Halls of Magheragall c1850

[Mr Farenheit]

I am completely new to this excellent resource and still finding my feet, so please forgive me if my question is posted in the wrong place or otherwise badly submitted.
I have done some research into the families of both myself and my wife and am very excited to have found what might be a common ancestor linking both our families.  Our relatives were all Church of Ireland.
In my case, my great, great grandfather was William Hall of Magheragall b c1830, d 1900, father John Hall and he married Mary (May) McBride in 1852.
My wife's great, great grandmother was Anna Maria Hall also of Magheragall, b c1840, father Robert Hall and she married John Bunting in 1857.
We are desperate to find out if William Hall and Anna Maria Hall were related in any way, but have been unable to find out any more information.  Perhaps John and Robert Hall were brothers?
Apologies if I haven't supplied enough information - we are hoping to visit Magheragall CoI graveyard to try and find out more, but the weather has not been kind so far!  Any help would be very gratefully received.

[aghadowey]

Welcome to Rootschat. You've done very well for your first post and given us all the information you should have- names, dates, religion, place.
The big problem, as you know, will be finding records far enough back to make any connections between the 2 Hall families. If William Hall was born c1830 and Anna Maria Hall c1840 then their fathers will both have been born long before the start of civil registration (and also married before registration of marriages) which leaves you dependant upon any existing church records.
Have you tried tracking down living descendants of either family to see if there's any family stories about being related to the 'other lot'?

[Mr Farenheit]

Very many thanks for your speedy reply - all living relatives on both sides are as surprised as I was to find a Hall on my wife's side of the family.  All their attemps to research their family history had been hampered by the fact that my wife's grandmother's name had been incorrectly transcribed as 'Hunter', rather than 'Bunting' on an old repacement marriage certificate and they had assumed for years that they were decended from Hunters. 
I was able to find the error after much bafflement and research, but haven't been able to go any further back than the mid-C19, due to the lack of easily accessible information.  I am pretty sure PRONI hold the parish records for Magheragall, dating back to the C18, so hopefully a trip there when it re-opens and a look at the graves at Magheragall church might reveal more information.  Again, many thanks, you have made me feel very welcome!

[bloodties]

hi
On this site you will find headstone  of William Hall and his family
here is the link

http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/index.php?id=522&page=409&prevStartQuery=2040&theme=Infant&Send=Send

regards

just scrool down page to 4th headstone

[Mr Farenheit]

Wow!  That's amazing! Thanks so much for posting that, very much appreciated!

[Magheragall]

Hello, you write about a John & Ann Bunting, there is a headstone in Magheragall Parish which reads as follows

Headstone Information Erected, By, Thomas Bunting, in memory of his parents, John and Ann Bunting, Also, his wife Eleanor A. Scott, who died 23rd April 1899, And his grandson Scott Bunting, Also the above named Thomas Bunting, who died 22nd September 1899, aged 59 years

yours

magheragall

[Mr Farenheit]

Thank you for this information - I managed to visit the church in Magheragall last week but somehow missed this headstone, although I did find out some more information about the Halls/Gambles/Buntings/McBrides. The people mentioned on the headstone you refer to are certainly my wife's relatives so we are very grateful to you for providing one more link on an ever-growing chain!

[Magheragall]

Hello

The headstone is at the Front of the Church, the side of Church facing Ballinderry Road in what looks like the oldest part of the grave yard, it is lying flat on the ground. I would suggest if you took a line from Church front door stright down to the road you would come across it about half way between door and road.

there is also a HALL grave on the same line but closer to church, large headstone in a wrought iron surround

Also I understand from an article in a magazine which I have a copy of but cannot cite it, it is a photocopy from 1983 there is also a Hall headstone which reads Here rest the remanins of Elizabeth Hall, late wife of John Hall of this parish, who departed this life 9th May 1802 Aged 51 years The article was written by Kathleen Neill with the help of the then minister Canon Musgrave

[davey.h]

there are good records for maghergall when the proni reopens going back to at least 1780's my cousins family are the close's and where at the sames church