Brief Life History of Nelson Columbus
When Nelson Columbus Hall was born on 5 February 1820, in Schroon, Essex, New York, United States, his father, Horace Hall, was 32 and his mother, Zilpha Mason, was 34. He married Letitia D. Griswold on 3 May 1844. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Richland Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Miami, Deer Creek Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died in 1889, in Chili, Richland Township, Miami, Indiana, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Chili Community Cemetery, Chili, Richland Township, Miami, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Nelson Hall, "United States Census, 1870"
- N C Hall, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- N C Hall, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1820–1889 Male
1820–1903 Female
Children (9)
1845–1845 Male
1846–1926 Male
1849–1933 Female
1851–1851 Male
1852–1854 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1787–1850 Male
1787–1879 Female
Siblings (3)
1810–1875 Female
1815–1908 Male
1820–1889 Male
World Events (8)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 1
1837
Age 17
1839
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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