Brief Life History of Burwell E 'Bert'
When Burwell E 'Bert' Hall was born on 13 October 1879, in Maitland, Holt, Missouri, United States, his father, Monterey Hall, was 32 and his mother, Mary Jane Mills, was 22. He married Grace M Durfey on 17 January 1906, in Essex, Page, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Nodaway Township, Page, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Farragut, Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1903. He died on 8 October 1958, in Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Arcata, Humboldt, California, United States.
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- Bert E Hall in entry for Mary Adaline Hall, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Bert Hall, "United States Census, 1940"
- Bert E Hall, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1879–1958 Male
1888–1975 Female
Children (7)
1906–1995 Female
1908–1982 Male
1909–1935 Male
1911–1974 Female
1912–1992 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1847–1933 Male
1856–1928 Female
Siblings (3)
1879–1958 Male
1882–1955 Female
1892–1949 Female
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 2
1881
Age 2
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 21
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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