Brief Life History of Pauline Louisa
When Pauline Louisa Hall was born on 19 November 1856, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, her father, Hobart Hallum Hall, was 22 and her mother, Nancy Minerva Williams, was 17. She married George Washington Gitchel on 14 August 1879, in Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, United States for about 40 years and East Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 3 November 1942, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Jamestown Cemetery, Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (67)
- Pauline Gitchel in entry for Elice P Gitchel, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- Paulina Hall in household of Hobart Hall, "United States Census, 1860"
- Rauline L. Hall, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
Spouse and Children
1857–1925 Male
1856–1942 Female
Children (9)
1880–1941 Male
1882–1948 Female
1883–1886 Female
1883–1973 Female
1886–1962 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1834–1888 Male
1839–1929 Female
Siblings (5)
1856–1942 Female
1858–1941 Male
1862–1910 Male
1873–1957 Male
1875–1955 Male
World Events (8)
1863
Age 7
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 7
1879 · New State Capitol Building Dedicated
Age 23
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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