The Atkinson-Moore family, originally from Moose Factory, has grown and maintained deep connections throughout the Métis Homeland for generations.
After moving from Moose Factory to Red River in 1834, for example, several members of the Moore family—including Métis siblings Sarah Mary, Anne, and Philip, their mother Emma, and their Métis aunt Elizabeth Moore—were all baptized on the same day.
While some members of the Moore family, including the recently baptized siblings and their parents, eventually returned to the Métis community at Moose Factory, where they raised the next generation of Métis children, many others remained farther west.
Elizabeth Moore, for example, received Métis scrip in Manitoba under her married name, Elizabeth Smith. Her brother, Charles Moore, also received Métis scrip in St. Andrew’s parish, as did their parents—George Sr. and Mary Moore (nee Truthwaite).
With such deep connections throughout the Métis Homeland and a long family history of receiving Métis scrip, it is unsurprising that another member of the Moore family—William Moore—was among the signatories of the 1905 Moose Factory Métis Petition, seeking “that scrip has been granted to the Halfbreeds of the North West Territory,” with whom they felt a shared history and circumstance.