Originally transcribed as M Moore
Biography contributed by Bernadette Siebert
Minnie Moor was born in 1871 in NZ, one of the NZ born children of John Moor and Susanna nee Phillips. The family arrived from Lincolnshire with three children on board the Whirlwind in 1859. John then bought land and farmed at Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf. There, five more children were born including Minnie.
Minnie lived at the family home at Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island.
Both the sons of the family died young. John Thomas in 1883, of a fall, and then William in 1900, of appendicitis. The elder Moors both died in 1911 – Sarah in April and John in June. John’s will left his estate worth 600 pounds to Annie, Susan and Minnie Moor, all spinsters, and after his wife’s death, 50 pounds to granddaughter Minnie Moor (daughter of late son William).
After their parents died, the three unmarried sisters – Annie, Minnie and Susan - bought a house at 13 Dublin Street, Ponsonby and lived there together for about 40 years. Annie died in 1945 and Susan in 1963. Minnie outlived all her siblings and died in 1967 aged 95 years. She was buried in the Hillsborough Cemetery.
Minnie is sister to 380 S(usan) Moor and 380 S(arah) Moor and 380 M J Blair
Sources
Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com)
Archway probate John
Historical BDM