My g-grandmother, Mary HALL was born in Sunderland March 23, 1855 and died November 20, 1943 in San Diego, California, USA. Mary married John George WILLS, b. 1/24/1854 in Sunderland, d. 4/30/1925 in San Diego, CA, a blacksmith, farmer, rancher, politician. Mary had twelve children. Mary's parents were Cuthbert HALL, b. 10/26/1818 in Sunderland, d. 2/5/1900 in Sunderland, a Shipwright aboard the vessel Bradley. Cuthbert's spouse was Elizabeth MURRAY, b. 1823 in Sunderland, d. 12/24/1897in Sunderland, a homemaker. Mary's siblings: James Murray HALL, b. 1845 in Sunderland Thomas HALL, b. 1847 in Sunderland Cuthbert HALL, b. 1849 in Sunderland, d. 10/8/1879 William Hall, b. 1859 in Sunderland Elizabeth HALL, b. 1861 in Sunderland, assistant dryer Margaret HALL, b. 1866 in Sunderland, shop assistant Annie HALL, b. 1869 in Sunderland, office clerk Mary's grandfather was Thomas HALL, a shipwright who married Mary Richardson. Yes, it would be wonderful to untangle the HALL history! Charles On Jan 11, 2008, at 12:05 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. HALL (susan branton) > 2. Re: HALL ([email protected]) > 3. Richard Errington Foundry 1850's Sunderland (ALLAN ROBSON) > 4. Re: Richard Errington Foundry 1850's Sunderland > ([email protected]) > 5. Re: Richard Errington Foundry 1850's Sunderland > ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:03:50 -0000 > From: "susan branton" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] HALL > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAADBDKRrUkeJJpk+x/Xn/[email protected] > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > One of my main interests in Sunderland is HALL and I have made a lot > of > headway with this common surname using both census and parish records. > > My project now is to try and expand on the various branches and > wonder if > anyone on the list may also have an interest in the HALL family I have > detailed below. > > John Weston Smith HALL born 22 May 1869 Sunderland married Elizabeth > ROBSON > 1890 in Sunderland. > Children: > Charles William 1892, John 1897, Ernest 1898 & Ellen Robson 1901 > > The above children I have confirmed through baptism parish records > however, > there may be more. > > Look forward to hearing from anyone who may connect to this family. > > Sue > Sunderland > Researching: POLLEY, OLD, CARTLEDGE, CALVERT, TAYLOR, NEASHAM, AYRE, > PESTELL, BRANTON, LINCOLN, GANLEY, FLAHERTY, BAINBRIDGE, FORSTER, > GREEN, > BLANCHFLOWER, BOOTH, EMBLING, CARR, FINNEGAN, HALL, HUNTER, KELLY, > RICHARDS, > BLAKELOCK, ROWE, RUTHERFORD, STEWART, COCKERILL. > Places: ESSEX, SUNDERLAND, NORFOLK, DURHAM, IRELAND, SCOTLAND. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:57:19 EST > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] HALL > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > In a message dated 10/01/2008 13:08:48 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > One of my main interests in Sunderland is HALL and I have made a > lot of > headway with this common surname using both census and parish > records. > > My project now is to try and expand on the various branches > > > > You must have a lot of heart to tackle a general study of the > Halls! It > is one of the most numerous surnames in both Northumberland and Co > Durham, > as well as being very common throughout the north of England. Your > first job > must be to look at the W Percy Hedley MSS in Northumberland County > Record > Office. As you probably know, Hedley published two volumes of his > "Northumberland Families" before his death in the 1970s. The > Record Office have the MSS > notes he made preparatory to writing further volumes on similar > lines, one of > which was to be devoted to "Elsdon Lairds". W P Hedley's own > family can be > traced back to one of the numerous Elsdon Hedley families, hence > his interest > in that parish. There were lots and lots of Hall families among > those Elsdon > small land-owners and WPH has reconstructed their families > excellently. > They were the descendants of Border Reivers and their own > descendants prospered > and multiplied enormously, making Elsdon one of the main "Hall > homelands" of > the north-east - though by no means the only one! > > Geoff Nicholson > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:11:22 -0000 > From: "ALLAN ROBSON" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Richard Errington Foundry 1850's > Sunderland > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello All > I am looking for info on the above, Richard Errington had a foundry > in Sunderland, it was in the 1850's , I dont know how long it lasted > and would like help finding some information. > Maybe someone can help. > > Regards > Allan Robson > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:50:26 +0100 (GMT+01:00) > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Richard Errington Foundry 1850's > Sunderland > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset="UTF-8" > > Allan - Whellan's Directory for County Durham, 1856 has the following: > > Errington, Richard (R Errington ,jun. & Brothers), ho Deptford Lodge, > B > Errington, Richard, jun. & Brothers, brass-founders, &c. Ayre's Quay, > and Pann Bank Top. B. > > Alan Vickers. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Get up to ?150 by recycling your old mobile - visit www.tiscali.co.uk/recycle > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:23:26 EST > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Richard Errington Foundry 1850's > Sunderland > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > See the Sunderland Archives for July 2007 > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/eng-dur-sunderland/2007-07/1185302819 > > Stan > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND mailing list, send an > email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Digest, Vol 3, Issue 7 > ************************************************