Brief Life History of George Webb
When George Webb HALL was born on 28 August 1796, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Webb Hall, was 31 and his mother, Maria Gresley, was 30. He died on 3 December 1843, at the age of 47.
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Sources (4)
- George Webb Hall, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Geo Webb Hall, "England, Bristol, Non-Conformist Church Records, 1777-1936"
- George Webb Hall, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Parents and Siblings
1765–1824 Male
1767–1822 Female
Siblings (10)
1794–1868 Female
1795–1860 Female
1796–1843 Male
1797–1865 Male
1801–1887 Female
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World Events (7)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 5
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 12
1815
Age 19
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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