Charles MOORE Snr (Ireland) m. Isabella CANNELL (IOM), settled Onehunga NZ
Looking for information on my ancestor Charles Moore of Leitrim, Ireland.He married Isabella Christian Cannell of Isle of Man.They married abt 1826 in Essex, England.
Charles came to New Zealand as a Royal NZ Fencible.His regiment was the King's Own 4th.Regiment of Foot.His number was 50.The family were settlers at Onehunga, Auckland.
Charles & Isabella had nine children: William, Charles Jnr, Sarah, Robert, Albert, Henry, Frederick William, Frederick Alexander & Esther.
Charles Moore Jnr married the daughter of another fencible: Eleanor McPike, daughter of John James McPike & Mary Dunn, both of Ireland.
Their daughter Sophia Ann Bates Moore m. Charles John Gear in Westport NZ on 19 July 1873.They are my g-grandparents.