William Ronselor Moore

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Per genforum query of Michael Dale Oct 2000; this couple lived in Palo Alta, IA
Posted by: Michael Dale Date: October 12, 2000 at 20:57:06
My son and daughter are Patrick John Dale and Tiffany Kathryn Dale. Their mother is Susanna Maria Moore.Her father was Henry Moore, his father was Earl Moore (buried at Emmitsburg), his father and mother were William Ronselor Moore and Elizabeth Straw Moore. Williams father was J. H. Moore. It has been handed down that Elizabeth was Indian. There is even mention of the Trail of Tears associated with her family.

census 1880 Fairfield, Palo Alto, IA
William age 32; born Canada; father b. England; mother b. Can
Elizabeth age 28 born OH as were her parents
Cora age 7 born IA
Clara age 5 IA
Earl age 4 IA
Livera age 3
Gerta age 10 MOS

1900 Fairfield, Palo Alto, IA
William Moore Oct 1848 Canada Eng
Elizabeth Aug 1852 OH
Earle Oct 1875 IA
Eunice Jan 1885 IA

1920 Fairfield, Palo Alto, IA
William R. Moore 1849
Elizabeth 1854
Vernon Straw born c1904 [nephew]

1930 Fairfield, Palo Alto, IA
William Moore 1849 Canada
Elizabeth 1853

IGI files list him as being born in Ohio

Palo Alto Tribune, The | Emmetsburg, Iowa | Wednesday, January 25, 1933
W. R. Moore passed away at his home in Fairfield township on Sunday morning, January 21
Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery here. Six grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
William Ranseler Moore was born at Brock, Ontario, Canada, on October 29, 1848. He was the second child of John and Lucinda Moore.
In 1S65 he came to the United States with his parents and located in Dodge county, Wisconsin. In 1868 he came to Winneshiek county, Iowa.There he united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Straw. They continued to reside there until 1878 when they came to Palo Alto county and settled in Fairfield township....eight children - two boys died in infancy..daughter Mrs Clara Oleson preceded her father in death...surviving are son Earl and four daughters - Mrs. Mae Dickison (Cora); Mrs Mark Dyer (Mae); Mrs Fulton C. Nelson (Gertrude) and Mrs Henry Dyer (Eunice)...also his wife of 55 years,, now 81 yrs of age and one brother L. J. Moore of Franklin, Nebraska

Find A Grave Memorial #75682739

William married Elizabeth Straw, daughter of Josephus Straw and Elizabeth Stansbery, on 3 Sep 1870 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. (Elizabeth Straw was born on 18 Aug 1852 in Browntown, Meigs County, Ohio, USA, died on 2 Dec 1938 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Emmetsburg, Iowa.)