The earliest Moore that I know about is a fellow by the name of William Moore who lived in Blackrod, Lancashire, England around 1816. The only reason we know about him is that he is listed on his son's, Richard Moore's', marriage registration on 06 July 1840. Without this one document I doubt anyone would know of his existence on this earth 200 years after his life. Richard is my gg grandfather. That would make William Moore my ggg grandfather. Better yet. William Moore is my grandson's ggggg grandfather.
That one marriage certificate of Richard Moore's gives us some clues about his father, William. The certificate lists William as a collier (worked for a coal mine). He is clearly listed as Richard's father. The registration lists Richard's age to be 24. That would make his year of birth around 1816. We can add that Richard was born in Blackrod, England from the 1861 census. We can probably assume that William was in Blackrod at or near the time of his son's birth.
Therefore we know this about he earliest know Moore in our line. He was probably born between 1775 and 1798. If he was a young father, around 18, he would have been born closer to the 1798 date. If he was an older father around 40 he would have been born around 1776. He lived in Blackrod, England in or about 1816. He worked as a collier in a coal mine. That is it. That is all we know for sure about William Moore.
I have not found any census data for William in 1841. You would think he would be listed in that census but he is not. All the William Moores that are on the census are too young. I have looked through every page of that census and found no William. Perhaps he died before the census. (A contact of mine in Wigan England, Leo Turner, wrote me stating he found a William Moore that died in Bolton, (a nearby town) in the beginning of 1841. This might be the second document on William Moore.
The correct name for Blackrod is Blackrod Le Moors, Lancashire, England. Could this name be the origin of our last name, Moore?
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