http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/hall/hall.html Please let me know if any links don't work! Version 1.2.2011, c64 A4 pages, 0.3 Mgb WHAT'S NEW? 1.2.2011Laura HALL outside LEBU, their home in Devonport, c1915 - from collection of Geoff HALL5.7.2009 I have included photos from Henry & Laura HALL's albums - now held by Geoff HALL. 8.10.2007 One couple asked that the names of their immediate family be removed. I am always happy to comply with such a request. 19.2.2007 - I stumbled on a site for Meryl MCLEOD, wife of Reg HALL 36 below: http://www.jarrell.ca/2788.htm run by Don JARRELL donjarrl"att"jarrell.ca 16.11.2006 - another wine award to 31131 Tracy HASLAM & family. 21.9.2006 - the passing of Betty REID 332. 26.10.2005 Gerry LAWSON has sent me our HALLs in the 1851 census. 13.5.2005 An email from Geoff, a son of 18 Leslie HALL (1898-Australia) !!! After generations the Oz branch is again in contact with the NZ branch! 11.3.2005: See the m of 22 Gertrude LONGWORTH in 1906 to Fred KINDER. 21.1.2005: I found 0 George HALL, father of 1 Henry HALL, in 1881 census. This has given me the family of his wife Elizabeth nee COOKE at Bawtry, South Yorkshire: - see 9.1 below, & 9.3 for a photo of its High St c1880. I've renumbered Henry as 3 (their 3rd child), and moved Harry (now 35) in front of Reg (now 36). ........................................................................ Kit Withers 101 Allington Road Karori Wellington 6012 New Zealand phone +64 4 476 9554 email kit.withers"att"gmail.com (I use "att" for @ to foil spammers.) My Genealogy home-page is athttp://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/genealogy.html
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CONTENTS page (size A4) 1. Numbering systems used 2 2. HALL of BRISTOL, DENTON, Stockport & NZ 3 3. Acknowledgements & Sources 33 4. Surnames and their first appearance 33 5. Place names and their appearance 34 6. HALL clues and other HALL searchers 38 7. The ASKEW tree - an excerpt 38 8. The BRAMBLEY tree - an excerpt 39 9. COOKE 9.1 COOKE of Bawtry,Yorks re wife of 0 at 2. 39 9.2 COOKE clues 41 9.3 Clues for Bawtry,West Riding,South Yorks 44 9.4 COOKE clues elsewhere 10. LONGWORTH clues 45 11. The TRAYES tree - an excerpt 46 13. Family members on email 45 14. Some links for Yorkshire and England including more on Upperthorpe and Walkely: 14.1 genealogy 45, 14.2 Sheffield 46 14.3 Lancashire 46, 14.4 maps 47 14.5 Bristol & Gloucester 48 15. NZ passenger Lists 48 16. Abbreviations 48 17. KINDER clues 48
1. THE NUMBERING SYSTEMS USED (i) The ID number at the start of the line indicates his order of descent from the initial couple "0 0--George HALL" and "sp-Betsy COOKE". (The "sp-" is for spouse.) For example their 3rd child is given ID number "3": 3 1--Henry HALL (1851) who married sp-Laura Elizabeth RATHBONE (1857). The 7th child of "3" Henry and spouse Laura is given ID "37": 37 2--Vera Elizabeth Rathbone HALL (1897-1971) and so on. (ii) The generation number precedes the name. For example the "1--" in 37 1--Vera Elizabeth Rathbone HALL indicates she is in the 3rd generation, counting the initial couple "0--George HALL" and "sp-Betsy COOKE" as the 1st generation. So to see who her siblings are one can either scan for adjacent "1--" or scan for 11, 12, .... (In this case the siblings stop at 18. ) (iii) To make this descendancy chart look like a conventional family tree, you need to put all the pages of the tree "2" together as one vertical sheet, then turn it on its side with the left margin at the top. Now draw horizontal lines between all siblings. The top line will join all the 2--. The next line will join all the 2--but be broken so as not to cover any 2--. So it is in 2 parts: the first is for 31 (one child so the horizontal line is just a point), & the second joins 41, 42, ...,48. The 3rd line joins all the 4--and breaks whenever a 2--or 3--occurs. The 4th line joins all the 5--and breaks whenever a 2--or 3--or 4--occurs. And so on. (iv) The children 2-- of Henry and Laura Hall have all passed away now. The grandchildren of Henry & Laura Hall, marked 4--are cousins (or siblings) to each other. Similarly if you are marked 5--(that is 5th generation from the initial couple) then you are a second cousin (or closer) to the other 5--. If you are marked 6--then you are a third cousin (or closer) to the other 6--. We now have 7 generations.
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HALL OF BRISTOL (GLOUCESTER), DENTON (LANCASHIRE), STOCKPORT & NZ (c1814-present) SUMMARY page (size A4) 0 George HALL b 1819 Bristol bur 1888 Christchurch, Denton m Betsy COOKE bp 1823 Bawtry, Yorkshire bur 1891 Denton 3 3 Henry HALL (1851 Denton,Lancs.-1931 Auckland) 6 m 1877 Laura RATHBONE (1857 Sheffield-1918 NZ) 6 31 Laura HALL (1878/9-1953) m James W ASKEW 11 32 Sylvia HALL (1880-1952) m James FARRAR 13 33 Florence HALL (1882-1972) m1 George BRAMBLEY 20 m2 "Dooley" Frederick WILSON 22 34 Eveline HALL (1883-1940) m Ernest TRAYES 22 35 Harry Frederick HALL (1888-1917 France) 28 36 Reginald HALL (1896-1996) m Meryl MCLEOD 30 37 Vera HALL (1897-1970) m Rex RUSSELL 34 38 Leslie HALL (1898-Australia) m Mauva 36 4 Sarah Ann HALL c1856 Stockport m John LONGWORTH 37 5 William HALL b 1860 Stockport, Cheshire 39 6 Jack HALL (c1866 Denton,Lancs) m Louie/Louise 39 DETAILS 0 0--George HALL b Bristol, Gloucestershire in 1814 (1871 census), or in 1820 (1851-61 censuses) or 1821 (1881 census). "In affectionate memory of George HALL departed 4.10.1888 (aged) 69 & interred at Christchurch, Denton. Manchester Rd, Denton 6.10.1888" - bereavement card with George & Betsy's photo on p1 of photo album of Henry HALL [3] held by Geoff HALL [381]. This puts his b year as 1819. (The bps for Bristol do not appear to be on the IGI for this period. The Bristol and Avon Family History Society have fiche of burials for Bristol.) 1847 daughter Betsy [1] b at Warwick -see 1851 census under wife. 1850 daughter Emma [2] b at Heaviley, Stockport, Cheshire. 1851 at 4 Wellington Road South, Stockport - see wife; son Henry [1] b. 1853 son Henry [3] b at 6 Rowcroft Place, Stockport 1856 daughter Sarah Ann [4] b at 6 Rowcroft Place, Stockport 1861 at 171 York St,Gorton with wife & chn Betsy 1, Henry 3, Sarah Ann 4, Wm 5. c1866 son John James [5] b at Denton,Lancs 1871 census: hatter 57 so b1814 in Denton, Lancs. See his wife for full entry. 1877 marriage certificate of his son Henry [3] lists George as a hatter of Upperthorpe. (Henry's death certificate gives George as a barrister!!) There is an Upperthorpe near Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire. But this one is almost surely"UPPER-THORPE, hamlet in the parish of Sheffield and the township of Nether-Hallam; 1 mile from Sheffield." (West Riding) - according to http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/yrksdict/ "A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire" 1822, by Thomas Langdale,(also available at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/e-riding.html) It is now a district of Sheffield near Walkeley. (One says it is very near to a town named Harthill, SEE of Sheffield; another says it is W of Sheffield.) See "14. Links". 1881 census at 25 Dane St, Denton, Lancashire -see his wife for full entry. So the family moved from Warwick to Stockport to Gorton, Manchester to Denton to Sheffield then George & Elizabeth & son John moved back to Denton by 1881. There are 13 Dentons listed by www.streetmap.co.uk Our one is NOT that in N Yorkshire NW of Ilkley (of Ilkley Moor Ba Tat fame - Do you know the song?) - see 6.2.1 re censuses, but is that in Greater Manchester (formerly Cheshire, then Lancashire). 1891-1901? m by 1847 sp-Elizabeth "Betsy" COOKE b1822/23/24 Sheffield - ex 1861/51/71 OR b1823 Bawtry,Yorks - ex 1881. bp 12 APR 1823 Bawtry, Yorkshire; d 3.12.1891, interred at Christchurch, Denton. #She is 3 in the COOKE family at 9.1 below. Cf IGI: George HALL m c1843 at St Philip & St Jacob,Bristol sp-Elizabeth bc1822. (Cf freebmd: George Frederick HALL m Jun Q 1841 Newington, Surrey 4 352 sp-Eliza COOKE; probably another couple.) 1851 4 Wellington Road South, Stockport, Cheshire ex Gerry LAWSON: [ID] George HALL Head M 31 1820 Bristol, Gloucestershire Hatter [0 above] Elizabeth HALL Wife M 27 1824 Sheffield, Yorkshire Hat trimmer Betsey HALL dau U 4 1847 Warwick, Warwickshire [1 below] Emma HALL dau U 11 mo 1850 Stockport, Cheshire [2 below] NB Stockport Heritage, Central & Info Libraries are at Wellington Road South, Stockport, Cheshire SK1 3RS - Tel:0161 474 4530,4540,& 4524 localheritagelibrary"att"stockport.gov.uk For a map see entries at http://www.192.com/directory.cfm/STOCKPORT/LIBRARY NB The Museum of Hatting is close to this address: Wellington Mill, Wellington Road South, Stockport SK3 0EU Tel: 0161 355 7770 Fax: 0161 480 8735 www.hatworks.org.uk See there for map.Email linn.holmstrom"att"stockport.gov.uk "4 Wellington Road South has been replaced by Beckwith House, a redbrick, multi-storey office block" - Keith DANSEY, Hat Works keith.dansey"att"stockport.gov.uk 2005 "Number 4 is no longer there, but may have stood in the area which is now occupied by the bus station."- Sam JACKSON Stockport CC sam.jackson"att"stockport.gov.uk "Wellington Road North becomes Wellington Road South on the bridge over the River Mersey. www.orbit-developments.co.uk/northwest/beckwith/description.asp gives a picture of Beckwith House (N of the bridge) and, looking South, the bus station and Wellington Mill where the museum is. Enter http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/home The first building on the even numbers side after the river is the Wellington Mill but, according to the Royal Mail, it does not have a number. Right next door to the mill is a small factory which makes components for hearing aids. It rejoices in the unfortunate title of Universal Aids. Their postal address is 8-14 Wellington Road South. Next door we have the carpet shop, 16 Wellington Road South. The map of Stockport dated 1872 shows a large square block next to Wellington Mill labelled Daw Bank Mill,then Exchange Street, across Exchange Street is shown a long narrow block which could have been houses. My guess is number 4 was one of these. Today, this site is occupied by the Post Sorting Office, which look like a 1950s building. ... Wellington Road South is carried over the river by means of a road bridge which is then continued, on the same level, by a series of arches. The bus station is accessed under these arches. Any buildings which once stood on this level would be either on streets called Daw Bank or Chestergate. On the upper level Wellington Road South continues on its arches until it reaches Wellington Mill, an old cotton mill where our museum is now located. After that the numbering resumes at number 16 which is now a carpet shop." - Keith DANSEY, Hat Works keith.dansey"att"stockport.gov.uk 2005. 1861 171 York St, Gorton, eccl'l district St Thomas, [Manchester, M18] ex David WESTON: [ID] George HALL Head M 41 1820 Bristol, Gloucester Silk hat maker [0 above] Elizabeth HALL Wife M 39 1822 Sheffield, Yorkshire Hat trimmer Betsy HALL Dau U 14 1847 Warwick?, Warwickshire? Cotton weaver [1 below] Henry HALL U 8 1853 Stockport, Cheshire Scholar [3 below] Sarahann HALL Dau U 4 1857 Stockport, Cheshire Cotton weaver [4 below] William HALL U 8 months 1860 Stockport, Cheshire [5 below] In 1909 Gorton became a District of Manchester to its SE: see http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/districts/gorton.html 1871 Manchester Rd, Denton, SE Lancashire, Reg. District Ashton-under-Lyne, town of Denton, Part of Christchurch & St Lawrence's Ecclesiastical Districts, Parish of Manchester: ID George HALL Head M 57 1814 Bristol, Gloucestershire Hatter [0] Elizabeth HALL Wife M 48 1823 Sheffield, Yorkshire Hat trimmer Sarah A HALL Daur U 15 1856 Stockport, Cheshire Hat trimmer [4 below] John James HALL Son 5 1866 Denton, Lancashire [6 below] Elizabeth SCHOFIELD Lodger W 38 1833 Stockport, Cheshire Hat trimmer Elizabeth Ann SCHOFIELD (Daur) Lodger 5 1866 DuRinfield, Cheshire (George & Elizabeth are named in Harry's WW1 diary.) "Denton was one of the centres of the hatting trade. Felt hatting was quite specialised and depended on a good "soft" water supply, so small areas often became magnets for the hatting industry. As George was born in Bristol, I would suggest you have a look around the Bitton-Oldland Common area just to the west of Bristol as this was the chief hatting area for Bristol. Quite a number of Bitton hatters moved to Denton during the 19th Century, so it is possible he learned his trade there! - David BAXENDELL davidbax"att"paradise.net.nz 2002. 1881 Dwelling 25 Dane St, Denton, Lancashire: Name Relation Marital Status Age Birthplace Occupation [ID] George HALL Head M 60 1821 Bristol, Gloucester Felt Hat Finisher [0] Elizabeth HALL Wife M 58 1823 Bawtry, Yorks Felt Hat Trimmer John J. HALL Son U 16 1865 Denton, Lanc Warehouse Boy [6 below] (Multimap shows a number of Dane Sts near Manchester. The closest to Denton is the 2nd at M11 off Ackroyd & Wetherby Sts off Ogden Lane S of Ashton Old Rd S of Droylsden. The others are near Rochdale, Bolton & Oldham.) 1891 not found. ?1901 Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield ex David WESTON: Elizabeth HALL 75 1826 Sheffield, Yorks - see (I) under her son [6] John below for full details. NOT FOUND THERE OR ON ANCESTRY! <-- ??1901 92 Leeds Rd, Whitwood, Yorkshire: Thomas Shaw Head M 50 1851 Knottingley, Yorks Glass founder Ann Shaw Wife M 48 1853 Knottingley, Yorks Hannah Shaw Dau S 17 1884 Meu? Whitwood, Yorks Elizabeth Hall Grandmother W 79 1822 Knottingley, Yorkshire -->The photo album of Henry [3] now held by Geoff HALL [381] begins with this photo of George & Betsy HALL aged c1888.Attached is a condolence card for George and a condolence card "Elizabeth relict of the late George HALL d 3.12.1891, interred at Christchurch, Denton. 116 Clifton Cresc, Peckham, London SE 8.12.1892"We need to check who was living at this address. Was Elizabeth living there alone? .................................................. 1 1--Betsy HALL b 1847 Warwick, Warwickshire. 1851-61 with parents. 1861 aged 14 Cotton weaver. Vera [37] knew of her.She is probably Betsey HALL b reg Jun Q 1847 Warwick 16 9 -ex freebmd. Other possible Betsy HALLs b Warwicks at freebmd: BH Mar 1844 Foleshill, Warwickshire; BH Mar 1844 Solihull, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire; BH Jun 1845 Birmingham; Betsy Selina HALL Dec 1853 Alcester - not ours (cf other censuses). Also Mar 1845 Elizabeth Mary Warwick 16 [53]6[6]; 1848 Elizabeth Warwick 16 578. ??1871 Edgbaston, Warwickshire: Elizabeth HALL Servant U 24 1847 Birmingham, Warwickshire ??1881 55 Digbeth, Birmingham, Warwickshire with Edward GIBBS GP, MRCS: Betsey HALL Servant U 34 1847 B.Ham, Warwickshire General Serv Domestic However that EH is likely EH b1847 Birmingham with parents Samuel & El. in 1851 in London. There are 2 other EHs b1846 Birmingham in 1871. 2 1--Emma HALL (b 3.4.1850 Heaviley, Stockport, Chester) freebmd: Births Jun 1850 HALL Emma Stockport 19 353.Here is her birth certificate: father - George HALL, hatter; mother - Elizabeth HALL formerly COOKE; informant George HALL father of Heaviley, Stockport; registered 6.5.1850.1851 with parents at Stockport. 1861 not with parents so may have died. (1851 has another EH b1849 Stockport to Daniel & Mary. possibly related to Ross THOMAS stkilda9"att"tpg.com.au Freebmd has other EHs b Jun & Dec Q 1852, & Sep 1853 Stockport.) She could be one or more of these from freebmd: Marriages Jun 1875 HALL Emma Stockport 8a 100 Marriages Dec 1875 HALL Emma Stockport 8a 48 to CHAPPELL Alfred or CORBISHLEY William Ridgway had a father Andrew so not ours; etc Deaths Sep 1872 HALL Emma 22 Stockport 8a 37 unmarried - unlikely as registered by a Samuel HALL who was present at the death; parents not given. Heavily is c 1 mile SSE of Stockport town centre, in the direction of Buxton. It has a WW1 memorial at St George's & 3 pubs in Buxton Road. 3 1--Henry HALL (b 4.3.1853 at 6 Rowcroft Place, Stockport, Chester; d 17.3.1931 at Alfriston Rd, Manurewa, Auckland) (The b date & place 29.5.1851 Denton, Lancs. was incorrect; perhaps this was an older brother of the same name who died?)Here is his birth certificate: father - George HALL, hatter; mother - Elizabeth HALL formerly COOKE; informant X The mark of Elizabeth HALL mother of 6 Rowcroft Place, Stockport; registered 4.4.185317.11.05 ex Norman rowcroft"att"tesco.net: Many years ago there was a Rowcroft Smithy 1 mile south of Stockport town centre on what was then the turnpike road to London. It is still a major road (the A6). The smithy was situated where the road branches off to Bramhhall. There were several ROWCROFT families in the Stockport area. The smithy may have been associated with one of them and Rowcroft Place with the smithy. Not found at http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ 1861 census with parents: U 8 1853 scholar b Stockport, Cheshire. 1871 census not found - not with his parents in Denton.Postcard of Crown Point, Denton. On it HH has written Ashton Rd (L arrow), Stockport Rd (R arrow), Hyde Rd (up arrow) - from Henry & Laura's postcard album now held by Geoff HALLWhen Henry married Laura in 1877 his occupation was joiner, and he lived in Walkely, Sheffield. Witness: Antoinette SPARKS. The marriage was registered in Sheffield 1877 (Sept qtr vol 9c p590). (His wife's family was at 108 Walkley St, Nether Hallam (Sheffield) in the 1881 census. Walkley St runs between Daniel Hill & Industry Street. -EP) (See in the links under 14. below for more on Walkely and Upperthorpe.) 1879 to New Zealand. Geoff HALL [381] has Henry's 1879 ship diary kept on his trip from England to Auckland on the barque LEBU. Charmaine has typed most of it & will email it to me for posting on this site. Geoff also has old family albums, postcard photos of Denton, & a lodge certificate from the Royal Order of Foresters: "This is to certify that Bro. Henry HALL is duly enrolled a Past Chief Ranger of Court 6172 this 15.6.1887. Signed Bro. Arthur HOLMES Chief Ranger, Bro RN HONEYCOMBE Subchief Ranger, Bro Wm WEBBER Secretary". Geoff also has Henry's lodge sash & lodge medallion for Court 6172 (Auckland?). The case is inscribed Presented to Bro. H HALL Aug 18 1897 - T. JONES, Jeweller, Newton, Auckland.In 1901 they met fortnightly in the Foresters' Hall, Newton with accumulated funds of �8180.Henry HALL's 1887 members certificate for the Foresters Lodge, Auckland from collection of Geoff HALLHenry HALL's sash for the Foresters Lodge, Auckland from collection of Geoff HALLHenry HALL's medal for the Foresters Lodge, Auckland from collection of Geoff HALLGeoff also has Henry's will: Will of Henry HALL 1.11.1930 ... Henry HALL of Manurewa ... retired engineer. 2. I appoint my son Leslie George HALL, Julias Mclachlan HOGBEN of Auckland .. solicitor, & Douglas D'Arcy VICKERMAN of Auckland, estate agent .. to be the executors & trustees. 3. I give .. to my daughters Florence Henrietta WILSON, Laura Elizabeth ASKEW, Sylvia Elizabeth FARRAR, Evelyn Maud TRAYES, & Vera Bessie RUSSELL 25P free of duty. 4. I give .. my real & personal estate .. upon trust .. [for trustees] to invest .. & to pay the income .. to Leslie George HALL. Witnesses George & J QUAID, farmers, Manurewa. Geoff has St Philips Parish Notes for Feb & Jan 1913 "The church Mam & I was married at" with a photo? of the church "as it is now with railings round". Henry's photo album starts with a photo of his parents George & Betsy. It includes photos of [4] eg "Sister Sarah an Hall 1853" [4], "H HALL & Sister Sarahan Hall 1855" [4] - on the back: Th. M WATERS photographer 380 Stockport Rd, Manchester. The album includes a photo "The tank has just been to Sheffield to collect war loans"'H HALL when I first met man 1873' by Jas TULLEY, Sheffield - from Henry & Laura's album now held by Geoff HALLLes's? album has "View of Thomasa showing hospital: Mr H HALL, 79 Park Rd, Auckland". Henry's effects held by Geoff include a dualling pistol c1800 made by Jan Andre KUCHENREUTER (presumed to be Johann Andreas KUCHENREUTER, Regensburg, Bavaria, 1716-95 - ex google), and a cutlas with alligator skin.Dualing pistol and alligatorskin? cutlas owned by Henry HALL - from collection of Geoff HALLBetty [332] says that Henry was brought to NZ as an engineer to instal heavy equipment at Auckland Hospital. June [361] says he lived at `RIVELIN', (named after their home in England) in Grafton Rd opposite the hospital. He built houses in Auckland. Retired to Remuera. Later moved to `Fern Nook', 79 Park Road. He owned Lots 12 & 13 on Park Rd & part of lot 8 backing on to Lot 13: frontage 90'5", boundary with lot 11 is 115'6", boundary with lot 14 is 152'9" - ex hand drawn map "conveyed from Mr RENZINA to Mr H HALL; valuation 300 P" held by Geoff [381].Survey map showing property of Henry HALL in Park Road, opposite Auckland Domain from collection of Geoff HALLThis photo taken 20.7.1966 shows 83, 79 & 73 Park Road. Courtesy of Ak Univ. Property Services via KT. 15kbFor more on Rivelin (photos) & Fern Nook, see the info following his wife Laura below supplied by Kay TRAYES from the Takapuna Library and Archives in 2002. Death certificate: retired engineer died 17.3.1931 at Alfriston Rd, Manurewa [just S of Regional Botanic Gardens] aged 79 of senile decay, atheroma of arteries, etc; son of George HALL barrister and - nee COOKE; buried 18.3.1931 at Purewa Cemetery, Auckland by JE DRAPER Anglican; b Denton, England; 52 years in NZ; married at Denton, England at 26 to Laura Elizabeth RATHBONE; issue living: M aged 34,32; F aged 52 50 48 47 36; Thos G McIVOR undertaker. (This confirms his b place but contradicts his m place & father's occupation.) (KT will check with council archives for St no. in Alfriston Rd.)Henry HALL c1874 from collection of Geoff HALLHenry HALL c1890 in masonic regalia from collection of Geoff HALLHenry HALL c1890 from collection of Geoff HALLHere is a photo of Henry and son Les (38 below) taken 4.3.1921. (32 kb) Bereavement notice ex [381]: The family of the late Mr Henry HALL wish to convery their sincere thanks & appreciation for your expressions of sympathy in their recent bereavement. - Park Road & Manurewa, March 1931. Here are some photos of the plinth above their grave there, courtesy of Kay TRAYES 3222. (118 kb)On one side is written: "In loving memory of Laura Elizabeth dearly beloved wife of Henry HALL who departed this life 5th November 1918 in her 61st year. At rest." On another: "In loving memory of Henry dearly beloved husband of Laura Elizabeth HALL who departed this life 17th March 1931 in his 79th year. Re-united. A 3rd side: In loving memory of Lieutenant? H.F. HALL Auckland Infantry Battalion, killed in action at Messines France on 9th June 1917, aged 29 years." Downhill from this grave is a FARRAR grave: see under 1222 for details. When his son Harry [35] enlisted, Henry was living at 2 Beaconsfield St., Devonport.These photos of the house were taken by Kay in 2002.Handwritten ex 1215 via KT: "and Henry HALL died March 17th 1931 in his 79th yr. Both interred at Purewa, Auckland." When Harry was killed on 9.6.1917, he was living at Dominion Rd, Devonport according to the bereavement note sent out by Henry HALL. Kay notes that in 1929 Dominion Rd became Allenby Ave. (after a WW1 general). (It turns left off Memorial Drive as one approaches Devonport.) In 1917 when Vera [37] first married, she & Rex lived at Derby Rd, off Allenby Av.(See letter of 16.5.1917 from Harry to Vera.)www.purewa.co.nz gives HALL Henry 79 Years died 17.3.1931; Serial No 10079;Date of Service 18.3.1931 Funeral Dir TJ McIvor & Sons Ltd, 434 Karangahape Rd; Block F 38 Plot 104: get map from office & drive W til the end of Block A where a side road goes N; Row 38 is just past that side road starting with graves 75-78 WATSON, 79-83 WELLS, 84 JOHNSON, 85 KITCHENER, 86 BUTLER, ... 103 SILK, 104 HALL just before a pohutukawa, with oak & fir trees to the right a few yards, 105 HALL/WILSON [see 33 Florence below], 106 LYES, ... Geoff [381] has his postcard "KSSC AWAROA arriving Helensville". m 2.8.1877 at St Philip's,Walkley,Sheffield sp-Laura Elizabeth RATHBONE (1857 Brook Lane?,Sheffield-6.11.1918 Auckland)StPhilips Sheffield Parish Notes Jan-Feb 1913: HH or LH has added to the etching of the church 'as it is now with railings round' - from Henry & Laura's postcard album now held by Geoff HALLRIVELIN, presumably the home of Henry & Laura HALL in Sheffield, - from collection of Vera, held by KW.1861 census at Brook Lane, Sheffield with her parents & brother ex paddison49"att"hotmail.com 2005: Thomas RATHBONE 43 1818 CHS Wareham Boot and shoe maker Elizabeth RATHBONE 24 1836 NTT Retford Straw bonnet maker Laura E. RATHBONE 3 1858 YKS Sheffield Thomas H. RATHBONE 2 1859 YKS Sheffield freebmd: m regd Sep qtr 1877 at Sheffield 9c 590.Laura is 644 in our RATHBONE tree at http://kitwithers.fortunecity.com/rathbone/rathbone.html This also gives Laura's WOLSTONCROFT and DRINKWATER ancestors and links to our PASLEY tree with our PASLEY, NEWBOLD, BYRON, SPIVEY ancestors.Re St Philip's church in St. Philip's Road, Sheffield: "The church completed around 1828, giving it's name to the surrounding area. It closed in 1940, demolished in 1952, and the graveyard finally removed about 1994."Laura HALL nee RATHBONE c1890 from Henry & Laura's album via Geoff HALL. Henry and Laura c1915 (74 kb). Possibly Mrs Laura HALL & her 2 oldest children aged c2 & 3.
Laura c1918 (20 kb). St Philip's where they married (50 kb). Here are the addresses of relatives Laura wrote out for Harry (46 below) when he left for WW1. (103 kb).Henry & Laura emigrated to New Zealand in 1879 arriving with their first child. "There is an entry in the Auckland Passenger Index for Laura and Henry HALL arriving in Auckland on the LEBU on 24/10/1879." - Thanks to Karen KALOPULU, Family History Librarian, PO Box 4138, Auckland, tel (09)307-7773 kalopulK"att"akcity.govt.nz 2001. NZ Herald 25.10.1879: ARRIVALS Lebu, barque, [Captain] LINDSAYdr, from London. Passengers: Saloon (2) Steerage - Henry HALL, Laura HALL, Laura E. HALL [& 26 others. No other HALL are included nor any RATHBONE.] Their arrivals are also at http://0-www.aucklandcity.govt.nz.www.elgar.govt.nz BB found their arrival on the site for Auckland passenger arrivals 1838-1886 http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll Full passenger lists are available from the newspaper "New Zealand Herald" records in person at the Auckland Research Center. A google web search for LEBU turned up their ship & what looks like 3 others: (1): http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~dchamber/shipsl.htm http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~dchamber/shipsl.htm#lebu AJHR 1879 Section H10 page 25 Return of Wrecks Date of Casualty : 16 Aug 1878 Name of Master : Henry Govan McKENZIE Age of Vessel : 10 years Rig : Barque Register Tonnage : 726 Number of Crew : 22 Number of Passengers : 14 Nature of Cargo : General Nature of Casualty : Loss of life Number of Lives Lost : 1 Place of Accident : Lat. 40o 57'S., Long. 59o 8'E Wind Direction : SW Wind Force : Heavy Finding of Court of Inquiry Casualty caused by sea coming on board and throwing captain against the winch. (His head was split open crown to nose.) My guess is that this WAS their ship, as it seems unlikely that another ship of the same name would arrive NZ 14 months later. (2): There is prison ship LEBU in Chile 1999 holding political prisoners. (3): The Index to Ships (c50,000) Mentioned in Maritime History Books at http://faculty.washington.edu/petermcc/shipindex.html lists LEBU gas boat page 449 of book by NEWELL, Gordon, ed. "The H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1966. Subtitled, "An illustrated review of the growth and development of the maritime industry from 1895, ..." (4): "log of logs - a catalog of logs journals shipboard diaries letters ... 1788-1988 for Oz & NZ.." by Ian NICHOLSON 18 Wununga Cr, Yaroomba Qnsld 4573.Henry & Laura HALL's home at Cheltenham, Devonport, Auckland - from Henry & Laura's album now held by Geoff HALLLaura seated in her garden - from Henry's album now held by Geoff HALLIs this one of Henry & Laura's girls aged c10? - from their album now held by Geoff HALLAre these 2 of Henry & Laura's grandchildren? - from their album now held by Geoff HALLWho is this woman? - from Henry & Laura's album now held by Geoff HALLWho is this older woman & girl? - from Henry & Laura's album now held by Geoff HALLWho are these 9 young women?- from Henry & Laura's album now held by Geoff HALLLaura died 1918 at her home at 79 Park Rd West, Auckland aged 61. (Listed as 71 Park Rd [Grafton] in website memorial of Harry [35].) Rates records confirmed FERN NOOK as 79 Park Rd West [opposite Park Ave] not 71. It is now The School of Optometry/the School of Medicine, Auckland University Grafton Campus. Laura died of a long & painfull illness -KT. [I thought she died in the 1918 flu epidemic.] Death certificate: Laura Elizabeth HALL d 6.11.1918 at 79 Park Road, Auckland of cerebral haemorrhage 1 hours, daughter of Thomas RATHBONE and Elizabeth nee PASLEY; buried 8.11.1918 at Purewa by Rev WA KEAY? Anglican; b Sheffield, 38 years in NZ [so arrived c1880]; married at Sheffield at age 20 to Henry HALL; ages of issue: M 36 32 29 19 F 38 30 24 21; TJ McIVOR undertaker. The following info was found by Kay TRAYES at the Takapuna Library and Archives in 2002. 1 Dominion Rd,Devonport (LEBU) is a beautiful large character villa with huge old trees, on the corner of Dominion Rd (NOW Allenby Rd - Can someone check if this is still No. 1?) as 1 Allenby Rd is not next door to 7 Derby St but across the road from the house next door to 7 Derby St) and Derby St and opposite a park; is newly-clad and painted and is the original home. The records show the rates paid by Laura HALL.These 2 photos of LEBU taken 2002 are from Kay. One from the corner, the other from Dominion (now Allenby) Rd shows the gate with a space where it seems once was a plaque "Lebu".Kay told me in 2006 it is on the market for c$950,000. 7 Derby St, Devonport, next door on a more sloped section, where Vera and Rex lived is a smaller attractive pioneer style villa with a long verandah facing the road, only an off-road space for one car, and the original stained-glass front door panel with the inscription - RIVELIN (not Riverlin) is named after their in Sheffield, which in turn was named after Rivelin Valley, Sheffield!RIVELIN, presumably the home of Henry & Laura HALL in Sheffield, - from collection of Vera, held by KW.This photo shows RIVELIN on the front door of their Devonport home. Seated on left is 31 Laura ASKEW with son 311 Ian c3 (so the year is c1917) & on right is 3-sp Laura HALL & a boy standing in a sailor suit, presumably 324 Arthur FARRAR c4 or 331 Raymond BRAMBLEY c6. Can anyone confirm? - from collection of Vera, held by KW.http://maps.google.co.nz/ gives a photo of their Devonport house - close to Allenby Ave. On the door the print is upper case with the R and N large, sloping to smaller print with the E in the middle the smallest letter. Harry wrote to Vera that he was pleased to hear that she and Rex were living in the Derby St home. This home is included in the same rates as 1 Dominion Rd - they are Lots 22 and 23 Area 5- both have white picket fences. RIVELIN had a Barfoot & Thompson sold sign out front. B&T office told us it sold before it was photographed for advertising... Henry HALL also owned another property in Derby St and sold 60ft x 100ft to the Post Office.These 2 photos of RIVELIN taken 2002 are from Kay.Henry also owned 61 Albert Rd around the corner from the Derby St properties. 2 Beaconsfield St is on record as rates paid by Henry HALL, harder to photograph due to a large wooden vine- covered fence in the front and a car in the driveway but we took a photo anyway. It is a really lovely old rambling home with big verandahs front and back and big windows, on a flat section. Harry must have loved this home and Street to name his trench Beaconsfield. Lovers Walk, Devonport is aptly named, an attractive, short, narrow, no exit road leading to Cheltenham Beach lined with pohutukawas and renamed Arawa St.1 Lovers Walk where Vera and Rex lived after their marriage is a typical bay villa of the era. It has had an addition to the top since they lived there. -Kay T 2002.Of note too is rates paid by Henry HALL for 17 Cheltenham Tce now Oxford Tce. This property is opposite Cheltenham Beach. All these name changes of roads ! All those properties owned by the HALLs ! Rates Records show Henry HALL owned a dwelling on the corner of Vauxhall Tce and Vauxhall Rd occupied by Geo BRAMLEY (note spelling no 'b'- lots of spelling errors occur in records- should be BRAMBLEY). -Kay T 2002. Laura's death notice states that her brother Thomas H. RATHBONE lived at Kingsland, Auckland. www.purewa.co.nz gives HALL Laura Elizabeth Age 61,Death 6.11.1918,Serial No 6559, Service 9.11.1918 Funeral Dir TJ McIvor & Sons Ltd, 434 Karangahape Road, Auckland Block F 38 Plot 105. At last count in 2001, Henry and Laura HALL have 8 children, 15 grandchildren, 46 greatgrandchildren, 107 greatgreatgrandchildren, and 14 greatgreatgreats! In what follows I have separated their 8 children Laura, Sylvia, Florence, Evelyn, Reginald, Harry, Vera and Leslie by dashed lines -----, and their 15 grandchildren by broken lines - - - - -.Their 8 children c1900: Laura, Sylvia, Florence, Eveline, Harry, Reg, Vera, Leslie - from their album now held by Geoff HALL---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 2--Laura Louise HALL b 1878 England or possibly on the LEBU d 3.1.1953 Auckland. Presumably she is Laura Louise HALL b Jun Q 1879 Ecclesall Bierlow [Sheffield], Yorkshire - West Riding. Teacher at Rawene, Northland. In the 1915-17 diary of her brother Harry [35] below, her address was "Ohura School, King Country". In the birthday book c1888 of 646 of ../rathbone/rathbone.html her birthday is March 16.Two HALL girls aged c8, but which? - from Henry's album now held by Geoff HALLHenry & Laura's eldest 4 daughters, Laura, Sylvia, Florence & Eveline HALL c1905 - from Henry's album now held by Geoff HALL& another of Henry & Laura's eldest 4 daughters, Laura, Sylvia, Florence & Eveline HALL c1905 - from Henry's album now held by Geoff HALLLaura c21 - from Henry's album now held by Geoff HALL. Another copy was held by Vera: IMG_4447.JPG, IMG_4448.JPG
