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Alan S Moote 3568 Ridge Road Oceanside, California 92056-4918 A-United States alanmoote@cox.net |
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| I have been asked many times about my interest in the Moote Family Tree. As a child growing up I knew of no other Mootes outside of my immediate family. My dad had no brothers and his dad was killed in World War II. My dad had some cousins but he was not close to them. I often asked about the relatives but we never saw them. I think part of the reason for Dad's lack of interest was the fact his parents divorced when he was four or five years old. In 1939 Leslie, my grandfather, joined the US Navy intelligence and was in the Philippines with his new family when the Japanese attacked in December 1941. Soon they were all prisoners and Leslie was killed by the Japanese in 1945. His wife and daughter, Barbara, survived. My father was aware he had a half sister but had not been in contact with her. In 1986 Barbara and her seven children were sitting on the deck at the rear of their home in Lafayette, Indiana. Barbara was telling her family she had a half brother and sister somewhere in California. She thought her brother might live in San Diego. Barbara's son, John, who was sixteen at the time went into the house and picked up the telephone and dialed directory assistance for San Diego, California. The first Moote in the directory was Alan Moote. 1986 was the only year I was listed in the San Diego directory. I received a call from John asking about Dee Moote, my father. After I acknowledged that I was Dee Moote's son John informed me that his mother was my father's half sister. It was quite a shock to me but for some reason I did not doubt what he was telling me. John wanted my father's telephone number but I was reluctant to give it to him without permission. I called my father and told him about the call I had received. At first he was not interested but later returned the call to Barbara. Barbara was able to give us the first clues about the Moote Family Tree. She had spoken to elderly family members and had some information about our ancestors. She was fairly accurate but quite incomplete back to the first Adam. She knew that Adam's father was from Germany but had his name as Isaiah and born in 1755. Barbara included the information in a lengthy letter to her new found brother in July 1986. The letter was very informative and contained quite a bit of information about the family. I did not think much more about the tree until December 1992. A young man, David Moote, in Denver Colorado sent letters to Mootes that were listed in a book that his father had bought for him. After a while I misplaced the letter and didn't think much more of it until May 1994. That was when I purchased "Family Tree Maker" for my computer. I wondered how David was doing with his project so I looked for and found his letter. I telephoned him to ask about his progress. His interest had waned a bit but he told me about Eleanor Mawson's book about Uncle Abram. He had acquired a photocopy of the book but had not studied it. He offered to lend it to me and I accepted. A week or so later the book arrived at my home. I skimmed through the book looking for something but I didn't know what I was looking for. Then, on page 185 the Genealogical Tables I saw ADAM, b1791, Ch: ISAIAH, b 1815 just like in Aunt Barbara's letter. I was very excited with the information at hand. I went right to the computer and started sorting and entering the data. Aunt Barbara, who had passed away a year earlier, will never know how instrumental her information was in connecting our branch of the family with the tables in Eleanor Mawson's book. It is a shame the book is no longer in print. There will soon be a new generation of Mootes that would benefit by this book and there aren't many copies around. The time and effort put forth by Eleanor Mawson in the research of her book should be appreciated by the Moote families for generations to come. Alan Scott Moote |
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