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Walter Stuart Moore was a dry goods merchant. He lived at 1096 Denman Street in 1914. His wife, Edith Alice Moore, had a dry goods store at 986 Denman Street in 1914.
Early Life in England
Walter Stuart Moore was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, on October 24, 1875. His parents were William and Sarah Moore. William Moore was a prison warden.
In 1891, Walter was living with his family in Horfield, Gloucestershire. Walter was a draper’s apprentice. In 1901, he was living in Islington, London. He was a draper’s assistant.
In 1905, in Bishopston, Gloucestershire, Walter married Edith Alice Haslam. She was born in Streatham, London, on November 13, 1878. Her parents were George (or James) and Katherine Charlotte Haslam.
To Canada
About 1910, Walter and Edith moved to Canada. In 1911, they were in the Richmond riding in the New Westminster district of British Columbia.
In 1913, Walter was living on 17th Avenue at the corner of John Street. He had a dry goods business in the Hannah (or Hanna) Block, at 169 East 12th Avenue.
In 1914, Walter had his dry goods business at 330 Main Street. He and Edith were living at 1096 Denman Street. Edith operated a dry goods store at 986 Denman Street, also in 1914.
In 1915, Walter and Edith moved to the Chilco district, northeast of Vanderhoof, British Columbia.
Walter and Edith became farmers in Chilco.
In 1918, the influenza epidemic struck the Vanderhoof area. In October, Walter became one of the victims of the disease.
Walter died on October 26, 1918. He was buried in Vanderhoof.
In December 1918, Edith began working at the Nechako Hotel in Vanderhoof.
On July 3, 1919, in Prince George, British Columbia, Edith married Robert Reid (often called “Bob Reid”), a farmer and blacksmith who was living in Vanderhoof. He was born on February 23, 1878, possibly in Mansfield, in the Muskoka area of Ontario. His parents were Robert Reid and Eliza Jane Woods.
Robert and Edith lived in Vanderhoof in the 1930s and 1940s.
For a time in the 1930s, Robert operated a meat, fish and poultry business.
About 1939, Robert and Edith became the proprietors of the Reid Hotel in Vanderhoof.
The hotel was still there in 2012.
In 1943, there was a fire at the back of the hotel, but the fire department prevented the fire from causing much damage to the hotel itself.
Soon afterward, Robert and Edith put a new fire-resistant roof on the hotel.
Edith died in Vanderhoof on September 26, 1946. She was buried in the Vanderhoof Cemetery.
Robert Reid continued to live in the Vanderhoof area until the 1960s. His brother, Archie, died in 1963.
Robert died in Terrace, British Columbia on March 30, 1967. He was buried in the Vanderhoof Cemetery.
Walter Moore and Edith Haslam had the following children.
Marion Moore
Marion Moore was born in England about 1906. (She was often called “Mollie.”)
In 1911 she was living with Walter and Edith Moore in the Richmond district of British Columbia.
In the 1921 Canada census, she was living in Vanderhoof with Edith and her second husband, Robert Reid. Her name in the census was “Marion Moore Reid.”
In 1940, she married James Craig.
In 1946 she was living in Vanderhoof.
Stuart Moore
Stuart Moore was born in Vancouver on March 10, 1913.
In the 1921 Canada census, he was living in Vanderhoof with Edith and her second husband, Robert Reid. His name in the census was “Stuart Moore Reid.”
On February 5, 1936, in Quesnel, British Columbia, he married Fredrica Muriel Pinchbeck, who worked as a clerk. She was born in Kamloops, British Columbia about 1911. Her parents were Frederick William Pinchbeck and Edith Muriel Hill. This marriage ended in divorce on May 25, 1948 in Prince George, British Columbia.
He married June Forfar, who was the daughter of Edward and Molly Forfar. In 1961, Stuart and June were living in West Summerland, British Columbia.
In 1972, June was married to Rae Loper; she was living in Kelowna, British Columbia.
Stuart died in Vancouver on December 18, 1996.
Sources
William Moore (father of Walter Stuart Moore)
“England and Wales Census, 1891,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WB92-5N2 : 15 October 2015), William Moore, Horfield, Gloucestershire, England; from “1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Gloucestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
Sarah (mother of Walter Stuart Moore)
“England and Wales Census, 1891,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WB9L-9ZM : 15 October 2015), Sarah Moore in household of William Moore, Horfield, Gloucestershire, England; from “1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Gloucestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
Walter Stuart Moore
“England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X8W-8YR : 1 October 2014), Walter Stuart Moore, 1875; from “England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bedminster, Somerset, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFTC-B5T : 30 December 2014), Walter Stuart Moore, 1887; citing , reference – 2:2JBRXNB; FHL microfilm 1,595,695. (Christening date: 1887; birth date: October 24, 1875.)
“England and Wales Census, 1891,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WB9G-42M : 15 October 2015), Walter S Moore in household of William Moore, Horfield, Gloucestershire, England; from “1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Gloucestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“England and Wales Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9ZV-B6C : 29 August 2015), Walter S Moore in household of Annie L Blanch, Islington, London, Middlesex, England; from “1901 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Upper Holloway subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
“England Marriages, 1538–1973 ,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNPJ-WQJ : 10 December 2014), Walter Stuart Moore and Edith Alice Haslam, 20 Apr 1905; citing Bishopston, Gloucester, England, reference it14 p78 n155; FHL microfilm 1,999,929.
“England Marriages, 1538–1973 ,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV1Z-NY8 : 10 December 2014), Walter Stuart Moore and Edith Alice Haslam, 20 Apr 1905; citing Bishopston, Gloucester, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,999,929.
“England, Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT37-CPX : 12 December 2014), Walter Stuart Moore and Edith Alice Haslam, 1905.
“England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2676-SKN : 13 December 2014), Edith Alice Haslam, 1905; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1905, quarter 2, vol. 6A, p. 229, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-1ST2 : 2 March 2015), Walter S Moore, 1911; citing Census, New Westminster Sub-Districts 1-20, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,660; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=60869&highlight=34&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Walter+S.+Moore%3F.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2S-N97 : 30 September 2015), Walter Stuart Moore, 1918.
“Mr. Moore Dead,” Vanderhoof Herald, November 2, 1918, page 1; http://archive.vanderhooflibrary.com/archive/VanderhoofHerald/02Dec1917-21Feb1920/02-NOV-1918_%5b1%5d.pdf.
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-2N12 : 13 December 2015), W.S. Moore, ; Burial, Vanderhoof, Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Vanderhoof Cemetery; citing record ID 121827349, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121827349. [possible connection, even though the Find A Grave database gives a death date (or burial date) of 1932]
Edith Alice Haslam (wife of Walter Stuart Moore)
“England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XZ8-MDF : 1 October 2014), Edith Alice Haslam, 1874; from “England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Islington, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. (possible connection)
“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-1STL : 2 March 2015), Edith A Moore in entry for Walter S Moore, 1911; citing Census, New Westminster Sub-Districts 1-20, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,660.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZ5-6TP : 21 January 2016), Robert Reid and Edith Alice Haslam, 03 Jul 1919; citing Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11390, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,984,111.
1921 Canada Census, Edith Alice Reid (indexed as Edith Alvie Reid) in household of Robert Reid; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 13; Census Place: Vanderhoof, Cariboo, British Columbia; Page Number: 19; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL4-YQ5 : 30 September 2015), Edith Alice Reid, 1946.
Marion Moore (daughter of Walter Stuart Moore)
“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-1STG : 2 March 2015), Marion Moore in entry for Walter S Moore, 1911; citing Census, New Westminster Sub-Districts 1-20, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,660.
1921 Canada Census, Marion Moore (indexed as Marion Moore Reid) in household of Robert Reid; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 13; Census Place: Vanderhoof, Cariboo, British Columbia; Page Number: 19; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
Stuart Moore (son of Walter Stuart Moore)
1921 Canada Census, Stuart Moore (indexed as Stuart Moore Reid) in household of Robert Reid; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 13; Census Place: Vanderhoof, Cariboo, British Columbia; Page Number: 19; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
Nechako Chronicle, July 24, 1943, page 2; http://archive.vanderhooflibrary.com/archive/NechakoChronicle/1943/19430724/nc-1943-07-24-02.pdf: “Mr. Stuart Moore has left for Suffield in Alberta, to continue his employment with the Assiniboia Engineering Company Limited.”
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2T-L4M : 30 September 2015), Ernest Albert Forfar, 1940.
“Molly Forfar Passes,” Nechako Chronicle, January 19, 1961, page 1; http://archive.vanderhooflibrary.com/archive/NechakoChronicle/1961/19610119/nc-1961-01-19-01.pdf
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-2NN4 : 13 December 2015), Mary Forfar, ; Burial, Vanderhoof, Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Vanderhoof Cemetery; citing record ID 121826868, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121826868.
British Columbia Death Registrations; Registration Number: 1996-09-025624; Stuart Moore; date of death: December 18, 1996; page of death: Vancouver; age at death: 83; http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/d9541037-e525-4051-bcd0-757ad125d421; medical certificate of death: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/bb7de4e8-439d-4597-8a51-14fe22c78dc0.
Robert Reid (probably father of Robert Reid)
“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNW-RP8 : 10 April 2015), Robert Reid and Eliza Jane Woods, 09 Mar 1876; citing registration , Nottawasaga, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,647.
“Canada Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLK-RSJ : 13 November 2014), Robert Reid, V, Muskoka & Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
Eliza Jane Woods (probably mother of Robert Reid)
“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNW-RP8 : 10 April 2015), Robert Reid and Eliza Jane Woods, 09 Mar 1876; citing registration , Nottawasaga, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,647.
“Canada Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLK-RSV : 13 November 2014), Eliza Reid in household of Robert Reid, V, Muskoka & Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
Robert Reid (husband of Edith Alice Haslam)
“Canada Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLK-RSK : 13 November 2014), Robert Reid in household of Robert Reid, V, Muskoka & Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
1921 Canada Census, Robert Reid; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 13; Census Place: Vanderhoof, Cariboo, British Columbia; Page Number: 19; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLY9-Z29 : 8 November 2017), Robert Reid, 1967; http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/b2b187ff-a218-4242-90c8-1854604d7724.
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-2J7R : 13 December 2015), Robert Reid, ; Burial, Vanderhoof, Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, Vanderhoof Cemetery; citing record ID 121827570, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121827570: “Robert Reid; Birth: 1878; Death: 1967 (aged 88–89); Burial: Vanderhoof Cemetery, Vanderhoof, Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Memorial ID: 121827570.”
Raymond Haslam (relative of Edith Alice Haslam)
“England and Wales Census, 1891,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ3Y-12M : 15 October 2015), Raymond W Haslam in household of Francishaslam E Harlan, Bromley, Kent, England; from “1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Kent county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“England and Wales Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9XY-1LG : 29 August 2015), Raymond W Haslam in household of Francis E Haslam, Bromley, Kent, England; from “1901 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bromley subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
“Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2V-HP6 : 27 December 2014), Raymond W Haslam, Oct 1909; citing Immigration, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, T-4764, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-1STP : 2 March 2015), Raymond Haslam in entry for Walter S Moore, 1911; citing Census, New Westminster Sub-Districts 1-20, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,660.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8Z-B7T : 21 January 2016), Raymond Walter Haslam and Janet May Thomson, 17 Nov 1912; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11376, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,704.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZB-DQH : 21 January 2016), Raymond Walter Haslam and Mary Violet Procter, 08 Nov 1920; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B12905, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,032,874.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZB-DQH : 21 January 2016), Raymond Walter Haslam and Mary Violet Procter, 08 Nov 1920; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B12905, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,032,874.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGB-WQD : 30 September 2015), Raymond Walter Haslam, 1931.
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