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Personal data Mina Sophia Moore 

  • Alternative name: Mina Moore Best
  • She was born on October 7, 1864 in Unionville, Tuscola Co., MI.
  • She died on November 29, 1944 in O'dell Convalescent Home, Oxford, Oakland Co., MI, she was 80 years old.
  • She is buried on December 2, 1944 in Perrt Mt. Pk. Cem., Pontiac, Oakland Co., MI.
  • This information was last updated on July 30, 2014.

Household of Mina Sophia Moore

She is married to Romanzo Elliott Best.

They got married in the year 1885 at Prescott, Ogemaw Co., MI, she was 20 years old.

Romanzo E. Best oo Mina Sophia Moore

Marriage source: Best, Dan, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (location unknown, D.B., xxv Jan MM) for fact of marriage.

Author: Moore, CeCe, Title: "My Tangled Vine," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mytangledvine&id=I781, Publication date: i Jan MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud

"... Romanzo Elliott "Jerome" Best 1 2 3 4 Sex: M Birth: 09 MAY 1858 in Michigan 1 2 3 4 ... Marriage 1 Mina Sophia Moore b: 07 OCT 1864 in Unionville, Tuscola, Michigan, USA Married: 1885 in Prescott,Ogemaw,MI.,USA 1 ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Benjamin Oakley Best  1889-1964 


Notes about Mina Sophia Moore

Mina Sophia Moore

Source: Author: Best, Dan, Title: e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Publication location unknown, Publisher: D.B., Publication date: xxv Jan MM) for name.

Author: Rhyndress, Russel V. Title: "Rhyndress / USS Black Hawk: AD-9," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.com, Publication date: viii Apr MMII), Repository: The Cloud

"... Mina Sophia MOORE ... Sex: F Birth: 7 OCT 1864 in Unionville,Tuscola. Michigan Death: 29 NOV 1944 in O'dell Convalescent , Oxford, Oakland, Michigan Burial: 2 DEC 1944 Perry Mount Park Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan

Note: 'funeral and burial arrangements were made by Huntoon Funeral home with Dr. Andrew S. Creswell officiating She last lived with her daugh. Agnes Valance 979 Myrtle St. Pontiac..

Note: Mina married Arkels in 1922, and if you read the divorce transcripe, you will understand that she married him for reasons of him mortgaging his farm to get the money to get Uncle Anson out of prison, for a murder he did notcommitt.

Note: She wouldn't stay with Charles, she stayed at 314 Prospect Street. He went there a couple of times trying to get her to come homem, but she wouldn't.

Note: She lived in Pontiac for 25 yrs, coming here from Prescott and was a member of the Wilson Ave Methodist Church.

Note: In the Polk Directory, Mina is living at 258Elm St. with her son Zina. She was a nurse.

HEAL: died after two and a half years illness. Change Date: 8 APR 2002

Father: Clayton Benjamin MOORE b: ABT 1828 in Ont Mother: Mary Martha ARMSTRONG b: 2 MAY 1836 in Can

Marriage 1 Romanzo E. BEST b: 9 MAY 1858 Married: ABT 1883 in Prescott, Ogemaw, MI

Children

1. Zina Leonard BEST b: 11 JUN 1885 in MI 2. Martha Louise BEST b: 3 DEC 1886 in Prescott, Ogemaw Co. MI 3. Clyde Elliot BEST b: APR 1888 in MI 4. Benjamin Oakley BEST b: 10 OCT 1889 5. Edith May BEST b: 25 JAN 1893 in Prescott Ogemaw, MI 6. Mary Jane BEST b: NOV 1894 7. Anson Wilford BEST b: 19 JUL 1898 8. Agnes A. BEST b: 13 DEC 1901 9. Alta BEST b: NOV 1902 10. Evelyn BEST b: 1904

Marriage 2 John SMITH Married: 1907 in MI

Marriage 3 Charles ARKELS Married: 15 APR 1922 in Pontiac, MI Divorced: 6 JUL 1925" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mina Sophia Moore

Mina Sophia Moore
1864-1944

1885

Romanzo Elliott Best
1858-1904

Benjamin Oakley Best
1889-1964

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Birthday October 7, 1864

  • The temperature on October 7, 1864 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
    • June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
    • June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
    • October 19 » American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
    • October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
    • December 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

Day of death November 29, 1944

  • The temperature on November 29, 1944 was between 3.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 17 » World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
    • June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
    • July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
    • August 24 » World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
    • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
    • December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.

Day of burial December 2, 1944

  • The temperature on December 2, 1944 was between 3.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 22 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.
    • April 13 » Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
    • May 18 » World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
    • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
    • October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
    • November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.


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