Sophia Augusta Moore

Sophia Augusta was born at Mowbray Lodge, Kirby Malzeard, Yorkshire, on 18 December 1861, the daughter of James LYSAGHT and Frances (née GARDINER). Birth registered in 1st quarter 1862. She emigrated with her parents on the "Crusader" to Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand in 1874. She married Francis Edward MOORE, a sheep farmer, son of Edward Moore, Rector of Frittenden, and Lady Harriet Janet Sarah Montagu-Scott in 1884 at Taranaki, New Zealand. Her mother-in-law was the daughter of Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch and 6th Duke of Queensberry and Harriett, daughter of the 1st Viscount Sydney of St Leonards. She died on 26th March 1945 in New Zealand.

Her birth was announced in The Morning Post, 21 Dec. 1861. GRO Index to Births registered in Q1 1862. District: Ripon, Vol. 9a,Page: 71, curiously she was register as name ‘unknown’ presumably because they had not yet decided upon a name. Online biography in rootsweb by granddaughter. New Zealand Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths, marriage registration number 1884003384. This records her age at the time of marriage as 22 and confirms her birthplace as Kirby Malzeard, Yorkshire, and her parents being Frances Charlotte Gardiner and James Richard Lysaght. Burke’s Peerage, 116th edition (1999), vol 1, p.410. New New Zealand Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths, death registration number 1945/16922.

Source: Richard III: The Duldig Lineage

Census Record

• Residence: 1871 - Lancaster Gate, London, London-Middlesex, England
• Reference: 1871 England & Wales Census - SmartCopy: Feb 12 2018, 5:18:15 UTC