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Mr Hall [16??-1???]
Abraham Hall [16??-1???]
Abraham Hall [16??-1707]
Abraham Hall [16??-1709]
Abraham Hall [1754-1827]
Albert Edward Hall [1890-1917]
Albert George Hall [1906-1954]
Alexander Hall [1824-1861]
Rev Alfred Charles Hall [18??-18??]
Andrew Hall [1859-1???]
Rev Arthur Hall [1824-1919]
Rev Arthur Vine Hall [1862-1???]
Charles Henry Hall [18??-1???]
Charles Henry Hall [1895-1917]
Clement Hall [1884-1930]
Edward Hall [1811-18??]
Sir Ernest Hall [19??-]
Rev George H. Hall [18??-19??]
Graham Hall [19??-]
Rev Henry Hall [18??-18??]
Henry Hall [1877-1919]
Herbert Hall [1893-1917]
Herbert Hall [1898-19??]
Rev Hilkiah Bedford Hall [1825-1871]
J. A. Hall [18??-19??]
James Hall [17??-18??]
James Hall [18??-19??]
James Hall [1804-1859]
James Stevens Hall [1893-1917]
Dr Jeremiah Hall [1619-1690?]
John Hall [16??-16??]
John Hall [18??-18??]
John Hall [18??-1894]
John Arhing Hall [1735-1780]
Rev John William Hall [18??-19??]
Jonathan Hall [1???-1???]
Jonathan Hall [16??-1773]
Jonathan Hall [1628-1688]
Joseph Hall [1???-18??]
Joseph Hall [16??-1???]
Joseph Hall [16??-1709]
Joseph Hall [17??-17??]
Rev Joseph Hall [18??-1???]
Joseph Hall [18??-18??]
Joseph Hall [18??-19??]
Joseph Thompson Hall [1830-1889]
Joseph Thompson Hall [1887-1946]
Joshua Hall [17??-1???]
Joshua Hall [18??-191?]
Joshua Hall [1850-19??]
Lewis Hall [1881-1917]
Lockwood Hall [1856-1922]
Reginald Frank Hall [1908-1945]
Reuben Hall [15??-16??]
Richard Hall [15??-15??]
Richard de Zouche Hall [1908-2006]
Robert Hall [1???-1670]
Roger Hall [1923-1945]
Samuel Hall [1691-1753]
Samuel Hall [17??-1???]
Smith Hall [18??-18??]
Stephen George Hall [1852-19??]
Travis Hall [1918-1942]
W. H. Hall [18??-1???]
W. H. Hall [18??-19??]
Walter Hall [1886-19??]
Walter Hall [1896-1918]
William Hall [17??-18??]
William Hall [17??-18??]
William Hall [17??-18??]
William Hall [1767-1802]
William Hall [1789-1???]
William Hall [1795-1859]
William Hall [18??-18??]
William Henry Hall [1846-1???]
Willie Wray Hall [1884-1918] 


Hall, Mr
[16??-1???] Curate at Luddenden [1672]

Hall, Abraham
[16??-1???] He was Constable of Northowram [1672]

Hall, Abraham
[16??-1707] Son of Robert Hall.

He was Constable of Northowram Township [1672] / Overseer for Northowram [1680]

He purchased Boothtown House, built by John Priestley, from Priestley's widow Betty, and her daughter.

In 1704, he paid land tax of £5 7s/6d plus £2 3s/0d

for mills and land

His mill was used for the fulling and finishing of cloth and was situated on the Ovenden / Lee Brook.

He was one of the executors of the will of Joseph Furness.

In 1661, he married Phoebe Lister.


Phoebe was the daughter of John Lister
 

Children:

  1. Abraham
  2. Jonathan
  3. Joseph
  4. daughter
  5. daughter
  6. daughter

Hall, Abraham
[16??-1709] Son of Abraham Hall.

He was Surveyor of the Highways in Northowram Township [1705], Churchwarden [1712], and operating Old Lane Fulling Mill [1712].

In 1696, he married Jane Beaumont.

He lived in a house on the Moorfalls Estate, Northowram. He sold Boothtown House to Jonathan Nicholl.

See Booth Town Charity

Hall, Abraham
[1754-1827] Of Southowram

Hall, Albert Edward
[1890-1917] Son of Lockwood Hall.

He worked as a house painter with Mr Dinsdale [1911]

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1914], and served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He served in the Dardanelles for 20 months before being sent to the Front.

He died of wounds in Hospital in France [26th April 1917] (aged 27).

He was buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France [III F 43].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax

His brother Walter also died in the War

Hall, Albert George
[1906-1954] The caretaker at Park Congregational Church. He was convicted for the murder of 6-year-old Mary Hackett, whose body was found in the foundations of the church. He was hanged at Armley Jail on 22nd April 1954 – the last local man to be hanged.

Hall, Alexander
[1824-1861] He was chief clerk at Leeds Post Office before becoming Postmaster at Halifax [1861]

Hall, Rev Alfred Charles
[18??-18??] Minister at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top [1865].

He lived at Gibbet Street, Halifax

Hall, Andrew
[1859-1???] Born in Bootle, Liverpool.

He was a blacksmith [1891, 1901] / a grocer & general dealer [1911].

In [Q4] 1889, he married Jane Elizabeth Guest [1855-1???] in Halifax.


Jane was born in Barnsley. She was a grocer & draper (shopkeeper) [1901], a grocer & general dealer [1911]
 

Children:

  1. Frank [b 1891] who was a chemist's assistant [1911]
  2. Jessie [b 1893]
  3. Fred [b 1895] who was a plumber's apprentice [1911]

The family lived at

  • 1 Sutcliffe Buildings, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • 2 & 4 Boston Street, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge [1901]
  • Boston Street, Sowerby Bridge [1907]

He was injured – fractured ribs, severely lacerated hand and scalp wounds – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home

Hall, Rev Arthur
[1824-1919] Son of Mary (née Teverill) [1789-1871] & John Vine Hall [1774-1860], wine merchant, book seller & author.

Born in Maidstone, Kent [31st October 1824].

He was the first Minister at Luddendenfoot Congregational Church [July 1859].

In 1863, he moved to Tottenham Chapel, London.

In 1862, he married Ellen Jane Craig [1838-1927] in London.

Children:

  1. Arthur
  2. Mary Ellen [b 1865]
  3. twins Emily G [b 1866]
  4. Edward C [b 1866]
  5. Percy N [b 1868]
  6. Frank Teverill [b 1869]
  7. Edith [b 1871]
  8. Florence E [b 1871]
  9. Leslie Beeching [b 1878]
  10. Stanley Warren [b 1879]
  11. Hilda Margaret [b 1880]
  12. Herbert Alfred [b 1882]
  13. Gladys [b 1884]

He died in Hastings, Sussex [30th March 1919].

See Luddendenfoot Floral & Horticultural Society

Hall, Rev Arthur Vine
[1862-1???] Son of Rev Arthur Hall.

Born in Luddenden.

He trained at Cheshunt College before becoming Minister at Scarborough Congregational Church. He wrote a collection of poems [1889].

In 1892, he was Minister at Claremont Congregational Church, Cape Town. He published a collection of pictures and poems entitled Table Mountain [1898], and a collection of pictures and poems entitled England Revisited [1900]

Hall, Charles Henry
[18??-1???]

He married Kittie.

Children:

  1. Charles Henry

He was dead by 1917.

Kittie married Mr Lister They lived at 11 Hampden Place, Halifax

Hall, Charles Henry
[1895-1917] Son of Charles Henry Hall.

During World War I, he served as a Corporal with the 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.

He died 9th April 1917 (aged 22).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [3 & 4]

Hall, Clement
[1884-1930] Son of Lockwood Hall

He was a plasterer [1913].

In 1913, he married Sarah Huby [1886-1953] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Cyril [1917-1983]

Hall, Edward
[1811-18??] Son of Elizabeth & William Hall.

Born in Hauton [?], Lancashire.

He was a corn miller & grocer [1851].

He married Mary Pickles from Warley.


Mary was the daughter of
William Pickles
 

Children:

  1. Ann [b 1844]
  2. William Henry
  3. twins John [b 1850]
  4. Joseph [b 1850]
  5. James who was a tailor [1881]

The family lived at West Green / Well Green, Warley [1851].

Living with them [in 1871] was Mary's widowed mother Hannah.

Mary was widowed by 1881. She was a farmer of 7½ acres at Butts Green, Warley and living with son James

Hall, Sir Ernest
[19??-] OBE, DL.

Concert pianist, musician and entrepreneur who – with Jonathan Silver – bought Dean Clough in 1983 to establish Dean Clough Galleries and Dean Clough Industrial Park.

See Mill Bank

Hall, Rev George H.
[18??-19??] Minister at Cornholme United Methodist Free Church [1908].

On 30th March 1909, he married Minnie Greenwood


Minnie was the daughter of James Greenwood of Whitehaven Villas, Cornholme
 

Hall, Graham
[19??-] Mayor of Calderdale [1999-2000]

Hall, Rev Henry
[18??-18??] Pastor at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1883-1889]

Hall, Henry
[1877-1919]

He married Mary E.

They lived at 80 Halifax Road, Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 13th Battalion Devonshire Regiment, then with the Labour Corps.

He died 8th February 1919 (aged 42).

He was buried at Janval Cemetery, Dieppe, France [II D 5]

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden, on the Memorial at York Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, and on the Memorial at York Street Wesleyan Methodist Church

Hall, Herbert
[1893-1917] Son of Esther Ann (née Thornton) & Fred Hall of Bankfield, 22 Rayner Road, Brighouse.

Born in Rastrick [Q2 1893].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 75th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

He died in Belgium [9th June 1917] (aged 24).

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [56], on Clifton War Memorial, on the Memorial at Saint John's Church, Clifton, and in the book Clifton War Memorial

Hall, Herbert
[1898-19??] Son of Lockwood Hall.

He was a bobbin carrier in worsted mill [1911].

On 26th September 1925, he married Hilda Armitage [1901-19??] at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden.


Hilda was born in Ripponden
 

Hall, Rev Hilkiah Bedford
[1825-1871] Born in Sunderland, Durham.

Baptised 1st March 1825.

He was curate of Lesbury [1851]. before becoming Lecturer at Halifax Parish Church.

He published a number of sermons delivered between 1863 and 1867.

In [Q3] 1848, he married Ellen Green [1822-1900] in Durham.


Ellen was born in Durham
 

Children:

  1. Florence Bedford [1854-1942]

The family lived at

See Dr John William Garlick

Hall, J. A.
[18??-19??] He trained at Nottingham College before being ordained and becoming 21st Pastor at Warley Congregational Church [1916]

Hall, James
[17??-18??] Attorney at Square, Halifax [1809, 1816]

Hall, James
[18??-19??] Recorded in The Tradesmen's Advertiser of 1874, where he was a joiner, cabinet maker and undertaker &c at


Top of Little Lane and Back Lord Street
(Front Shop Lister Lane) 
Halifax

Hall, James
[1804-1859] Of Brighouse.

He married Hannah [1791-1859].

James died 10th December 1859.

Hannah died 24th December 1859.

The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Hall, James Stevens
[1893-1917] Son of Stephen George Hall.

He was an upholsterer [1911] / an apprentice with Moss Brothers / employed by Sutcliffe & Eastwood.

During World War I, he enlisted [May 1915], and served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He went to France [10th January 1917].

He was killed by shellfire at an outpost [17th March 1917].

He was buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France [IV C 39].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Hall, Dr Jeremiah
[1619-1690?] MD.

Physician.

Son of Reuben Hall. He was educated Heath Grammar School and in Dublin.

He built a house in Limerick where lived and died. After his death, he bequeathed his house to become a school and a hospital for the elderly. His will provided for the Hall Street Almshouses, Boothtown, the Jeremiah Hall Charity.

See Abraham Hall, Joseph Hall and Robert Wood

Hall, John
[16??-16??] Of Bradford.

He married Edith Northend.

In 1674, Field House, Shibden passed to him

Hall, John
[18??-18??] Of Lightcliffe.

In 1844, he married Mahala Wilkinson [1813-1884].

Children:

  1. Margaret [b 1844] who married George Bard of London, at Lightcliffe Church
  2. Martha [b 1849]
  3. Joshua
  4. Sarah [b 1852] who married Joseph Aspinall Kershaw

John must have died before 1861.

Mahala was a farmer [1844]; a farmer of 20 acres [1861]; a farmer of 25 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy [1871]; a farmer employing 2 men [1881]

The family lived at Upper Green, Lightcliffe [1861, 1871, 1881].

Living with them [in 1861] was [possibly John's brother] Joseph Hall [aged 49] (a servant & a carter) 

Hall, John
[18??-1894]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John William

The family lived at Moor Royd, Halifax.

John died 13th August 1894

Hall, John Arhing
[1735-1780]

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery

Hall, Rev John William
[18??-19??] MA, DCL, DD.

Only son of John Hall

He was at Hatfield Hall, Durham before becoming Vicar of St Augustine's Church, Pellon [1878-1892].

He lived at Moor Royde, Halifax.

In 1889, he married Mary Josephine Tolson [18??-1939].


Mary Josephine came from Ilkley
 

In March 1920, he preached a sermon entitled

The grave dangers of Commercial Street


Question: In some sources, there are references to Rev J. Wesley Hall. Are they one and the same person?

 

Hall, Jonathan
[1???-1???] Of Elland. His notebooks form a part of the Shibden Hall archives

Hall, Jonathan
[16??-1773] Son of Abraham Hall.

He was apprenticed to an upholsterer.

He went to work in London [1701] where he sold cloth produced by his brother Joseph.

He subsequently returned to live in Elland.

He married Miss Daws.

They had no children

In his will [1773], he left £100 to his niece Sarah Daws on condition that, if she did not use it in her lifetime, it was to be returned to the Hall family.

Hall, Jonathan
[1628-1688] Son of Robert Hall.

He owned property in what was to become Hall Street, Boothtown and other property in Boothtown which was subsequently converted into a school room – see Dr Hall's School – and almshouses – see Hall Street Almshouses.

He was a Governor of Heath Grammar School and supervised the will of Joseph Furness.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Judith who married Charles Melvil and lived in Dublin

Heywood comments that he


died rich
 

in 1688.

Daughter Judith was his sole heir and fulfilled her father's obligations under the will of his cousin Jeremiah Hall

Hall, Joseph
[1???-18??] A tenant at Little Marsh, Southowram in the time of Anne Lister

Hall, Joseph
[16??-1???] He was Constable of Northowram [1677]

Hall, Joseph
[16??-1709] Son of Robert Hall.

He was Constable of Northowram Township [1667] / Churchwarden [1680] / Surveyor of the Highways [1680].

He owned Northowram Green and property at Boothtown.

In 1680/1693, he gave 10 square yards of land which he owned in Northowram Village on which Oliver Heywood built a school.

In 1675, he pulled a house down in Northowram which Heywood described as

the ancientist house in Northowram, if not the county

He married Anne

Hall, Joseph
[17??-17??] Son of Abraham Hall.

Cloth manufacturer.

He managed the affairs of his brother Jonathan, after his death.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Anne [1722-1769] who married Jeremy Lister of Shibden Hall

He lived at Butterworth End, Norland.

In his old age, Joseph lived at Lower Brear and then Coldwell Farm

Hall, Rev Joseph
[18??-1???] BA.

Curate at Sowerby Bridge [1863], Minister-in-Charge of Norland [1863, 1874], and Vicar of Bradshaw [1875]

Hall, Joseph
[18??-18??] A labourer at Stainland.

On 2nd October 1857, he was fined £2 plus £2 12/- expenses for being drunk in a carriage of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company on 26th September. He could not pay and was sent to the house of correction for 6 weeks

Hall, Joseph
[18??-19??] Beer retailer and washing liquor maker at Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1861]

Hall, Joseph Thompson
[1830-1889] He was a journeyman moulder [1851] / an iron moulder [1861, 1871] / a green grocer [1881].

He had his own green grocery business at 113 Haugh Shaw Road, Skircoat.

After his death, the business was carried on by his son Joseph Whiteley Hall.

On 6th January 1850, he married Sophia Foster [1830-1898] at Hanover Chapel, Halifax.

Children:

  1. Harriet [1852-1920] who married [Halifax 1878] John Thompson [1856-1???]
  2. Edwin [1854-1???] who married [Halifax 1877] Ann Hiley [1854-1911]
  3. Lockwood
  4. Margaret [1858-1890] who married Moses Haxby
  5. Joseph Whiteley [1860-1932] who married [Halifax Q1/1887] Ellen Payne [18??-1???]
  6. Lucy [1863-1948] who married [Halifax 1884] John Mallinson [1855-1908]
  7. Annie [1865-1938] who married [Halifax 1888] Priestley Chambers [1867-1946]
  8. Emma [1867-1935] who married [Halifax 1894] Thomas D. Crossley [1863-1???]
  9. Julia Ann [1871-1944] married [Halifax 1901] Joseph Pogson [1858-1937]

The family lived at

  • 10 Rochdale Road, King Cross [1851]
  • Washer Lane, King Cross, Halifax [1861]
  • 13 Walton Street, Skircoat [1871]
  • 113 Haugh Shaw Road, Skircoat [1881]

Hall, Joseph Thompson
[1887-1946] Son of Lockwood Hall.

He was a moulder in iron foundry [1911].

In July 1916, he married Lillie Lyon [1896-1971] at Halifax Parish Church.


Lillie was born in Liverpool
 

Children:

  1. Muriel E. [1917-1999] who married [Halifax 1937] to Allan Kirby [1915-1978]
  2. Ethel [1919-2011] who married [Halifax 1942] to A. Reginald Seal [1921-1999]
  3. Mary [1921-1999] who married [Halifax 1942] to Norman G. Marshall [1922-2000]

The family lived at 2 Bruce Street, Parkinson Lane, Halifax

Hall, Joshua
[17??-1???] Son of John Hall.

Baptised at Lightcliffe [10th September 1762].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1801]
  2. John [b 1809]
  3. Samuel [b 1810]
  4. Joseph [b 1812]

The family lived at Upper Green, Hove Edge [1841]

Hall, Joshua
[18??-191?] He lived at Sheard Green, Hipperholme [1930]

Hall, Joshua
[1850-19??] Son of John Hall.

Born in Lightcliffe.

He was a lawyer's general clerk [1871] / a solicitor's general clerk [1881] / a solicitor's clerk [1891, 1901, 1902].

In 1873, he married Hannah Brook [1852-19??] in Halifax.


Hannah came from Rastrick.

In 1891, she is shown as stone merchant/farmer

 

Children:

  1. Hiram Washington [bapt 2nd November 1873]
  2. John Washington [b 1874] who was a solicitor's clerk [1891]
  3. Samuel Henry [bapt 7th March 1875]
  4. Alice Martha Louisa [bapt 4th March 1877] who was visiting Arthur William Thwaite [1891] and who married Edwin Jowett
  5. Florence Matilda [b 1878]
  6. Joshua [bapt 12th November 1881] who was visiting Arthur William Thwaite [1916]
  7. Cecil Brook [b 1884]

The family lived at Nether House [1881, 1891, 1901].

Living with them [in 1881] was Hannah's sister Frances Brook [aged 20] (dress maker). Living with them in 1891 was Joshua's sister Martha [aged 41]

Hall, Lewis
[1881-1917] Son of James Hall of Halifax.

In [Q2] 1904, he married Edith Greasby in Doncaster.

They lived at 24 Clark Avenue, Carr House Road, Doncaster

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.

He died 17th February 1917 (aged 36).

He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [4 & 5]

Hall, Lockwood
[1856-1922] Son of Joseph Thompson Hall.

Born in Halifax

He was a worsted overlooker [1883] / a worsted weaving overlooker [1911].

On 2nd September 1883, he married Mary Boocock in Halifax.


Mary was the daughter of Titus Boocock
 

Children:

  1. Clement
  2. Clara [1885-1969] who married Albert Whitaker
  3. Joseph Thompson
  4. Albert Edward
  5. Willie [1891-1919]
  6. Walter
  7. Herbert
  8. Edith [b 1900]
  9. John / Jack [b 1902] who emigrated to America and died there
  10. Florence [1904-1999] who married Harry Pollard

The children were all born in Halifax.

The family lived at 2 Bruce Street, Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1911].

Sons Albert Edward & Walter died in World War I.

Lockwood died 10th October 1922.

He was buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross

Hall, Reginald Frank
[1908-1945] Son of Frances Jane & Charles Hall of Stowmarket, Suffolk.

In [Q2] 1938, he married Margaret Battle in Gipping, Suffolk. They lived in Ovenden.

During World War II, he served as a Leading Aircraftman with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died 3rd August 1945 (aged 37).

He was buried at Stowmarket Cemetery [R 401]

Hall, Reuben
[15??-16??] Brother of Robert Hall.

In July 1616, he married Helen Smithes.

Children:

  1. Jeremiah

Hall, Richard
[15??-15??] He married Marjory.

In 1576, Isabel Saltynstall was accused of calling Marjory

Gregory Waterhouse's whore

In retaliation, Hall called Isabel a whore. The judge found in Isabel's favour and fined Hall 50/- for his

vexatious accusation

Hall, Richard de Zouche
[1908-2006] He was Town Clerk of Halifax – a name which must stick in the memory of anyone who lived in Halifax in the 1950s and 1960s.

He was President of the Halifax Orchestral Society for 40 years

Hall, Robert
[1???-1670] Brother of Reuben Hall. He was a wealthy clothier at Boothtown / a partner in Hall & Mitchell.

In 1635,

Robert Hall of Boothe Town

was one of the subscribers to a fund established to buy land for the grammar school in Halifax.

In 1638, he bought Boothtown Hall from the Booth family, and in 1640, he carried out extensive alterations.

In 1641, along with others, he was invited to make a contribution of 28 shillings to the King's Parliament.

In 1642, he witnessed the will of Nathaniel Waterhouse.

In 1651, he was appointed one of the Commissioners of the Pious Uses Commission.

In 1665, he paid Hearth Tax on a property with six fireplaces, one of the largest houses in Northowram Township at the time.


Question: Was this Boothtown Hall?

 

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Jonathan
  2. Abraham
  3. Joseph

Hall, Roger
[1923-1945] Son of Ada Louise & Charles Phillips Hall of Hipperholme.

He was educated at Crossley & Porter School.

During World War II, he served as a Lieutenant with 42 R. M. Commando Royal Marines.

He was killed in action in Burma [31st January 1945] (aged 22).

He was buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma [11 A 2].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax

Hall, Samuel
[1691-1753] A mercer in Halifax.

He married Mary [1692-1761].

Children:

  1. Susannah [d 1778] who married Eli Dyson

Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church where an inscription reads


Here lie interred the remains of Samuel Hall
of Halifax, mercer, who departed this life the
5th day of March 1753 in
the 63d year of his age.

Also Mary, the wife of the above Samuel Hall, died Septemr the 7 1761, aged 69.
Also Eli Dyson, mercer, who was buried March 28th 1776.
Also Susannah, his wife and daughter of the above Samuel and Mary Hall, who was buried May 12th 1778.

Hall, Samuel
[17??-1???] One of the trustees of Sir William Staines's School

Hall, Smith
[18??-18??] Partner in Hall & Clarkson.

He lived at Exley House, Exley Bank [1845]

Hall, Stephen George
[1852-19??] Son of Stephen Hall, contractor.

Born in Pentney, Norfolk.

He was a confectioner of Swine Market, Halifax [1885] / a baker & confectioner [1891, 1901] / a confectioner & baker [1911].

In 1885, he married Clara Jessie Goodwin at Halifax Parish Church.


Clara Jessie, of St James's Road, Halifax, was born in London, the daughter of
Charles Goodwin
 

Children:

  1. William H [b 1886] who was a draper's assistant [1891, 1901], a packer [1911]
  2. Fernettia Janet [1888-1892]
  3. Arthur [b 1891] who was a hairdresser [1911]
  4. James Stevens
  5. Mary Ellen [b 1895] who was a machinist [1911]

The family lived at

  • 4 Wood Street, Manningham, Bradford [1891]
  • 48 Alma Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 52 Alma Street, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1891] were widowed mother-in-lawMary Goodwin [b 1821] & sister-in-law Sarah Goodwin [b 1859]

Hall, Travis
[1918-1942] Son of Marina & James Whittaker Hall of Sowerby Bridge.

During World War II, he served as a Gunner with the Royal Artillery 151 (The Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment.

He died 25th March 1942 (aged 24).

He was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery [D C 341]

Hall, W. H.
[18??-1???] Around 1885, he established a tobacconist, bookseller, stationer and newsagents at Ryburn Buildings, Sowerby Bridge. The business sold a range of popular tobaccos

Hall, W. H.
[18??-19??] Sowerby Bridge Photographer

Hall, Walter
[1886-19??] In 1920, he married Alice E Dixon in Halifax. Children:

  1. Charles A [b 1921]
  2. Granville [b 1923]
  3. Barbara [b 1925]
  4. Stanley [b 1928]
  5. Bessie [b 1929]

The children were all born in Halifax

Hall, Walter
[1896-1918] Son of Lockwood Hall.

He was a pawnbroker's shop assistant with Brookes in Woolshops [1911].

During World War I, he enlisted [April 1915], and served as a Corporal with the 21st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died of shock & loss of blood in hospital at Etaples [29th March 1918] (aged 22).

He was buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France [XXXIII A 6A].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax

His brother Albert Edward also died in the War

Hall, William
[17??-18??] Attorney at Cheapside, Halifax [1816]

Hall, William
[17??-18??] Of Halifax.

In January 1800, he was declared bankrupt

Hall, William
[17??-18??] A Luddite from Hartshead. He was an apprentice at Jackson's cropping shop in Hightown. He was made redundant and later went to work at Wood's cropping shop in Huddersfield where he worked with George Mellor. He was an informer in the Rawfolds Mill case

Hall, William
[1767-1802] Halifax attorney.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. William
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child
  8. child

He died at his lodgings in London after a short illness [December 1802]

Hall, William
[1789-1???] Son of William Hall. He was articled to Lewis Alexander

Hall, William
[1795-1859] A clothier on Soyland.

In 1859, his body was found with a rope tied around his neck and covered by a carpet. He had been robbed.

The inquest concluded that there was insufficient evidence to prove wilful murder, and no-one was ever charged with the crime

Hall, William
[18??-18??] Road contractor and well-sinker at Ovenden Cross [1861]

Hall, William Henry
[1846-1???] Son of Edward Hall.

He married Susannah Broadbent [1851-1???] from Norland.

Children:

  1. Fred [1878]
  2. Ernest [1879-1943]

The family lived at Butts Green, Warley

Hall, Willie Wray
[1884-1918] Born in Heckmondwike.

He worked for R. & J. Holroyd Limited at Holywell Brook.

He lived at Meltham, then at Old Earth, Elland.

During World War I, he enlisted with the West Riding Regiment, then served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [8th October 1918].

He was buried at Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension, France [II D 8].

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Methodist Church, Elland

 

The Hall family
Owned Boothtown House.

The family established the Booth Town Charity.

In 1802, they built almshouses and a school in the area

Hall surname

The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.

There are over 70 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Hall, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.

Unattached BMDs for Hall:


Baptism 1834; Marriages 1862, 1894, 1907; Death 1900
 




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