Clara A Hall

Brief Life History of Clara A

When Clara A Hall was born from 1857 to 1858, in New Hampshire, United States, her father, Ezra Tasker Hall, was 39 and her mother, Abigail Jane Howe, was 33.

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Family Time Line

Ezra Tasker Hall
1819–1901
Abigail Jane Howe
1825–1890
Abby Frances Hall
1845–
Lizzie B Hall
1864–1880
Caroline Amanda Hall
1847–
Thomas Dinsmore Hall
1849–
Ezra T Hall
1851–
Franklin Pierce Hall
1853–1906
James B Hall
1855–1897
Clara A Hall
1857–
Ellen Mary Hall
1859–1936

Sources (1)

  • Clara A Hall in household of Ezra T Hall, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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