Missing Person - Humphrey Hall, Publican of Sydney Hotels 1870's

[janjim]

Hi,
We are having considerable difficulty in finding what happened to Humphrey Hall who was Licensee of various Hotels around Sydney, the Mariners, Royal Oaks 1875,  GV Brooke Hotel 1874, Exchange Hotel George Street.    He married Mary O'Carroll in 1874, she was the Licensee of the Burbank Hotel at Balmain.    We do know that Mary had a baby at the Mariners Hotel, Lime Street, Sydney a couple of years later, after seeing a Notice placed in the Sydney Morning Herald, asking her Aunt to make contact with her.

Since then we cannot find any further information on the family, no census records, or deaths, so maybe they moved away from NSW altogether.

We have found a Humphrey Hall who died in Kalgoorlie W.A. in 1899, aged 57 years, but whether this was the person we are looking for, just don't know.   We have no idea of his birth date, or of his wife Mary unfortunately, but she could have migrated from Ireland, cannot verify that totally either.

Guess our answer is to get a copy of the marriage certificate in the end, but I would really appreciate it, if there is someone out there who could assist, in any way

janjim.

[Aussie1947]

Hi,

NSW Police Gazette 14th May 1884 shows that the Exchange Hotel in Sydney was robbed and Humphrey Hall was the Licensee.

Gerry

[down-under]

You seem to have this

Humphrey Hall and Mary J O Carroll marriedBalmain New South Wales 1874

There is a family tree on Ancestry that lists Humphrey marrying Mary 1974 and when he was born 1850 in Boree New South Wales his parents were  father John age 37 mother Susannah nee Morrow age 36 he died 1876 Newcastle new South Wales he was 26. His mother passed away Orange New South Wales 1876.



Pam

[janjim]

Thanks for that, another little snippet of info for him.
jan

[majm]

At RChat's NSW Resources Board there's various links to free to search sites.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=369703.0

City of Sydney Assessment Books are available there
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/search-our-collections/house-and-building-histories/assessment-books

Sands Directories are there
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn/search-our-collections/sands-directory

JM

[janjim]

Thanks Pam, every little bit of information is helping.   We are particularly interested in his wife, don't suppose there was any information on her as well
jan

[majm]

NSW Electoral Roll 1878 WEST SYDNEY
Humphrey HALL, 54 Sussex St, leasehold.

JM

[janjim]

Thanks everyone, picked up a few addresses up to 1930 now, hopefully the right Humphrey Hall.
jan

[Jamjar]

I was wondering if Mary didn't die and Humphrey remarry?

6362/1892 Humphrey Hall to Emily Pevis PETERSHAM

Deaths:

789/1886 Mary J Hall age 22 died SYDNEY

Possible death notice placed by her mother Mrs Carroll of Balmain.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13635316?searchTerm=%22Mary%20carroll%22&searchLimits=l-title=35|||sortby=dateAsc

Only one birth recorded to a Humphrey Hall up to 1900

39677/1893 Lionel P Hall  father Humphrey mother Emily WOOLLAHRA

Death for Emily Hall, 1945 in Sydney, saying widow of Humphrey:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27922224?searchTerm=%22Humphrey%20Hall%22&searchLimits=l-title=35|||sortby=dateAsc|||l-category=Family+Notices

Do you have names of any siblings for Humphrey?

Jamjar