Transcribed by Alexander Conrad from a photocopy of the original.

State Department of Health of New Jersey

Olivia R. Todd Death Certificate. Click to see full document.

1. Place of Death
County: Burlington
Township: Medford
Length of stay: 1 year
Address: Berlin Rd. Taunton Lakes

2. Usual Residence
County: Burlington
Township: Medford
Address: Berlin Rd. Taunton Lakes

3. Name of Deceased: Olivia R. Todd
4. Date of Death: 12-7-55
5. Sex: Female
6. Color or Race: white
7. Marital status: widow
8. Date of Birth: 10-8-1869
9. Age (in years last birthday): 86
10: Usual occupation: none
11. Birthplace: Phila. Pa.
12. Citizen of What Country: USA
13. Father’s Name: Charles T. Moore
14. Mother’s Maiden Name: Lucy Ogle
15. Was the Deceased Ever in the U.S. Armed Forces? No
17. Informant: James Davidson – Taunton Lakes, NJ [son-in-law]

[Cause of death information redacted as per N.J.A.C. 8:2A-2.1]

22. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from Sept 15, 1955 to Dec 7, 1955, that I last saw the deceased alive on Dec 6, 1955, and that the death occurred at 9:05 am, from the causes and on the date stated above.
23a. [signature]
23b. Address: Marlton, NJ
23c. Date Signed: 12/7 55

24a. Burial, Cremation, Removal: Burial
24b. Date: 12-10-55
24c. Name of Cemetery or Crematory: North Cedar Hill Cem.
24d. Location: Phila. Pa.

Date Rec’d by Local Reg.: 12-7-55
Registrar’s Signature: [signed by Harry Brick]

25. Funeral Director’s Signature
[last name Hoel?]
NJ Licence No. 441
Address: 811 Cooper St., Camden, NJ

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Original Source Citation:
New Jersey, State Department of Health, death certificate no. 48811 (1955), Olivia R. Todd; Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, Trenton.

Lucy H. Ogle Moore was my great-great-grandmother. In 1911, her family had a picnic at the local park, commemorating it with a group photo that made it into the local newspaper.

Moore Reunion, Philadelphia, 1911. Philadelphia Inquirer 8/13/1911.

Somewhere in that photograph is my grandmother, Susan L. Todd, age 6.

Mrs. Moore’s twenty-three other grandchildren at the time include:

1. Frank A. Todd, age 18
2. John A. Todd, age 16
3. Clayton M. Todd, age 14
4. Honour Todd, age 9
5. James Todd, age 8
6. Elizabeth M. Todd, age 4
7. Olivia R. Todd, age 2
8. Margaret A. Todd, age 1
9. Benjamin M. Moore, age 11
10. Elsie Knabb, age 12
11. Flenard Knabb, age 4
12. William Knabb, age 3
13. Margaret Knabb, age 0 (born Dec 1910)
14. Clara Moore, age 14
15. Frederick Moore, age 7
16. George Tazel, age 7
17. Martha Tazel, age 5
18. Anna Wood, age 5
19. Isadore Wood, age 2
20. Clara Ulery, age 4
21. Dorothy M. Coulter, age 5
22. Robert I. Coulter, age 3
23. Edna E. Coulter, age 1

Ages are approximate for most of those listed. I am missing at least three names. Except for the Todds whom I have a good handle on, there may be some listed who passed before 1911, so I may be missing more than three. (edited 16 Jul 2013. I found Lucy’s other three grandchildren (the Coulters) and have added them to the bottom of the list.)

I only count twenty-one children in the photo. I’m not sure that I see any older teens, so Frank and John Todd may be two of the ones missing from the photograph. Or maybe the headline is wrong and there were only twenty-one present.

Perhaps there are some Moore cousins out there who can fill in the blanks.

I may be related to Timen Stiddem. I received the death certificate for Lucy H. MOORE last night that lists her parents and through a bit of investigation I found some others’ research that indicates this line:

1 Timen Lulofsson [1] STIDDEM Dr. b: ABT 1610 d: 1686
  +  UNKNOWN
     2 Lulof Lyloff [2] STEDHAM b: ABT 1654 d: 6 Jun 1704
       +  STALCOP b: ABT 1661 d: BEF 29 Jun 1714
          3 Timothy Lyloffson [11] STEDHAM b: ABT 1684 d: 1767
            + Elizabeth VANDEVER b: ABT 1696 d: ABT 5 Mar  1737/1738
              4 Lulof [41] STEDHAM b: 2 Jul 1723 d: 23 Nov 1786
                + Jane MCDOWELL d: 1764
                  5 Joseph [116] STEDHAM Capt. b: 5 Jul 1744 d: 22 Apr 1791
                    + Sarah Hedges HEDGE b: 11 May 1745 d: 20 Sep 1773
                      6 Honour [192] STIDHAM b: 26 Jan 1780 d: 7 Mar 1848
                        + William MATTHEWS b: 1778 d: 31 Jan 1848
                          7 Clara Amanda MATTHEWS b: 26 Aug 1820
                            + Benjamin N. OGLE b: 1820 d: 1902
                              8 Lucy H. OGLE b: 1848 d: 1932
                                + Charles D. MOORE b: ca1846

Cool huh? If true, I think my dad’s line now beats my mom’s (descendant of Robert AYARS) with first ancestors to America. And, I finally can say that I have some Scandinavian in me.

The 1870 PA census is now every name searchable on ancestry.com, and I not only found Charles & Lucy MOORE with daughter Olivia, but found them living with Thomas & Susan MOORE. There is no relationship field in the 1870 census so I can’t be sure Thomas & Susan are Charles’ parents, but it is likely.

I then searched for Thomas & Susan in 1880. Enumerated with them is the single Elizabeth FLENARD who is listed as Thomas’ sister-in-law. Both Susan and Elizabeth were born in New Jersey, and there is a small group of FLENARDs in Burlington county in earlier censuses, although I have not found Elizabeth anytime but in 1880 so far. I don’t have immediate access to the 1860 or 1900 census. I’m looking forward to my next trip the local FHC to investigate further.

Have I finally found Olivia Rush MOORE in the 1880 census? I think so. There is an Olivia Moore, age 10, in the 1880 census in Philadelphia, PA. She is the daughter of Charles D. and Lucy H. MOORE. Her mother was born in Delaware and her father was born in PA. The children of Charles and Lucy are Olivia, Frank O., Susan L., Benjamin B., Lucy L. and Elsie A. My Olivia had children named Lucy H. (aka L. Honour), Susan L. and Frank. Later census returns for my Olivia state that her mother was born in DE and her father in PA and that she was born in 1869.

More evidence: There is an IGI entry for an “Olevia R. MOORE”, born Oct 8, 1869 to Charles D. and Lucy H. MOORE. This is from the Birth registers, 1860-1903, for the city of Philadelphia. The addition of the middle initial helps me to accept that I have found my Olivia and her parents.

Now, to hunt down her husband John Alexander TODD and his parents…