Thanks Helen, The info you sent me was wonderfull ! I kind of got a mental block on this one. I found the Thompson Hall born Thornton Stewart, but there where other's born elseware. I couldn't find census info for Thomas in 1871 in Bishop Auckland to match this ! Thompson Hall in 1881 I didn't look for ! (I didn't think about a son) Yes i think they are mine ! I did a search for the witnesses, they were "NICKOLAS" and "ELIZABETH LYNN" (formally "Jameson") in 1881 they are living at Coxlie Square, Coxhoe, Durham. There is a grandchild "NICKOLAS" aged 4 yrear ( I think it is possably their's) livind with "HENRY JAMESON" and family, at Hamsterley, Durham. (probably Elizabeth's parents) Thanks again Carole Robinson Member of NDFHS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Oram" <helen@wtoram.co.uk> To: "Brian Robinson" <brian@robinson8298.fsnet.co.uk> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] "Slater's Directory" Help! > In message <02b401c3eff2$3113a140$c869893e@robinson1>, Brian Robinson > <brian@robinson8298.fsnet.co.uk> writes > >Thankyou Helen, > >Another dissapointment! > >I was looking for my 2 Great-grandfather "THOMAS HALL" he married my 2 > >Great -grandmother "DRUSILLA HIELD" in "The Primitive Methodist church" > >Bishop Auckland, in 1873, he was a coal miner, he was a widower aged 40, > >"DRUSILLA" was a spinster aged 23. > Hello Carole, > What were the witnesses called? Perhaps that will help if there were > any HALLS. > >He gave his father as "THOMPSON HALL" blacksmith, (deceased) > >I have looked on the 1871 census at the Co Archives in Durham but was unable > >to find him (I would like to find his first wife! and also where he was > >born!) > >I found DRUSILLA (transcribed as PRISILLA) living with her mother and > >step-father in "Bishop Auckland" at the address from which she was married! > > > >I have info from a family bible > > > >(Drusilla Hield was younitted in maridge to Thomas Hall of Metal Bridge on > >Febuary the 22nd 1873 > >Thomas Hall died December 11th 1877 ) > > > >Please can anyone surgest anything else! > > > >Carole Robinson > There was this family in 1881 caught my eye, living in the same place > that your Thomas was from: > > Dwelling: Metal Bridge Village > Census Place: Ferryhill, Durham, England > Source: FHL Film 1342179 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4903 Folio > 82 Page 45 > Marr Age Sex Birthplace > Thompson HALL M 39 M Thornton Steward, York, England > Rel: Head > Occ: Coal Miner > Ann HALL M 35 F Pennyfine, Northumberland, > England > Rel: Wife > Thompson HALL 16 M Bp Auckland, Durham, England > Rel: Son > Occ: Pupil Teacher > George HALL 10 M Bp Auckland, Durham, England > Rel: Son > Occ: Scholar > Peter HALL 2 M Metal Bridge, Durham, England > Rel: Son > Mary HALL 1 F Metal Bridge, Durham, England > Rel: Daur > > > This Thompson HALL would appear to be the son of another Thompson HALL, > as here they are in 1851 from a census index to Thornton Steward > HO107/2379 > > HALL family folio 293-294 > Thompson 49 YKS born Thornton Steward 293 > Dorothy 22 " " " 294 > Peter 13 " " " " > William 13 " " " > Thompson 9 " " " " > > The IGI has the following children bapt to Thompson HALL senior & > Dorothy, and there is a Thomas of about the right age, > > DOROTHY HALL - International Genealogical Index > Gender: Female Christening: 20 APR 1818 Thornton Steward, Yorkshire, > England > > JOHN HALL - International Genealogical Index > Gender: Male Christening: 24 APR 1830 Thornton Steward, Yorkshire, > England > > THOMAS HALL - International Genealogical Index > Gender: Male Christening: 15 JUL 1832 Thornton Steward, Yorkshire, > England > > 1. MARY HALL - International Genealogical Index > Gender: Female Christening: 16 DEC 1834 Thornton Steward, Yorkshire, > England > > 3. WILLIAM HALL - International Genealogical Index > Gender: Male Christening: 14 AUG 1837 Thornton Steward, Yorkshire, > England > > > 5. PETER HALL - International Genealogical Index > Gender: Male Christening: 14 AUG 1837 Thornton Steward, Yorkshire, > England > > 6. THOMPSON HALL - International Genealogical Index > Gender: Male Christening: 04 JUN 1841 Thornton Steward, Yorkshire, > England > > > You may just have to work round the Bp. Auckland/FerryHill area on the > 1861 & 1871 census, looking for all the Thomas HALLs & then eliminating > them. > > One thing I thought of was - if Thomas had any children with his first > wife - what happened to them when he died, and his second wife > remarried? > > There is this family in 1881 - I wondered if Dorothy, niece, may be the > child of your Thomas HALL? > > Dwelling: 14 Surtees St > Census Place: Bishop Auckland, Durham, England > Source: FHL Film 1342182 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4914 Folio > 87 Page 16 > Marr Age Sex Birthplace > Mary HALL U 45 F Thornton Steward, York, England > Rel: Head > Occ: Monthly Nurse (Sub Ser) > William BRAITHWAITE U 28 M Thornton Steward, York, > England > Rel: Nephew > Occ: Pattern Maker > Thomas BRAITHWAITE M 26 M Thornton Steward, York, > England > Rel: Nephew > Occ: Blacksmith > Margaret BRAITHWAITE M 24 F Coundon, Durham, England > Rel: Neice > Occ: Blacksmith Wife > William BRAITHWAITE 6 M St Andrews Auckland, > Durham, England > Rel: Grandson > Occ: Scholar > Dorothy Jane BRAITHWAITE 4 F St Andrews > Auckland, Durham, England > Rel: Grandaur > Occ: Scholar > Mary BRAITHWAITE 1 m F Bp Auckland, Durham, > England > Rel: Grandaur > Dorothy HALL 14 F Bp Auckland, Durham, England > Rel: Neice > Occ: Scholar > > > And this could be William & family - blacksmith like his father perhaps? > > Dwelling: 33 Stanley Colly > Census Place: Crook & Billy Row, Durham, England > Source: FHL Film 1342185 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4928 Folio > 103 Page 12 > Marr Age Sex Birthplace > William HALL M 43 M Thornton Steward, York, England > Rel: Head > Occ: Blacksmith > Grace HALL M 37 F Hatfield, Essex, England > Rel: Wife > Thomas T. HALL U 16 M Crook, Durham, England > Rel: Son > Occ: Coal Miner > Robert HALL 12 M Stanley, Durham, England > Rel: Son > Occ: Scholar > John W. HALL 8 M Stanley, Durham, England > Rel: Son > Occ: Scholar > Mary J. HALL 4 F Stanley, Durham, England > Rel: Daur > Dorothy HALL 1 F Stanley, Durham, England > Rel: Daur > > > So they all seem to have moved to the Bishop/Crook/Ferryhill area. > > It may be worth getting Dorothy HALL born about 1866 birth certificate > to see if her father was Thomas. Then that would give a wife's name. > I would also look at the Thornton Steward census I sent to see what > Thompson HALLs occupation was. > > Hope this helps. > > > -- > Helen Oram