John Moore
- Born
- 1850-05-06 12:00:00
- Died
- 1923-12-29 12:00:00
- Gender
- Male
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in Australia
- John Moore was born 6 May 1850 in Avoca, Wicklow.
- Son of Michael Moore, (14 December 1823) and Ellen Doyle, (4 June 1826).
- Siblings born in Avoca; Honora (1845-1883) and Mary (1848-~1851).
- Michael, Ellen, Honora and John emigrated to South Australia, 4 November 1851.
- Arrived Port Adelaide via. Plymouth, 2 February 1852 on the S.S. Marshall Bennett.
- Siblings born in South Australia; Mary Barnes (1852-1878), Elizabeth White (1854-1881), Terence (1856-1913), James (1858-1921), Ellen (1860-) and Michael William (1863-1931).
- Following the death of John’s father, 12 February 1863, his mother Ellen married Arthur Quinn, 30 April 1866.
- Stepsiblings born in South Australia; Alfred James Quinn (1867-1924), Thomas Arthur Quinn (1869-) and Edward Quinn (1870-).
- John left the Kapunda area of South Australia in the 1870’s and subsequently lived in the Charters Towers / Ravenswood area of Queensland, Australia.
- John worked as a miner, and Electoral Rolls suggests he worked at Gladstone Reef, Ravenswood from 1880-1886.
- John died 29 December 1923 in the Charters Towers Hospital of Miners' Phthisis and is buried in the Lynd Charters Towers Cemetery.
