John Troup MOIR

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Papaikou, Hawaii, Hawaii Territory, USA

Notes:

Source: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/moirjr158gbs.txt
JOHN TROUP MOIR, JR., Plantation Manager. A career in Hawaii?s great sugar industry was the natural heritage of John T. Moir, Jr., manager of the Koloa
Sugar Co., Koloa, Kauai, since November, 1922, for he was born and reared on a plantation and his father, J. T. Moir, Sr., has been manager of the Onomea Sugar Co., Hawaii, for almost thirty years.
The younger Moir, son of John T. and Louisa (Silver) Moir, was born at Onomea on May 23, 1894. He was educated in the public schools and at Punahou
Academy, Honolulu, and was graduated from Cornell University, where he majored in agriculture in preparation for his life work.
Returning to Hawaii from college, Mr. Moir served as assistant agriculturist of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters? Association experiment station from Aug.,
1916, until Nov., 1918; was overseer of the Kihei division of the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., at Puunene, Maui, from Nov., 1918, until May, 1922,
and then spent six months as assistant manager of the Pioneer Mill Co. at Lahaina.
Appointed manager of the Koloa Sugar Co. in Nov., 1922, Mr. Moir had reached this responsible position at the age of 28, six years after his entry into the
industry.
In addition to other business interest, Mr. Moir is a director of the Garden Island Motors Co., Ltd., of Lihue, Kauai, and is an active supporter of
community development and welfare work.
Mr. Moir married Gertrude Mae Fisher of Philadelphia, Pa., on June 24, 1916. They have two children, John T. Moir, 3rd, and Mildred Mar Moir. Mr. Moir is a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the Cornell Club of Hawaii.


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/moirjr158gbs.txt

Birth:
"Hawaii, Births and Christenings, 1852-1933:
Name: John Troup Moir, Jr Gender: Male Birth Date: 23 May 1894
Birthplace: ONOMEA, HI, Hawaii Father's Name: John T Moir Mother's Name: Louisa Silver Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00870-5 System Origin: Hawaii-EASy Source Film Number: 1031541 Reference Number: Bk 39 cn 9610
Source Citation: "Hawaii, Births and Christenings, 1852-1933," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWSS-WRR : accessed 23 July 2012), Louisa Silver in entry for John Troup Moir, Jr, 1894.

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Died:
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: John Moir Jr. SSN: 575-07-8234 Last Residence: 96744 Kaneohe, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
BORN: 23 May 1894 Died: Feb quarter 1985

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John married Gertrude Mae FISHER in 1916. Gertrude was born in 1896 in Philadelphia, USA; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
See death ref

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Died:
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: John Troup Moir
Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 1 Jan 1919 Birth Place: Paia Maui
Death Date: 25 May 1999 Father: John T Moir Mother: Gertrude M Fisher
SSN: 576102177 Notes: Jul 1937: Name listed as JOHN TROUP MOIR; 01 Nov 1982: Name listed as JOHN TROUP MOIR III; 09 Jun 1999: Name listed as JOHN T MOIR III

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Family/Spouse: George Gros MASON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]