Abraham Moses - Incorrect spouse and children attributed to this Abraham.

Hi Leanne.

Yes the father is down as John on his 1928 death certificate (#20219/1928). That certificate has a death date of 22 Dec 1928, and names his wife and children (see below). BTW there is also another John Moss that died that year (20 Aug 1928 in Auburn, #11348/1928) that lists Jacob and Sarah Moses as his parents.... that is his brother Isaac!

John and Mary Carter's marriage certificate also has it as John and Sarah Miller. Circumstances in Abraham/John's life must have led him to distance himself from his parents, and name them incorrectly. It certainly meant that we stalled on that family line for over 15 years (until mum got her DNA done).

My mother has several DNA matches in each line to the descendants of David Moss (Joseph and Sarah's 4th Child), Rachel Symons (Sarah's sister), and Myer Solomon (Sarah's grandfather).

All that needs to be done to correct this profile is remove the marriage to Mary Elizabeth Moses, and unlink those children.
Mary Carter (b. 04 Jul 1871, d. 14 Aug 1946, m. 04 Sep 1890) had 6 children, John, Ernest William, Henrietta May, Jessie, Grace, and Ruth.

Incidentally, some of those DNA matches are to Dorothy Johnson (one of the names listed as profile manager), her daughter Alana, and her sister Gwendoline.

> An Abraham MOSES definitely married Mary Elizabeth O'NEIL and fathered the children

Yes. That Abraham Moses that was married to Mary Elizabeth O'Neil died in 1899. This is the obituary (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14219946).

> Could the son who changed his name to John MOSS be one of the other brothers or a cousin?

No. The birth information on his MC and DC place his birth between 1863-1865 in Petersham. There is no other Moss/Moses family in that area at the time having children.

Jacob and Sarah had 8 children according to their DCs...
- Rebecca M MOSES 1862–1898, married Solomon Steenbhom (DNA matches to Jill, Lloyd and Blake Talbot)
- John (Abraham) MOSS 1863–1928 my great grandfather. I have all the necessary certificates linking myself to him.
- Joseph MOSES 1866–1867 (i have these two certificates)
- David MOSS 1868–1950 (DNA matches to Dorothy, Gwendoline, Alana, 2 Hockley's and a Hampton)
- Joseph MOSES 1870–bef1920 (died before 1920 according to mother's DC)
- Esther MOSES 1873–1952 married Solomon Steenbhom after the death of her sister
- Florence (Fanny) MOSES 1875–1936 married LUCEY
- John (Isaac) MOSS 1877–1928 married AUSSELL (I have this DC)

> Isaac Moses, {Australian Immigrant} emigrated to Australia - do we know if he married and had children?
Yes, Emma Ellen AUSSELL 1897–1966 had three children
Letitia Agnes MOSES 1920–
Irene MOSS 1922–2008
Pamela Ellen MOSS 1925–2011

NSW BDM search MOSES ABRAM 11460/1899 JOHN MARY SYDNEY

Also
https://rookwoodcemetery.discovereverafter.com/search-results?searc...#

All the vital information for those people can be seen on my Ancestry tree. Here's the profile for Jacob Moses
https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/176072869/perso...

I really appreciate you taking the time to talk with me. I've verified all my research with Alana Johnson, John Shrimski and Adrian Paul. I've provided to you the most important piece of evidence (the 1899 funeral notices of the Abraham that was married to Mary O'Neill - the last notice being from his O'Neill in-laws). All I want to do is help others researching my Moses/Symons family, but also the Moses/O'Neill family.