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Martha Ann <I>Cavill</I> Moore

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Martha Ann Cavill Moore

Birth
England
Death
3 Aug 1944 (aged 65)
Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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She was a daughter of Jesse Cavill and Elizabeth Fisher. She married Walter Moore.

Mrs. Moore was badly injured in the Hartford circus fire. She survived in a hospital for a month but eventually died of toxemia.

Mrs. Martha Ann (Cavill) Moore, of 29 Westview Street, West Hartford, was born July 7, 1879 in England, daughter of Elizabeth (Fisher) and Jesse Cavill. She was found injured at the circus grounds after the fire on July 6 and was hospitalized, where after nearly a month of treatment she was recovering well until she became toxic and died from septicemia late in the evening of August 3 at Hartford Hospital. Martha was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Rocky Hill after services at Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home on August 7. Mrs. Moore leaves her husband, Walter, 65; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Delaney of West Hartford and Mrs. Mae Avery of Hartford; and a son, Wilfred Moore of Windsor.

Mrs. Moore attended the circus with her daughter, Mae Avery, and grand daughter, Sandra Avery, who both lived with Martha, and also another grand daughter, Janet Moore, all of whom survived. Martha's estate was awarded $13,500 by the arbitration board.

(source: www.circusfire.com)
She was a daughter of Jesse Cavill and Elizabeth Fisher. She married Walter Moore.

Mrs. Moore was badly injured in the Hartford circus fire. She survived in a hospital for a month but eventually died of toxemia.

Mrs. Martha Ann (Cavill) Moore, of 29 Westview Street, West Hartford, was born July 7, 1879 in England, daughter of Elizabeth (Fisher) and Jesse Cavill. She was found injured at the circus grounds after the fire on July 6 and was hospitalized, where after nearly a month of treatment she was recovering well until she became toxic and died from septicemia late in the evening of August 3 at Hartford Hospital. Martha was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Rocky Hill after services at Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home on August 7. Mrs. Moore leaves her husband, Walter, 65; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Delaney of West Hartford and Mrs. Mae Avery of Hartford; and a son, Wilfred Moore of Windsor.

Mrs. Moore attended the circus with her daughter, Mae Avery, and grand daughter, Sandra Avery, who both lived with Martha, and also another grand daughter, Janet Moore, all of whom survived. Martha's estate was awarded $13,500 by the arbitration board.

(source: www.circusfire.com)


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  • Maintained by: Armantia
  • Originally Created by: Checkers
  • Added: Mar 28, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50357654/martha_ann-moore: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Ann Cavill Moore (7 Jul 1879–3 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50357654, citing Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Armantia (contributor 19036309).