Person:Louisa Moore (14)

Louisa Dacres Moore

b.Abt Feb 1783

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m. 10 Jan 1774

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Name^[1]^[2]	Louisa Dacres Moore
Gender	Female
Birth^[2]	Abt Feb 1783
Christening^[2]	7 Feb 1783	Calcutta, Bengal, IndiaSt. John's Church - then the Anglican cathedral in Calcutta (now renamed: Kolkata), originally Fort William, main trading post of the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) in its Bengal Presidency. In 1772 Calcutta became the capital city of British India.

References

↑ 'Pedigree of MOORE (Claiming Descent from the Chancellor, Sir Thomas More)', in Cass, Frederick Charles, M.A.: Monken Hadley - printed by J.B. Nichols, 25 Parliament Street. 1890. p. 75.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 'Baptisms in Calcutta: 1783— 1785', in Bengal Past & Present Vol. XXVIII, Serial Nos. 55-56, July-December 1924. Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society. Article XX. pp. 193, 201-202.

« 1783. / Feb. 7. Louisa Dacres, daughter of Mr. Peter Moore, Sr. Mercht. H. C.'s Service, and Sarah, his wife. (5)
« BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. / ... / (5) Louisa Dacres Moore: God-daughter evidently of Philip Milner Dacres, name-father of Dacres Lane in Calcutta, (described in an indenture of December 20, 1783, as "a public lane leading from his dwelling house to the Esplanade.") He arrived in Bengal in 1756, and was assistant warehouse keeper at the time of the siege. President of the Committee of Revenue in 1774, Collector of Calcutta in 1776, and President of the Board of Trade in 1779: retired in 1784.
For an account of Peter Moore: See Bengal Past and Present, Vol. XXVI. pp. 180-184: Vol. XXVII. p. 222). »
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