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| Lucy Prescott Moore |
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| Born: 15 July 1884 Rochester, Monroe Co., NY Married: 19 Oct 1912 Nevada County, CA Died: 5 Mar 1970 Monterrey, Mexico Buried: Rosario Cemetery, Monterrey, Mexico FATHER MOTHER HUSBAND CHILDREN
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 Lucy Prescott Moore |
| 2. Lucy Moore Shaw b. 02 Apr 1915 m. 15 Aug 1939 to Chase J. Brooke d. 17 Nov 1999 |
 Lucy Moore Shaw |
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| 3. Jane Shaw b. 1917 d. Abt. 1919 |
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| 4. David Shaw b. 28 Jun 1918 m. Abt. 1940 d. Abt. 1946 |
 David Shaw |
Lucy Prescott Moore
by Chase Brooke
Oct 2023
Lucy's family moved around a lot when she was a youngster. She was born
in Rochester, NY on 15 Jul 1884 but moved to Alameda, CA in 1889 at the age of 5.
(1) Her father had just joined the Equitable Life Insurance company.
From Alameda, her father was transferred to IL in 1893 when Lucy was 9 and they
lived in Evanston, IL for a couple of years. Then when she was 11 the
family was transferred to Memphis. And at aged 13 she finally moved to
Pittsburgh where the family remained until she got out of school. In the
1910 census for Pittsburgh Lucie P Moore, aged 25, is listed as a stenographer in a lawyer's
office. (2)
Oral history has it that she had gone to finishing
school and was especially good in math. During the Mexican Revolution of 1910
Lucy had gone with her sister, Louise, to look for Louise's husband,
Malcolm
Poole, who was lost during the Revolution. They never did find Malcolm. Somehow
they were rounded up and held in a containment camp for foreigners for a short
time for their own protection. John Ernest Shaw was also being held there and they met on a
tennis court in this camp.
After her release, Lucy went to San Francisco to an aunt's home, probably
Elizabeth Whiting McCutcheon. John followed her and became a mining
engineer in Gaston Ridge, CA. He had been appalled to see an American woman in
Mexico during the Revolution and admired her spunk and courage. They dated and
married on 17 Oct 1912 when he was 26 and she
29. The attendants were Fred P. Moore and Ethel Garland both residents of
Gaston, Nevada County, CA. (3)
They moved to Chile for a short time, 1917 - 1922, and then to Tampico, Mexico.
In Tampico John Shaw became the manager of an oil company. Finally the family settled
in Monterrey, Mexico about 1930-31. After John died Lucy moved in with her
married daughter and grandchildren. Her grandson, Chuck, remembered her playing
cards, especially poker, and smoking cigars for effect.
John and Lucy's son David enlisted in the RCAF in 1942 and flew bomber missions
in Burma. His brother Jack was a FBI agent in Nicaragua for a few years and then
returned to Monterrey to go into the mining business.
Lucy died 5 Mar 1970 at the home of her daughter-in-law, Ester Cejudo Shaw. (4)
Sources
(1)
Application for US Citizenship in 1935
Lucy Moore Shaw born 15 Jul 1884
Married 17 Oct 1912
(2) 1910 census Pittsburgh, Allegheny,. PA
| (3) Married: 19 Oct 1912 Nevada County, CA |
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| (4) Died: 5 Mar 1970 Monterrey, Mexico
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