Hello,
My first post here!
I've been banging my head against this brick wall for awhile, and I'm hoping someone has some ideas. I'm searching for the birth of Thomas Edwin Moore in or around London. He emigrated to the US in 1881 to take command of the Salvation Army here.
According to his MI (he died in Harper, Kansas) he was born 16 Apr 1840. He married Ellen Maria Hogg in 1859. I have their marriage registration-they married in Greenwich where she lived-which states his father's name was also Thomas Moore.
The problem is I can't find his birth, nor his mother's name.
There is a different Thomas Edwin Moore, born 1840 in Stepney with father Thomas and mother Rhoda. This is not my Thomas, however, as I have found this family in various censuses and they did not leave London.
Where might I look for this information? Is there any document that would have his mother's name or his place of birth?
Thanks for any help you can offer,
Beth