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- From: lincoln@rand.org (Tom Lincoln)
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- Subject: Re: Moore Family / Dewey connection....
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- Date: 24 Jan 93 00:23:59 GMT
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- >My great-grandmother, Gertrude Florence Moore, born 31 January 1896 in
- >Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, died 25 October 1970 in
- >LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana, always swore that she was related to
- >Admiral George Dewey. Her parents were Alexander Moore (nothing but name
- >known) and Melvina (1852-1936, last name not known). Does anyone know od
- >any Moores among the relatives of Admiral Dewey?
-
- Melvyl says... start with the famous ?ancestor - and the rarer name:
-
- 16.
- Author: Dewey, Adelbert Milton, 1857-
- Title: Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey family
- history : being an authentic historical and genealogical
- record of more than fifteen thousand persons in the United
- States by the name of Dewey, and their descendants / life of
- Rear Admiral George Dewey written and book edited by Adelbert
- M. Dewey ; Dewey family history compiled by Louis Marinus
- Dewey ; assisted by William T. Dewey and Orville C. Dewey.
- Westfield, Mass. : Dewey Pub. Co., c1898.
- Description: 1117 p., [99] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., coats
- of
- arms, maps, ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
-
- Series: Genealogy & local history ; G69.
-
- Notes: Dewey family history (p. [202]-1117) has special t.p.: "Dewey
- genealogy and family history."
- Includes index.
- Microfiche. Sanford, N.C. : Microfilming Corporation of America,
- 1982. 14 microfiches ; 11x15 cm.
-
- Subjects: Dewey family.
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917.
-
- Other entries: Dewey, Louis Marinus, 1865-
- Dewey, William T. (William Tarbox), 1852-
- Dewey, Orville C., b.1833.
- Dewey genealogy and family history.
-
- Call numbers: CSL Sutro MICRO- FICHE G3 G69
- Note: Call number of printed ed.: CS71.D519
- 1898 Sutro.
-
- Good luck!
-
- Tom
-