I know "Hall" is a very common name, but my "Hall branch" was also resident in the area of Lamesley in the 1800s. Mary Hall b1864 in Swalwell – married William Craven Fulthorpe Her father was William Hall b1837 in Lamesley – married Frances Barron His father was William Hall b1798 in Shotley – married Margaret Maddison His father was Cuthbert Hall b1769 in Shotley – married Mary Moor His father was Cuthbert Hall b1740 in Shotley – married Elizabeth Kirkley Interested in hearing from anyone else researching Hall in this area of County Durham. Paul Andrews 07977 012203 http://www.facebook.com/spandrews ________________________________ From: "ADRABBOTT@aol.com" <ADRABBOTT@aol.com> To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 26 March, 2010 11:07:08 Subject: Re: [NMB] profession In a message dated 26/03/2010 10:23:31 GMT Standard Time, bp@bpears.org.uk writes: "husbandman" was usually the owner or renter of a smallholding. Funnily enough, I discovered yesterday that my g.g.g.grandfather Joshua HALL who was described in the 1841 Census in Lamesley as an "Ag. Lab." was described on his his son's marriage certificate (Chester-le-Street) four weeks later as a Husbandman - the son trying to gild the lily I suspect, since Joshua was still an Ag. Lab. in 1851. Adrian The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message