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Moore, Ann, 1761-1825


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    • Moore, Ann, 1761-
    • Moore, Ann, b. 1761
    • Moor, Ann, 1761-1825
    • Moore, Anne, 1761-1825
    • Moore, Ann, of Tutbury, 1761-1825
    • Moore, Ann Pegg, 1761-1825
    • Fasting Woman of Tutbury, 1761-1825
    • Peg, Ann, 1761-1825
    • Pegg, Ann, 1761-1825
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    • Moore, Ann, 1761-
    • Moore, Ann, b. 1761
  • Sources

    • found: White, J. The history of Ann Moor, 1812:t.p. (died ... 20th of July 1811)
    • found: LC manual cat.(hdg.: Moore, Ann (Pegg), b. 1761)
    • found: DNB(Moore, Ann, fl. 1813, b. 1761, 'the fasting-woman of Tutbury')
    • found: BLC(Moore, Ann, of Tutbury)
    • found: Nineteenth Century British Newspapers, via WWW, Apr. 16, 2014:Liverpool Mercury, July 16, 1811 (Mrs. Ann Moore; the fasting woman of Tutbury; died a few days ago, at age 50) Liverpool Mercury, Aug. 16, 1811 (Ann Moore; her death was falsely reported; continues to live and receive company) Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette, May 15, 1813 (Anne Moore; fasting woman of Tutbury; made a declaration admitting her gross deception) Wright's Leeds Intelligencer, Feb. 5, 1816 (Ann Moore of Tutbury; she and her daughter have for some time been living in Macclesfield; decamped and robbed their lodgings) Bury and Norwich Post, Oct. 12, 1825 (Ann Moore; of Macclesfield; the pretended fasting woman; resided at Tutbury and about 1807 declared that she lived without food; her deception was detected by a professional gentleman named Fox who discovered that her daughter concealed food for her under the bed-clothes; died in her 76th year, at Macclesfield)
    • found: Dictionary of national biography, via WWW, Apr. 16, 2014(Moore, Ann; the fasting woman of Tutbury; domestic servant; housekeeper; cotton beater; began long fasts in Nov. 1806 and eventually claimed that she could live without food; after being investigated twice, confessed to fraud, May 1813; moved from Tutbury to Macclesfield with her daughter, and then sent to Knutsford House of Correction for robbery; nothing further known; b. 31 Oct. 1761, Rosliston, Derbyshire; dau. of William Peg; m. James Moore in 1788 but they soon separated)
    • found: Ancestry, via WWW, Apr. 16, 2014:England, Select Marriages (Ann Pegg; m. James Moor, 14 Nov. 1787, Ellastone) England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900 (Ann Moore; age 76; of Macclesfield; interred 3 Oct. 1825)
    • found: MWA/NAIP files, Apr. 16, 2014(access point: Moore, Ann, 1761-1825; note: published reports of her death at age 50 in July, 1811 were false; according to church records and a published obituary she was 76 when she actually died in 1825, but based on the birth date given in the DNB she died about a month before her 64th birthday)
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    • 1995-08-17: new
    • 2014-04-24: revised
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