Henry Merrill Hall

Brief Life History of Henry Merrill

When Henry Merrill Hall was born on 11 April 1882, in Burnett, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Azro Drown Hall, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Ann Thorp, was 33. He married Elizabeth Druscilla "Libbie" Pritchard on 5 April 1906, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. In 1940, at the age of 58, his occupation is listed as bookkeeper for public accountant in Maricopa, Arizona, United States. He died on 14 October 1967, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Merrill Hall
1882–1967
Elizabeth Druscilla "Libbie" Pritchard
1882–1951
Marriage: 5 April 1906
Baby Girl Hall
1907–1907
Merrill Prichard Hall
1908–2004
Kenneth Thomas Hall
1910–1952
Elizabeth Sarah Hall
1911–2000
Benner Azro Hall
1918–2019
Henry Wayne Hall
1919–2014
Harold James Hall
1922–2015
Jerold John Hall
1922–2000

Sources (38)

  • Henry M Hall, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Henry Merrill Hall, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1940"
  • Henry M. Hall, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1898 · Electricity Comes to Mesa

A hydroelectric power plant was built on the Crosscut Canal which provided power for the first electric streetlights in Mesa. The power was then sold to bring electricity to businesses in the area.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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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Story Highlight

I, Henry Hall, was born on April 11, 1882 in Burnett, Dodge County, Wis. I am the third of six children born to Azro Drown Hall and Sarah Ann Thorp. I received my educational training in the gr …

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