Elwin Scott Hall

MaleApril 1876–

Brief Life History of Elwin Scott

When Elwin Scott Hall was born in April 1876, in Illinois, United States, his father, James Hall, was 31 and his mother, Isabella B. Hooker, was 25. He lived in Harrison Township, Adair, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Andover, Day, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

James Hall
1845–
Isabella B. Hooker
1851–
Elwin Scott Hall
1876–
James J. Hall
1878–
Florence Edna Hall
1880–1968
Lila Belle Hall
1883–1950
Harriet May Hall
1886–1982
Ellen Evans Hall
1888–1976
Elsie Elizabeth Hall
1890–1976

Sources (3)

  • Scott E Hall in household of James Hall, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Scott E Hall in household of James Hall, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Elwin S Hall in household of James Hall, "United States Census, 1910"

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World Events (8)

1877 · The First Workers Strike

Age 1

The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 5

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1907 · Not for profit elections

Age 31

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

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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