This is a follow up to my post about my search for the real Eliza(beth) Moore.
I made the decision to focus my current research on:
- Contacting as many local resources as I can, to hopefully find information not available online.
- Compare the 1820 census and 1830 to see who fit the parameters to be a candidate for a Newfane family who lost the head-of-household, had a wife in her 40s and two daughters between 10-19. This is based on seeing a woman in her 50s living in Peter Moore’s home in 1830 along with an additional female in her 20s, while knowing Peter Moore’s parents were both still alive and otherwise accounted for.
I was told today that the cemetery she is buried in is privately owned, and I was provided the owner’s phone number. He said he would look through his records and see if he has any information.
Meanwhile, I have my work cut out for me researching the men who were in Newfane in 1820 but not there in 1830. I am building a tree for Newfane in 1820 to aid in this research.
Update: For the people who lived in Newfane in 1820, the households that fit the parameters above are the following:
- Anthony Mason
- Calvin Richinson
- David Price
- David Tish
- Jesse Marsh
- Jesse Sheperd
- Lucy Goodale
- Magalit Alen
- Oliver Goodrow
- Phineas A. Pomroy
- Seth Wheelock
- Sewil Foster
- Ward Eager
Would appreciate any tips or ideas!
Update: I heard back from the Williamsville Cemetery owner. He said the headstone is for Peter Moore and then it says Elizabeth and her year of death, but she is the only one buried there. He said it is plot number 38 which is in the old section of the cemetery on the right side of the road, third walkway on the right and that it is a single burial plot next to a large one for the Aldrich family but no indication one way or the other is she is related or not. The records are basically name, gender and year of death.
Update: Heard back from the Moore Free Library. All they have there about the Moore family is a few pages in a book about the library, and that is a different branch than the one I descend from. Referred me to the historical society, which I have now contacted twice but no response yet. Will keep trying.