRTH. Abt. 1865, location undetermined, possibly Mexico

IMMIGRATION.

MARRIAGE. 5 Oct 1891, St Johns Church, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

MARRIAGE. 5 Oct 1891, Minnie Florence Ida Herbert Noyes, daughter of Lionel Herbert Noyes & Kathleen Mary (Power) Noyes

MARRIAGE. 5 Oct 1891

Name: Noyes, Minnie Herbert

Record Type: Marriages

Gender: Female

Age: Adult

Spouse: Moore, Robert Forbes

Gender: Male

Age: Adult

Date of marriage: 05 Oct 1891

Registered: Launceston

Registration year: 1891

Record ID:NAME_INDEXES:909912

Resource RGD37/1/50 no 514

Location: St Johns Church, Launceston

Witnesses: F. Ritchie, H. Herbert Noyes, W. F. Pike

MARRIAGE NOTICE. MOORE— NOYES.— On the 5th inst., at St. John's Church, Launceston, by the Rev. Nugent Kelly, R. Forbes Moore, C.E., to Minnie Florence Herbert, eldest daughter of Captain L. Herbert Noyes, R. A. Home papers please copy.

Children:

(1916). DIVORCE. WIFE OBTAINS DECREE NISI. A divorce suit of some interest was called at the Supreme Court this morning before Mr. Justice Hosking, Minnie Moore (Mr. J. E. Reed, K.C.) applying for the dissolution of her marriage with Robert Forbes Moore . . . PETITIONER'S EVIDENCE. Minnie Moore, in giving evidence stated that she was married to the respondent at Launceston, Tasmania, in 1891, and there was one child of the marriage, a daughter. . . . His Honor granted a decree nici to be made absolute in three months.

WWI Service: :

NAME: Robert Forbes Moore

SERVICE NUMBER: 37678

OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT WW1: Civil Engineer

NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION: Mrs Minnie Florence Ada Moore (wife), care of J. Gallagher, Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand

EMBARKATION DETAILS

26 Apr 1917-20 July 1917 to Plymouth, Devon, England

HMNZT 84

Vessel : Turakina

Rank: Sergeant

5th Reinforcements

New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company

MOORE, Robert Forbes - WW1 37678 - Army ^[3]

DEATH. 11 June 1938, Auckland, New Zealand

DEATH. NZ BDM Death Reg: #1938/16276: Moore Robert Forbes; Age: 73Y

DEATH NOTICE. MOORE.—On. June 11, at Auckland, Rober Forbes (member Tunnellers, N.Z.E.F.), son of the late Ponsonby Fitzgerald-Moore, Kalgoorlie, West Australia; in his 74th year. Funeral notice later.

OBITUARY. ENGINEER'S DEATH MR. ROBERT F. MOORE GRAFTON BRIDGE DESIGNER The death occurred at the Auckland Hospital on Saturday of Mr. Robert Forbes Moore, who will be chiefly remembered as the engineer responsible for the planning and erection of the Grafton Bridge. Mr. Moore was in his 74th year. He was born in South America, but received his education in England, where he joined tho Royal Engineers. ,As a youug man Mr. Moore went to Australia, and there became interested in mining engineering, a career which he followed in various States, but particularly in West Australia and in Tasmania. He became associated with the Ferro-Concrete Company as engineer, and about 1903 was sent over to Auckland by it to supervise the construction of the King s Wharf in ferro-concrete. His company designed the wharf, and undertook the contract for the work from the Auckland Harbour Board. In 1907 the Ferro-Concrete Company was the successful tenderer for the Grafton Bridge, the whole of the working plans having been drawn up by Mr. Moore. The work was begun in May, 1907, and completed in April, 1910. It was then the largest ferro-concrete bridge in the world and was unique in having the widest arch-span of any such bridge. The greatest span was 320 ft. long, and the total cost was over £35,000. Mr. Moore went to serve in 1917 with the New Zealand Tunnelling Corps in France, and later rejoined the Royal Engineers, with whom he had been associated in his youth. Returning to Auckland, he carried on the practice of his profession practically until the time of his death. He is survived by his widow and a daughter.

Sources

1. ↑ GRAFTON BRIDGE: ROBERT FORBES MOORE: http://www.kroad.com/heritage/robert-forbes-moore
2. ↑ An Irish Romancer – The Search for the real Walter Robert Fitzgerald-Moore: http://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/2015/08/09/an-irish-romancer-the-search-for-the-real-walter-robert-fitzgerald-moore/
3. ↑ MOORE, Robert Forbes: Enlistment: Discovering Anzacs: http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/581215

• Marriage: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-50p274j2k

• Marriage Notice: Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) Sat 31 Oct 1891, Page 3: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221193416

• (1916). DIVORCE: Auckland Star, Vol XLVII, Issue 272, 14 November 1916: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19161114.2.10

• WWI Service: :Online Cenotaph: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C92139

• Death: NZ BDM Death Reg: #1938/16276

• Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, Vol LXXV, Issue 23062, 13 June 1938: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380613.2.2.3

• Obituary: New Zealand Herald, Vol LXXV, ISSUE 23062, 13 JUNE 1938: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380613.2.126