John Henry HALL, b.c. June 1855 at Sawley/Shardlow, living in Churh St. Sawley, 1841 and Cross Street, Sawley, 1861 with parents.   Parents believed to be William HALL bc 1802  (?Staffordshire) and Hannah BROOKS married Jun q 1840 Shardlow   An apprentice Smith/Mechanic, he married Betsy CUTTS  29 March 1875 at Nottingham St. Nicholas.   They had a daughter Kate Elizabeth HALL b. Dec q 1875 in Nottingham - she was later a pupil teacher.   John and Betsy HALL moved to Hoxton New Town between 1875 and 1878   Their next daughter, Mary Cutts HALL was b. Jan 1878 in Hoxton New Town, Shoreditch, Mx.   In 1881 they are living in Raleigh Street, Nottingham with her parents.   They may have had a son, John Henry HALL, who died age 0, in Dec. 1890 at Stepney.   John HALL Senior appears to have died between 1881 and 1891 as Betsy is then a widow - back living with her mother in Nottingham.   I am interested in finding out more about their time in London and if they stayed with/near other relatives at that time.   I would also like to further my research into BROOKS family to see if they are related to a Thomas BROOKES bc 1805 who went over to France with the lacemakers.   Mavis