John William McGregor MOORE

1800 - 1853  (53 years)

• Name	John William McGregor MOORE
  Born	25 Oct 1800	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Nov 1853	Paardeberg.
  Person ID	I38113	Families of the Overberg
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	Margaret Louisa DAVIS,   b. Middlesex, England
  Married	8 Jul 1827	England
  Children	1. John William McGregor MOORE,   b. 18 Apr 1828, Debtford, England ,   d. 9 May 1896, Robertson  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   2. Ephriam George MOORE,   b. 3 Feb 1832, Cape Town ,   d. 25 Aug 1880, Stanford.  (Age 48 years)  [natural]   3. Charles Edwin MOORE,   b. Abt 1834, Cape Town  [natural]   4. James Malcolm McGregor MOORE,   b. 26 Jun 1835, Cape Town ,   d. 2 Jan 1904, Stanford.  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   5. Mary Anne MOORE,   b. Abt 1837  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F13650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1. Corrie Ham, Jose Burman and other sources refer to him as merely John W illiam but his death notice signed by his widow gives the names as John Wi lliam McGregor. This name was repeated in all succeeding generations and h as been accepted. 2. He was a ships carpenter who arrived at the Cape, with wife and one so n, in 1830 to start a boat building yard. In about 1839 he moved to Stanfo rd after being contracted by Robert Stanford to erect a water mill. He lat er returned to Cape Town but most of his family remained in the Stanford a rea.