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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: cannonhill on Saturday 24 April 10 19:11 BST (UK)
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Hi
I am trying to chase down more branches of my family. My great grandfather was Charles Henry Hall and he emigrated from Bradford, England to New Zealand and married Mary Alice Spillard in 1883.
My grandfather (their first born) was Frederick Charles Hall born in 1885 and was the eldest of 10 children. I am trying to establish whether I have other family members out there or if anyone else is researching this family. His siblings (who reached adulthood) were:
Frederick Charles Hall m. Lilian May Imelda Callaghan
Edith Emily Hall m. James Patrick Galbraith
Florence Milner Hall m. Charles Quinn
Ida Gertrude Hall m. Richard Stanley Cunningham
Blanche Hall (unmarried)
Victor Douglas Hall m. Jean Moir
Beatrice Maud Hall, m. Ernest James Cunningham
Edward Feaernley Milner Hall m. Frances May Binny
Would love to hear from anyone else who may be related or has information on any branch of the family.
Cheers
Bill
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HI Bill
Where did they settle?
So you have obviously gathered a lot of info, to save repeating work, have you traced descendants for each of the childrens own families? or are there particular gaps
Bye
althea
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Hello Althea
I believe all the Hall children were born around Hokitika or Westport. From what I know, all except Victor Douglas Hall made their way up and lived in the Wellington area, with Victor Douglas remaining in the South Island around Nelson I believe.
Obviously I know of the children of my grandparents (Frederick Charles Hall & Lilian May Imelda Callaghan) - although not a lot about them to be honest. I was very young when they both died. But as for the balance of the Hall children, I know very little. From family story, I do not believe that many people were fond of my grandmother and Frederick seems to have paid the price, as his family largely stayed away. I knew he had 3 siblings (Edith, Blanche & Edward) but was extremely surprised to find out he was the eldest of 10 born.
Am sure I have loads of cousins and second cousins alike out there. Would love to establish some contact but obviously need to know who they are.
Well, at the risk of boring you, I believe that is a long-winded answer to your questions.
Cheers
Bill
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Not boring at all
Its just good to clear what you need, otherwise posters will inundate you with info that you already have
Remembering we can't get to living folk info.
Following each marriage, then birth fiche can be searched to find children
Are you an NZSG member, just I see some possible certs there..
searching some of the pay site indexes can give you some clues on other researchers
Just good old google sometimes nets some amazing trees.
So do you have the deaths and burials for each of his siblings..death notices etc then to cover families
Any gaps there? that we can search for
Bye
Althea
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Hi Althea
No not an NZSG member. As I live in London I can get access to a lot of the earlier data about when family lived here. But a little lost on NZ. In saying that, I have most of the information from Historical BDM (provided by a cousin who used to look into family but lost interest) of years of birth & death - with the exception of some of the in-laws (Jean Moir and Charles Quinn I don't have) but I don't have names of their children (my father's cousins) or beyond.
As an aside, I remember my father saying that one of his relatives was a painter (read artist) and had a painting hanging in Parliament House or somewhere akin. But have not had any luck tracking that down. Might be a myth!
Live in hope that I have cousins out there that I didn't know I had, who are also doing their tree.
Bill
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So many of our cemeteries are now online to help finding
Victor Douglas
http://www.nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz/cemeteries-database-2/
the burial locator CD has a JEAN dying 1979 and the same cemetery but no age
Location Wakapuaka Cemetery Nelson N04.45 maybe it was just a monumental inscription added if its right person
This could be matched up at The online BMD site
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths
BYe
Althea
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Florence and Charles are buried at Karori Cemetery
M/I
ILMO Mary Alice HALL d 22 April 1941 a 78 yrs. Also
Charles Henry HALL d 15 May 1910 a 58 yrs. ILMO
Florence M QUINN d 10 September 1942 a 54 yrs.
YOu can see cemetery details via
http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/search/search.php
Bye
Althea
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There are 2 public trees on Ancestry for your family ;)
Ah I see 1 is yours ;D
Annie
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I see some died at Porirua
http://www.pcc.govt.nz/cemetery/Frameset_search.asp
This is a great cemetery website as it has pictures of headstones too.
Annie
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Ida Gertrude and Richard Stanley CUNNINGHAM are buried at the Akatarawa Cemetery, Upper Hutt (just north of Wellington). Headstone photo at >>
http://www.upperhuttcity.com/
[Enter "genealogy" in search box >> scroll down page to "Upper Hutt Cemeteries database". ]
~ Lu
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Hello Bill
I am Bronwyn married to (*)grandson of James Patrick Galbraith and Edith Emily Hall. We have just received a bundle of papers from Colin's dad who died a couple of years ago. We live in Australia and are just beginning some research as nothing much has been done.
Our daughter Georgina is very keen to take over the research and is curious where the Spillards are from.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Bronwyn
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Hi Bronwyn
Edith Emily's mother, Mary Alice Spillard was born 5 Mar 1863 in Kaiapoi - I think she was the 6th chld of 9 of Andrew Spillard and his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Tilling, (both born in London) after they emigrated to NZ on the Steadfast in 1851.
I have copies of some documents indicating quite a bit of research has been done into the Spillards, but I'm not sure by whom at this stage. As a great grandson of Mary Alice and Charles Henry Hall I too am interested in their history and that of their descendants.
Regards,
Graeme
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Hi Bronwyn and Graeme,
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Thanks spades,
I hadn't realised the PM facility required 3 postings before it was available - no wonder I couldn't locate any such scroll icon or facility. I guess this will count as one more posting, one to go...
Having nosied around the site a little more I can see there is a wealth of research resources available here, not the least of which is the expert assistance and rapid response provided by yourself and the wider community - well done! It seems that some of the more prolific writers must live on this site! ;)
Seasons greetings to all...
Graeme
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...very much mostly the wider community Graeme, I'm just the bottle-washer ;)
I'm pleased you've found the resources helpful.
To give you an excuse to make a third post, can you tell us a bit about your most interesting ancestor?
spades
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I am married to one of Victor and Jean Hall's grandsons. We live in Adelaide Australia.
Claire
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Hi Hall descendants
I am descended from another line of the Hall family. I live in Sydney, Australia, and have traced back to William Hall, in England, born about 1770, and have information on the line to Thomas Henry.
Margaret
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Hi Bronwyn
I note that you sent me a message regarding my posting of a couple of years ago and I did not reply. For some reason the prompt did not go to my email that there was a reply.
I am the grandson of Frederick Charles Hall, Edith's older brother. Would love to get in touch and share information.
My email address is (*) - which is possibly the best venue for continuing conversation.
Hope to hear from you in due course.
Kind regards
Bill
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Still looking for more information re Hall Family. Can trace back to William and mary and then get no further. Any clues?
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Have found a few pieces of interesting information about Victor Douglass Hall, but nothing on his wife Jean Moir. Any clues.
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Hello
We are actively seeking information about the hall and Spillard families .
This info will be used for a family tree for the kids :)
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Andrew Spillard I believe was presumed drowned in 1893. He was a prospector in NZ / born in London in 1815 . Is this information correct ?
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Me again .
3rd post :)
Mary Alice hall ( née Spillard) was born in 1863 . When did she pass away and where , can anyone tell me ? Thanks in advance .
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Mary Alice Spillard died 22. April 1941 in Ross, New Zealand