CGS members and distant cousins Shirley Thomson and John Moore
John Moore, a past CGS Board member, died on March 14, 2020, at the age of 88. His wife, Barbara, died March 20, 2022. Both were buried in Barbara’s family cemetery in Iowa. Their family has announced that a memorial service will take place in Oakland, their longtime home, on August 6th at 1:00 PM. The service will be at First Covenant Church of Oakland, at 4000 Redwood Road, Oakland CA.
John was a long-standing member of CGS and served on the board from 2007 to 2009. He was a member of the Investment Committee when Ken Haughton was still chair. In 2011 he helped facilitate a program during one of our Thursday night extended hours sessions. That same year he co-taught a class on New Netherlands with Dorothy Koenig. John particularly enjoyed researching his New England and New Netherlands heritage.
He was also a long-time member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He served as a member of their Board of Trustees, and Council and was named as a Trustee Emeritus. John was also a member of the New Netherland Institute, and the Sons of the American Revolution.
John Moore and his wife, Barbara
CGS member Kathryn Doyle wrote several blog posts about John and his discovery that he was related to another CGS member Shirley Thomson. Here is a link to that article: “Citing ‘Occult Powers’ in a New Netherland Genealogy.”
John’s obituary can be seen here: https://www.richardsonfuneralservice.com/obituaries/John-Moore-103/#!/Obituary
Anyone planning to attend the August 6 memorial should RSVP using this link: http://evite.me/jNc4qVhWX5
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