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Family History & Genealogy

The Moore Family

3,385 documented Moore ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

3,385Documented ancestors
1791Earliest record
9Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Moore

English topographic name for one who lived by a moor or fen; sometimes Irish, from Ó Mórdha.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

Documented families

Moore families we’ve reconstructed

Real Moore family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

Joseph Moored. 1850
lost at sea
Joseph Moore ⚭ Lydia Cooper
childrenRebecca Moore · Calvin Moore · Jane Moore · Amanda Moore · E. C. Moore · John T. Moore · Edward Moore · Charles J. Moore
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Charles Moored. 1895
Cincinnati, Ohio
Charles Moore ⚭ Josephine Trefts
childrenNettie Moore · William Moore · Charley Moore · Anna Moore · John Moore · Minnie Moore · Joseph Moore
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Melinda Mooredate unknown
Melinda Moore ⚭ Archibald Logan Darby
childrenMary Ann Darby · Eleanor C. Darby · Robertson Warwick Darby · James William Darby · Lon Darby · Ruth N. Darby · John E. Darby
History of Clay County, Missouri (1920)
John W. Moore1851 – 1897
Maryland
parentsJohn Moore
John W. Moore ⚭ Mary E. Snorf
childrenWaldo C. Moore · Bertha Moore · Edward Moore · Chester Moore · Arlie Moore · E. Vernon Moore
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Alice Moored. 1869
Alice Moore ⚭ S. D. Rardin Sr.
childrenCaroline Drew · Mary Nelson · Alice Lincoln · Charles Rardin · Ida Reeves · S. D. Rardin Jr.
History of Harrison County, Missouri (1921)
Henry Mooreb. 1826
Hesse Darmstadt, Germany
parentsElizabeth Ohlenbacher
Henry Moore ⚭ Mary J. Bourke
childrenElizabeth Moore · Mary J. Moore · Henry J. Moore · Catharine L. Moore · George A. Moore
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David C. Mooredate unknown
Ohio
David C. Moore ⚭ Margaret R. Berry
childrenRebecca S. Moore · Benjamin F. Moore · John E. Moore · Mary A. Moore · Clara Moore
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Lucy Mooreb. 1868
Mercer County, Ohio
parentsC. G. Moore & Elizabeth Moore
Lucy Moore ⚭ Clark W. Dukes
childrenCarl A. Dukes · Merrill L. Dukes · Merritt L. Dukes · Ura D. Dukes
Sara E. Mooredate unknown
Pennsylvania
parentsJohn E. Moore & Sarah Bodle
Sara E. Moore ⚭ Mr. Bigelow of Ames
childrenMargaret M. Bigelow · Robert E. Bigelow · C. Pearl Bigelow · Alida Bigelow
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Orlando Mooreb. 1840
Holden, Penobscot County, Maine
parentsSeth W. Moore
Orlando Moore ⚭ Carrie M. Skinner, T. A. Merrill
childrenAlice Moore · Orlando M. Moore · Frankie H. Moore
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Eleanor E. Moored. 1916
New York → Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska
Eleanor E. Moore ⚭ Ezekiel Heflin
childrenWilliam J. Heflin · H. H. Heflin · Edna E. Heflin
History of Hall County, Nebraska (1920)
John E. Mooreb. 1854
Pleasant Township, Marion County, Ohio
parentsDavid C. Moore & Margaret R. Berry
John E. Moore ⚭ Princess Topliff (m. 11 Sep 1877)
childrenGracie Moore · Delia Moore
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+21 more documented Moore families in the record. Find yours →

The documented line

Moore ancestors in the record

Deceased Moore ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Henry Moore was born in 1826 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
William Moore
b. 1791
Ireland
Robert R. Moore
b. 1810
Pennsylvania
William Hastings Moore
b. 1812
Boylston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
m. Amy Barker
Isasc Moore
1819 – 1905
Linn County, Iowa
Henry Moore
b. 1826
Hesse Darmstadt, Germany
m. Mary J. Bourke
Mary Aletha Moore
1830 – 1918
Linn County, Iowa
E. C. Moore
b. 1835
Sangamon County, Illinois
Orlando Moore
b. 1840
Holden, Penobscot County, Maine
m. Carrie M. Skinner, T. A. Merrill
Joseph Moore
d. 1850
lost at sea
m. Lydia Cooper
Catherine Ann Moore
1850 – 1916
Columbus, Ohio
m. Charles E. Lundy
John W. Moore
1851 – 1897
Maryland
m. Mary E. Snorf
Mary Moore
d. 1852
Ontario County, New York
m. Alonzo W. Sharp (m. 1844)
John E. Moore
b. 1854
Pleasant Township, Marion County, Ohio
m. Princess Topliff (m. 11 Sep 1877)
Lucy Moore
b. 1868
Mercer County, Ohio
m. Clark W. Dukes
Clara Moore
1868 – 1951
Millersburg
Alice Moore
d. 1869
m. S. D. Rardin Sr.
Ernest Robert Moore
1869 – 1957
Anamosa
George Moore
1870 – 1969
Iowa
George Moore
1870 – 1962
Iowa
Caroline Moore
1871 – 1970
Iowa
Frank Moore
1872 – 1965
Iowa
Ella Moore
1872 – 1972
Iowa
Leslie Moore
1872 – 1965
Iowa
Edwin Augustus Moore
1872 – 1941
Washington County
Ola M Moore
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Joseph Moore
1873 – 1966
Iowa
Emma M. Moore
d. 1874
Wharton, Ohio
m. Rev. Oscar E. Moore
Waldo C. Moore
b. 1874
West Baltimore (now Verona), Preble County, Ohio
m. Imogene Horn
Abbie Moore
1874 – 1966
Iowa
Katie Moore
1874 – 1972
Iowa
J O Moore
1874 – 1967
Iowa
Morris W. Moore
1874 – 1944
Washington
Edward Moore
1875 – 1898
Linn County, Iowa
Cora Moore
1875 – 1976
Iowa
William Moore
1875 – 1964
Iowa
Charles Moore
1875 – 1972
Iowa
John Moore
1875 – 1963
Iowa
Emma Moore
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Dove Moore
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Frank D Moore
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Ella Moore
1876 – 1976
Iowa
Agnes Moore
1876 – 1970
Iowa
Nannie Moore
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Joseph Moore
1876 – 1968
Iowa
Maggie Moore
1876 – 1966
Iowa
Clarence Moore
1876 – 1962
Iowa
Leonard L Moore
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Ada Moore
1877 – 1973
Iowa
Jennie E Moore
1877 – 1969
Iowa
Anna Moore
1877 – 1972
Iowa
Edith Moore
1877 – 1965
Iowa
Robert Moore
1877 – 1965
Iowa
Ira Moore
1877 – 1962
Iowa
Ida Moore
1877 – 1968
Iowa
R Moore
1877 – 1971
Iowa
Ella M Moore
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Ward Moore
1877 – 1972
Iowa
Jessie Moore
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Homer Moore
1878 – 1970
Iowa
Willet Moore
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Frank Moore
1879 – 1965
Iowa
Anna Moore
1879 – 1971
Iowa
T Moore
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Mattie Moore
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Sarah J Moore
1879 – 1969
Iowa
Albert Moore
1879 – 1973
Iowa
Clarence Moore
1879 – 1965
Iowa
Oliver Moore
1879 – 1968
Iowa
Florence Moore
1879 – 1974
Iowa
Samuel Moore
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Lucy Moore
1879 – 1969
Iowa
Serena Moore
1879 – 1972
Iowa
Fred Moore
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Anna Moore
b. 1880
St. Louis, Missouri
m. Clint Sciford (m. 27 Apr 1908), first husband (widowed before 1908)
Mabel Moore
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Charles Moore
1880 – 1965
Iowa
James Moore
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Curtis Moore
1880 – 1973
Iowa
Samuel Moore
1880 – 1970
Iowa
Pat Moore
1880 – 1980
Iowa
Blanche Moore
1880 – 1972
Iowa
Minor Moore
1880 – 1967
Iowa
Elva Moore
1880 – 1972
Iowa
Theressa J Moore
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Claude Moore
1880 – 1962
Iowa
John Moore
1880 – 1962
Iowa
Robert Moore
1880 – 1981
Iowa
Lora Moore
1881 – 1977
Iowa
John Moore
1881 – 1963
Iowa
Margaret Moore
1881 – 1965
Iowa
Perry Moore
1881 – 1965
Iowa
Bessie Moore
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Arlie Moore
1881 – 1970
Iowa
Frank Moore
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Edith Moore
1881 – 1974
Iowa
Clarence Moore
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Talbert Moore
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Gertrude Moore
1881 – 1976
Iowa
Anna Moore
1881 – 1973
Iowa
Florence Moore
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Forest Moore
1881 – 1972
Iowa
Mary Moore
1881 – 1974
Iowa
Henry Moore
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Margaret Moore
1881 – 1976
Iowa
Zoie Moore
1881 – 1978
Iowa
Arthur D Moore
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Mary Moore
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Nellie Moore
1881 – 1963
Iowa
Maud Moore
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Minnie Moore
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Mary Moore
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Pius L. Moore
1881 – 1950
Spirit Lake
Elmer Moore
1882 – 1979
Iowa
Nathan Moore
1882 – 1965
Iowa
Lockwood Moore
1882 – 1974
Iowa
James Moore
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Harry Moore
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Albert Moore
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Mae Moore
1882 – 1986
Iowa
Leone Moore
1882 – 1978
Iowa
Florence Moore
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Alfred Moore
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Elbert Moore
1882 – 1964
Iowa
George Moore
1882 – 1963
Iowa
Howard Moore
1882 – 1963
Iowa
William T Moore
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Walter Moore
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Harry Moore
1882 – 1963
Iowa
Porter Moore
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Harry Moore
1882 – 1967
Iowa
Olga Moore
1882 – 1967
Iowa
Gertrude Moore
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Luella Moore
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Mabell Moore
1883 – 1985
Iowa
Thomas Moore
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Iram Moore
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Daisy Moore
1883 – 1982
Iowa
Rada Moore
1883 – 1974
Iowa
Robert Moore
1883 – 1963
Iowa
Effie Moore
1883 – 1978
Iowa
John Moore
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Mayme Moore
1883 – 1980
Iowa
James Moore
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Bertha Moore
1883 – 1963
Iowa
Beulah Moore
1883 – 1980
Iowa
Nate Moore
1883 – 1966
Iowa
Tom Moore
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Clara Moore
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Clyde Moore
1884 – 1970
Iowa
Burl Moore
1884 – 1967
Iowa
Sidney Moore
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Maude Moore
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Mary Moore
1884 – 1982
Iowa
Ella Moore
1884 – 1971
Iowa
Clara Moore
1884 – 1972
Iowa
Georgie Moore
1884 – 1967
Iowa
June Moore
1884 – 1967
Iowa
Isaac Moore
1884 – 1973
Iowa
John Moore
1884 – 1962
Iowa
John Moore
1884 – 1975
Iowa
William Moore
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Ollie Moore
1884 – 1963
Iowa
Bessie Moore
1884 – 1975
Iowa
Augusta Moore
1884 – 1972
Iowa
Arthur Moore
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Maude Moore
1884 – 1983
Iowa
Martin Moore
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Emma Moore
1884 – 1968
Iowa
Myron Moore
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Perry Moore
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Lillian Moore
1884 – 1984
Iowa
Bena Moore
1885 – 1963
Iowa
Glen Moore
1885 – 1973
Iowa
Irene Moore
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Leora Moore
1885 – 1972
Iowa
Margaret Moore
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Nellie Moore
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Grover Moore
1885 – 1962
Iowa
Gertrude Moore
1885 – 1964
Iowa
Carl Moore
1885 – 1970
Iowa
James Moore
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Charles Moore
1885 – 1982
Iowa
Guy Moore
1885 – 1971
Iowa
John Moore
1885 – 1963
Iowa
Paul Moore
1885 – 1949
Iowa
James Moore
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Albert Moore
1885 – 1981
Iowa
Minnie Moore
1885 – 1965
Iowa
Ross Moore
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Samuel Moore
1885 – 1972
Iowa
Alfred Moore
1885 – 1975
Iowa
Roy Moore
1885 – 1973
Iowa
Oscar Moore
1885 – 1965
Iowa
Nellie Moore
1885 – 1980
Iowa
Eugene C Moore
1885 – 1973
Iowa
Eleanor Moore
1885 – 1980
Iowa
Albert Moore
1885 – 1963
Iowa
George Moore
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Nettie Moore
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Newt Moore
1885 – 1964
Iowa
Ila Moore
1885 – 1965
Iowa
Margaret Moore
1885 – 1975
Iowa
Alyce Moore
1885 – 1972
Iowa
William Moore
1885 – 1971
Iowa
John Moore
1886 – 1976
Iowa
Charlie Moore
1886 – 1970
Iowa
Arthur Moore
1886 – 1969
Iowa
Robert Moore
1886 – 1971
Iowa
Jerry Moore
1886 – 1970
Iowa
Arthur Moore
1886 – 1963
Iowa
Emma Moore
1886 – 1974
Iowa
Thomas Moore
1886 – 1964
Iowa
Mary Moore
1886 – 1975
Iowa
Mae Moore
1886 – 1981
Iowa
Julia Moore
1886 – 1979
Iowa
Worth Moore
1886 – 1973
Iowa
Minnie Moore
1886 – 1969
Iowa
Ethel Moore
1886 – 1985
Iowa
Frederick Moore
1886 – 1986
Iowa
Jessie Moore
1886 – 1979
Iowa
Olive Moore
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Harley Moore
1886 – 1963
Iowa
William Moore
1886 – 1983
Iowa
Bertha L Moore
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Clifford Moore
1886 – 1975
Iowa
Josephine Moore
1886 – 1974
Iowa
Viola Moore
1886 – 1978
Iowa
John Moore
1886 – 1970
Iowa
Edna Moore
1886 – 1986
Iowa
Iva Moore
1886 – 1969
Iowa
Laura Moore
1886 – 1984
Iowa
Allie Moore
1887 – 1970
Iowa
Elsie Moore
1887 – 1983
Iowa
Charles Moore
1887 – 1985
Iowa
Henry Moore
1887 – 1968
Iowa
Bessie Moore
1887 – 1970
Iowa
Pearl Moore
1887 – 1980
Iowa
Fred Moore
1887 – 1965
Iowa
John Moore
1887 – 1963
Iowa
Mayme Moore
1887 – 1983
Iowa
Daisy E Moore
1887 – 1966
Iowa
Elmer Moore
1887 – 1973
Iowa
Mary Moore
1887 – 1973
Iowa
Jessie Moore
1887 – 1979
Iowa
Elizabeth Moore
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Elsa Moore
1887 – 1975
Iowa
Florence Moore
1887 – 1973
Iowa
Albert Moore
1887 – 1981
Iowa
William Moore
1887 – 1964
Iowa
Ottison Moore
1887 – 1964
Iowa
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Common questions

Moore genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Moore surname come from?

English topographic name for one who lived by a moor or fen; sometimes Irish, from Ó Mórdha.

How far back does the Moore family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1791. Most Moore lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Moore family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Moore family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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