Lindsay: My grandfather, Garnet Seymour Moore, son of Arthur Moore (son of Nathaniel and Esther Sayle) was William R. Moore's cousin. I have the entire genealogy compiled by William R. Moore, son of William Moore (son of Nathaniel and Esther Sayle). and given to my Uncle Alfred Arthur Moore before WRM died in 1956. Here follows an interesting story of how the cousins found each other after 61 years. Garnet, Alfred and Walter Moore were shipped to Canada in 1893 as orphans.
The Meeting
In 1952, after Alfred had retired, he read a notice in a Toronto newspaper announcing a meeting of the North American Manx Society, scheduled to be held at the Royal Hotel, Toronto. He told his family he was going to attend although it was a very long journey from his home in Hartland. During that first evening, which was an informal "get acquainted" gathering, he stopped to listen to a conversation one man was relating to a small group of interested listeners. The man was saying that he had come to the United States, settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, and had been searching for his three cousins for 60 years. He told the listeners that he had found two cousins, both liviing in the United States, but had lost all hope of ever finding the third, his best friend, Alfred Moore. At that moment, Alfred tapped him on the shoulder, and said, "You are looking at him." Time stood still for William R. Moore and Alfred Arthur Moore that night! Sixty-one years had passed since the two boys had played together at Barregarrow, Kirk Michael, IOM. In the next four years, before William R. Moore passed away, each visited the other's home and family. On one such visit, William gave Alfred a complete and ancient genealogy of their Moore family, and which his son, Douglas, had kept among his father's possessions, and which I now hold a copy. William R. Moore's father, William Moore, and Alfred, Garnet and Walter Moore's father, Arthur Moore, were brothers.
If you email me at bmorley@westelcom.com I will send you the William R. Moore info. you requested. Regards, Bonnie (Moore) Morley