The Arthur William Moore Line

Arthur William Moore

A Wiltshire child who sailed from Plymouth in 1854 with his parents and his brother and sister. Both sides of his family were named Moore. One Moore family from Wilcot, and the other from Manningford Abbots. Two parishes that are next to each other in the Pewsey Vale of Wiltshire.

The Narrative

From Wilcot to Plymouth to South Australia - the Moore family’s emigration in 1854, and the life Arthur made in Australia as a blacksmith.

In preparation Photographs

Ancestral Home Photographs

Wilcot and Manningford Abbots, the Wiltshire parishes both sides of the Moore family came from - photographed on a visit in 2026.

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Vital Records
Born5 October 1851, Wilcot, Wiltshire - registered at Pewsey, Ann Moore the informant, William a labourer
Baptised25 December 1851, Wiltshire
ParentsWilliam Moore, 1819-1898, and Ann Moore, 1826-1900
DepartedPlymouth, 7 February 1854
ArrivedAdelaide, 3 May 1854
MarriedCatherine Cox, 29 February 1876, Bible Christian Church, Pine Creek, South Australia
Catherine’s fatherJohn Cox of the Willows, Pine Creek
The family movedMorphett Vale · Finniss · Encounter Bay · Port Elliot · Middleton · Lillimur · Swan Hill
ChildrenEight, born between 1877 and 1892
TradeBlacksmith, Swan Hill, from 1903 until his death
Father died6 June 1898, Lillimur, Victoria
Mother died8 November 1900, Hynam, South Australia
Died24 February 1920, Swan Hill, Victoria
BuriedSwan Hill, Victoria · probate 26 April 1921
Research Status
His brothers and sistersSeven of the children born to William and Ann in South Australia died in infancy, between 1856 and 1868
His deathAn inquisition followed. Catherine submitted the paperwork; she had made him his lunch that day