William Hall

Male1755–

Brief Life History of William

When William Hall was born in 1755, in Clee St Margaret, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Isaac Hall, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Deuce, was 19. He married Ann Morris on 8 June 1782.

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William Hall
1755–
Ann Morris
1756–
Marriage: 8 June 1782

Sources (3)

  • William Hall, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • William Hall, "England, Shropshire Parish Registers, 1538-1918"
  • Willum Hall, "England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 June 1782
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (5)

    1801 · The Act of Union

    Age 46

    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

    1815

    Age 60

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1823

    Age 68

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, and Danish: from Middle English hall (Old English heall), Middle High German halle, Old Norse hǫll all meaning ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a hall or an occupational name for a servant employed at a hall. In some cases it may be a habitational name from any of the places called with this word, which in some parts of Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages also denoted a salt mine. Hall is one of the commonest and most widely distributed of English surnames, bearing witness to the importance of the hall as a feature of the medieval village. The English surname has been established in Ireland since the 14th century, and, according to MacLysaght, has become numerous in Ulster since the 17th century.

    Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from hall ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), or a habitational name from a placename containing the element hall ‘rock’ (from Old Norse hallr).

    Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 何 and 賀, see He 1 and 2.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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