Annie Moore Sources and Data

Sources

   Source documents for data on Annie Moore.
bulletSS Nevada Manifest
bulletNY Times Jan 1, 1892
bulletNY Times Jan 2, 1892
bullet NY World Jan 2, 1892
bulletRecent article about Annie Moore
bullet Article from Cobh Heritage
bulletAn academic discussion of Annie Moore and how she is called on to represent Irish immigration contains several tertiary sources.

Annie's Birthdate

 The manifest lists Annie's age as 13. If her birthday was Jan 1 and the  age listed is as of the day she landed, she was born in 1879. Otherwise, she was born in 1878.

All three newspapers list her age as 15. If she was 15 when she boarded and would turn 16 in the coming year (1892), she was born in 1876. The World states that she turned 15 on Jan 1. This would mean she was born in 1877.

Annie's Family

 The manifest lists 2 other passengers named Moore who boarded in Queenstown and were going to New York:
bulletAnthony, age 11
bulletPhillip, age 7

The Jan 1 Times says she came with "her little brother" to "meet their mother."

The Jan 2 Times says Annie was "accompanied by her two younger brothers" and all three "came to join their parents."

The World states that Annie's father is Matt Moore.

Some recent articles say she has an older brother Tom who had emigrated two years earlier with the parents. One recent article gives her parents' names as Matt and Mary Moore. (These recent articles were written a hundred years after Annie arrived and do not include sources. Some give an account of Annie's life in Indiana and Texas.) There is nothing in the original sources that gives Annie's mother's name.

Annie's Address

Map and view of 32 Monroe St.

 The manifest lists the destination for Annie, Anthony, and Phillip as "New York." Several others on the manifest are going to New York; one person, an American, is going to Brooklyn, NY.

The Jan 2 New York Times gives "32 Monroe Street, this city" as the address of Annie's parents.

The same day, The World says Annie's father lives at "No. 32 Monroe street, in this city."

Some contemporary articles state that Annie was going to join her parents in Brooklyn, NY.

Note: There is a 32 Monroe St. in Brooklyn as well as in Manhattan. In 1892, Brooklyn was a separate city from New York. Brooklyn joined with New York (Manhattan) and the other boroughs in 1898 to become the City of New York.