Rev. D. D. Moore,
Rev DD Moore or Rev Daniel D Moore was one of two pioneer missionaries sent by Methodist Mission from Singapore to Penang in 1891. Their mission was to start the ACS(Anglo Chinese School), Penang. The other missionary was Rev Benjamin H Balderston. He was also the founder of Methodist Girls' School Penang in 1892(Note: There was a report that Dr Benjamin Franklin West (b. 22 April 1858, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA - d. 2 July 1933, Seattle, Washington, USA) was the one who set up the Anglo-Chinese Girls School in Penang in 1892 (today known as the Methodist Girls School in Penang) ref: http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1511_2009-11-30.html); and also the founder and minister of Welesley Church Penang(formerly FitzGerald Memorial Church) from 1891-1895.
Rev DD Moore was from Prince Edward Island(PEI), Canada.
Prince Edward Island (PEI) is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population (excluding the territories). The island has a few other names: "Garden of the Gulf" referring to the pastoral scenery and lush agricultural lands throughout the province; and "Birthplace of Confederation", referring to the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, although PEI did not join the confederation itself until 1873 when it became the seventh Canadian province.
Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County.
1925 - The United Church was founded in 1925 as a merger of four Protestant denominations: the Methodist Church of Canada, the Congregational Union of Ontario and Quebec, two-thirds of the congregations of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and the Association of Local Union Churches
The life of Rev DD Moore or Daniel Davies Moore(1856-1946)
Rev. Daniel Davies Moore, son of Mary Helen Davies(Nathan)and Rev. Frederick William Moore(b 1826- d1893), was born on 20 Jul 1856 in Nova Scotia. He was christened on 22 Oct 1856 in Charlottetown Trinity (First Methodist), PEI. He died on 30 Aug 1946 in Western Australia. He was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA.
Methodist Minister. The name of Rev. D. D. Moore, M.A. apppears on a list of "Methodist Ministers who have gone out from Prince Edward Island", with the date of 1879(History of Methodism in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island -- 1888). In 1881 he was living with his parents in Charlottetown, his age on the census given as 25. In 1888 he was Methodist Minister for Cornwall, Prince Edward Island. Some time before 1901, he was appointed to a mission in British Columbia, which became with the building of a church in 1902, the (Anglican) parish of All Saints, Mission City, British Columbia. In Sep 1903 he resigned to pursue further pioneer work in Western Australia.
Rev DD Moore(1856-1946)
1856 Born as Daniel Davies Moore on 20 Jul 1856 in Nova Scotia. He was christened on 22 Oct 1856 in Charlottetown Trinity (First Methodist), PEI. His parent was Mary Helen Davies(Nathan) and Rev Frederick William Moore.
1873 Rev. D. D. Moore was Rector at Church of England Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, until 1873 he resigned,no date was given when did he joined the church(source: Pictonians at Home and Abroad, The Religious History of the County;http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/pictou/pictou2.htm)
1879 MOORE, D.D., M.A. was ordained in 1879.
1881 In 1881 he was living with his parents in Charlottetown, his age on the census given as 25.
1888-1889 In 1888 he was Methodist Minister for Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, Canada
1889-1890 Rev. D. D. Moore, M. A. left Methodist Church at Charlottetown. PEI, Rev. Benjamin. H. Balderston who come from the same place, went to Singapore
1891
The Methodist Mission sent two missionaries, Rev Daniel D More, Rev Benjamin H. Balderston to Penang to start Anglo Chinese School in Penang. ACS(now known as MBS), Penang opened by Rev. B. H. Balderston on 28th May 1891 at Carnarvon St, in July. Rev. Daniel. D. Moore join the school later. But by end the year, there were 60 students( Earnest Lau, 2008)
'IT WAS in the year 1891 that Mission Conference decided to extend the education work to the girls. Mr Moore almost at once began to visit in wealthy Chinese homes. His desire was that the bright little girls should be taught as well as their brothers. He soon became acquainted with a prominent Chinese citizen, Mr Cheah Teck Soon, whose sister was persuaded to have her little girls taught with their brothers.
Rev. D.D. Moore conducted the first English Evening Service at the Penang Town Hall in July. Later the English Service moved to a rented home for missionaries. The first Sacramental Service was conducted by Dr. J.C. Floyd in August for 8 persons. The English Service moved to the Armenian church in November. Sunday School began and the church started with 3 members.
1892 - Rev. D. D. Moore open MGS in 1892. So a small private school was begun in No. 1 Penang Road, where the missionaries lived. There were only 2 pupils and the school was in Northam Road. Thus began the first 110 years. Miss Emma Norris was the first teacher(Note: She may be the wife of Rev DD Moore). Later on, Mrs Young, a widowed lady, came into the work of the Penang Mission. She played the organ for the Sunday services that were held in the old Armenian church. Mr Moore, finding how capable Mrs Young was, persuaded her to take charge of the school which was held in the home of Mr Teck Soon in Farquhar Street. Soon after, other children joined. Mrs Young later become Mrs. G. F. Pykett.
Note: There was a report that Dr Benjamin Franklin West (b. 22 April 1858, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA - d. 2 July 1933, Seattle, Washington, USA) was actually the one who set up the Anglo-Chinese Girls School in Penang in 1892 (today known as the Methodist Girls School in Penang) ref: http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1511_2009-11-30.html. May be it was because Rev DD Moore's wife was the first teacher.
1893 - Rev. B. H. Balderston Return to Canada due to illness. Rev D.D. Moore, started English Service at Priory in Northern Road (a garage for the Runneymede Hotel).
Mrs Young did all she could in making the school attractive and also in visiting Chinese homes. The school grew to twenty pupils, when the missionaries moved to a large house by the sea named "The Priory". This home meant much to our Penang work in those early days. With the Chinese lady's consent, the girls' school was moved to "The Priory", where it became more stable and continued to grow. Of the religious teaching at this time, Bishop Thoburn remarked, "Everyday is a Sunday School here."
1894 - Rev G.F. Pykett came to Penang, where he and Mrs Young were married in January 1894. Mr Moore writes in his first report from Penang: Mrs. G. F. Pykett became the first principal of ACGS(now MGS, Penang).
1895 - The Wednesday Parish Meeting of Wesley Church Penang began. Rev D.D. Moore chaired the 1st meeting. Rev. D. D. Moore left the school, ACS Penang in 1895. Rev Albert J. Amery take over as pastor of Wesley Church Penang from Rev DD Moore in 1897, and the English Service moved to Penang ACS new building.
Note: It was presumed that Rev DD Moore left Penang in 1895, and it may be correct as there was no mention of replacement of minister in the history of Welesley Church Penang, in 1896 the name of minister was left vacant(http://www.wesleypenang.org/history.htm). The church may not have minister since Rev DD Moore left in 1895.
1901 - Some time before 1901, D.D. Moore was appointed to a mission in British Columbia, which became with the building of a church in 1902, the (Anglican) parish of All Saints, Mission City, British Columbia. He had joined the Anglican mission.
Note: The Town of Mission City had an interesting beginning as a land promotion. The town's core commercial properties and residential streets were auctioned off at the "Great Land Sale" of 1891, with buyers brought in via the CPR mainline from Vancouver as well as from Eastern Canada. Some of the early houses and commercial buildings were, in fact, specifically designed to be reminiscent of small towns in southern Ontario in order to encourage buyers. Hailed at the time as a new metropolis, the fledgling town's location at the junction of the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline with a northward extension of the Burlington Northern Railroad brought name suggestions that included East Vancouver and North Seattle. The name Mission City was chosen due to the site's proximity to the historic St. Mary's Mission of the Oblate order just east of town, which was founded in 1868.
All Saints Anglican Church, 33077 Second Ave, Mission, BC, V2V 1J7???....is anyone there know about Rev DD Moore?
1903 - In Sep 1903, Rev. D. D. Moore resigned to pursue further pioneer work in Western Australia.
Note: No info about him in Australia
1946 - . Rev. D. D. Moore died on 30 Aug 1946 in Western Australia. He was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA.
The Family
Parents
His father Rev. Frederick William Moore was born on 7 Jun 1826 in Charlottetown, PEI. He was christened on 15 Oct 1826 in Charlottetown St Paul's (Anglican), PEI. He died in 1893. He married Mary Helen Davies (Nathan) on 2 Jun 1855. She was born on 6 Nov 1828 in Charlottetown, PEI. She was christened on 9 Feb 1851 in Charlottetown Trinity (First Methodist), PEI.
Rev. Frederick William Moore was a Methodist Minister. The name of Rev. F. W. Moore, 1851, apppeared on a list of "Methodist Ministers who have gone out from Prince Edward Island". It is recorded in 1888 that he had "retired from the active work of the ministry some years ago on account of failing health". In 1881 and 1891 he was living in Charlottetown. He gave his occupation in 1881 as Minister and Accountant.
Fredrick William2 Moore (James1) was born June 07, 1826 in Charlottetown, PEI, and died 1893 in
Charlottetown, PEI. He married Mary Helen Davies June 22, 1855, daughter of Nathan Davies and Amelia Mcnutt. She was born 1829.
Children of Fredrick Moore and Mary Davies are:
57 i. Daniel Davis3 Moore, born Abt. 1850 in Western Australia. He married Emma Lutterel; born Abt. 1850.
58 ii. Sidney Moore, born Abt. 1850. He married Bessie Mitchell; born Abt. 1850.
59 iii. Edith S. Moore, born Abt. 1850.
60 iv. Stewart Collings Moore, born May 1862.
61 v. Fretz W. L. Moore, born 1866; died in Maritzburg, Natal, South Africa.
62 vi. Amy Moore, born 1869; died in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
63 vii. Minnie Moore, born 1874; died in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She married Herbert Arthur Webb; born Abt.
Wife
Daniel married (1) Emma Luttrell on 5 Jul 1888 in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Emma was born in 1867. She died on 14 Mar 1889 in Cornwall Parsonage, Cornwall, PEI. She was buried in Sherwood Cemetery, Brackley , PEI. At the time of her death, Rev DD Moore was still in PEI, but left for Singapore in the same year.
Daniel married(2) Marie H . Marie was born on 19 Dec 1861 in China. The 1901 census for Canada records that she settled in Canada in 1899. Rev Moore re-married while in Penang as their first child was born in 1894, and he left Penang in 1895.
Daniel and Marie had the following children:
i. Fritz Davies Moore was born on 22 Dec 1894 in "Str. Settlement". The 1901 census for Canada records that he settled in Canada in 1899. His place of birth is probably short for Straits Settlement which I would interpret as Malaya.
Another finding:-
i. DANIEL DAVIS3 MOORE, REV., b. 1856, Nova Scotian, Canada1; d. Western Australia1; m. EMMA LUTTEREL; b. 18671; d. Mar 14, 1889, Cornwall Parsonage, Cornwall, PEI1.
Notes for DANIEL DAVIS MOORE, REV.:
1881 Census: Daniel 25 born in Nova Scotia, occupation Probationer.
More About EMMA LUTTEREL:
Burial: Sherwood Cemetery, Brackley Lot 33-4 Stone 5591
(http://www.islandregister.com/davies.html)
Any one know Rev DANIEL DAVIS3 MOORE or Rev DD Moore, MA? Is the above information reliable on his background? Please help.....
Related articles:
1. I Was There - An AUTOBIOGRAPHY Frank Proctor, Edited by William N Tindall & Pamela Proctor, published by tmi Publications, Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada; http://www.soldierstory.com/latest_news.html( A autobiography of a soldier, lived in Mission City, Frank's adopted hometown of Mission in the beautiful Fraser Valley of British Columbia. where he raised his family and operated his own business until retirement to the beauty of his art. When Frank Proctor died earlier this year one of the pews in All Saints Anglican Church was left vacant during his funeral. That pew was for Frank's angels who had looked after him during his long life. The book mention about All Saints Anglican Church in Mission city. Did they know Rev DD Moore?)
2. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15077003850
3. Old church could find new role, http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/cowichannewsleader/news/99287394.html
Brief history of Auld Kirk:
• Built as All Saints Church in 1913 on a hill overlooking the lake’s north end by the son of the first clergyman, Rev. Jack Aitken. Parishioners climbed a trail up the slope for services.
• Cut into sections and moved to Shawnigan village in 1938, where a belfry was added.
• Later, when the congregation joined the Cobble Hill church, All Saints was put up for sale with the stipulation it could be used for arts, antiques or books but not food services or housing.
• In 1983, Frank and Nancy Roseborough of Victoria and Shawnigan bought the property.
• After renovations and installation of a new bell from Ontario, the former church opened as a gallery for local work.
Is it the same old All Saints Anglican Church that Rev DD Moore ministered in 1902?.
4. From mission to church: the evolution of the Methodist Church in Singapore(2008),by Earnest Lau, published by Genesis Book, Singapore. Pg 18.
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