For those interested in the Quaker history of Welland, the St. Catharines Standard posted an article by Mark Allenov a few years ago about the home of Solomon Moore and its history as first a farm, later the Welland’s Country Children Center, and eventual purchase by the Welland Historical Society.
Solomon Moore home on South Pelham Road. Photo courtesy of the Welland Historical Society. Photo c. 1870s.
The Moores were a Quaker family originally from Lancaster Country in Pennsylvania. Jeremiah and Mary Moore were original founding members of Pelham Monthly Meeting in 1799. In 1795, Solomon Moore received Crown grants for three lots in Pelham Township, claiming to have improved upon the lots since arriving in the province in 1788. More about the Moore family can be found in CFHA’s first monograph series, Essays on Nineteenth Century Quakerism in Canada, edited by Albert Schrauwers. Richard MacMaster’s “Friends in the Niagara Peninsula 1786-1802” details how the Moore family settled in the area and their various dealings in gaining Crown grants.
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