Henry Hall
23 December 1809 to 28 December 1871 (buried)
HAL00087
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1809
There is a family bible which records that he was
born on 23 December 1809. He was not baptised until he was about five years old.
The census records and death records verify that he was born in about 1809.
Henry Hall, the son of
Robert and Catharine (nee Eldershaw) Hall (FAR00070) was baptised on 10 February 1814
at St Giles, Newcastle under Lyme.
1832
Henry Hall married
Elizabeth Godwin (1808 to 1879) on 20 November 1832 at the Anglican church of
St Bartholomew, Norton-in-the-moors (St Bartholomew, Norton
in the Moors Parish Records).
Founded by Henry Hall, his
business grew into a highly successful timber merchant operation during the
height of the Industrial Revolution. The nineteenth century was characterized
by an insatiable demand for wood due to expanding cities, infrastructure
projects, and the development of the British railway network. Henry Hall
established a multi-generational business. By the mid nineteenth century, his Robert
and James Hall joined the firm, first as clerks and later as partners. The firm
formally operated under the name Messrs H. Hall & Sons. The business
allowed Henry Hall to become a prominent civic leader. He served as an
Alderman, Justice of the Peace, and Freeman of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The family
resided at affluent local addresses like Nelson's Place and Brampton. Following
Henry’s death in 1871, his son James continued the business. By the late nineteenth
century, James’s son, Arthur John Hall, who later became a notable Colonel in
the military, also entered the family trade, continuing its operations into the
early twentieth century.
1833
Their son, Robert Hall (HAL00090) was born on 26 November 1833.
1835
Their son, Arthur Godwin
Hall (HAL00091) was born on 15 April 1835.
1836
Their daughter, Elizabeth
Hall (HAL00092), was born on 27 October 1836.
1838
Their son James Hall (HAL00093) was born on 30 January 1838 at
Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire (GRO Vol 17 Page 85).
1839
Their son Henry Hall (HAL00094) was born on 6
October 1839, but died on 13 May 1846.
1841
1841 Census – Brampton Toll House,
Newcastle under Lyme
Henry Hall, 30, timber
merchant
Elizabeth Hall, 30
Robert Hall, 7
Arthur Hall, 6
Elizabeth Hall, 4
James Hall, 3
Henry Hall, 1
Three others
Their daughter, Catherine
Ann Hall (HAL00095) was born on 22 August 1841.
1843
Their daughter, Alice
Hall, was born on 67 October 1843.
1845
Their son, Hugh Ford Hall
(HAL00097) was born on 21 May 1845. He died
on 7 September 1852.
1847
Their daughter, Mary Hall
(HAL00098) was born on 9 February 1847.
1849
Their daughter, Jesse Hall
(HAL00099) was born on 3 October 1849.
1850
Hall Henry, timber
merchant and saw mills, Bagnall Street.
Hall James Astley, hat manufacturer,
manufactory, Bath Street; warehouses, Iron Market and Fogg Street.
(Kelly’s Directory, 1850
to 1851)
1851
1851 Census – Nelsons Place, Newcastle
under Lyme
Henry Hall, 41, alderman, timber
merchant
Elizabeth Hall, 42
Robert Hall, 17, timber merchant’s clerk
Arthur Hall, 16, timber merchant’s
clerk
Elizabeth Hall, 14
James Hall, 13
Alice Hall, 7
Hugh F Hall, 6
Mary Hall, 4
Jessie Hall, 1
A cook, house maid and
nurse
1861
1861 Census – Brampton, Newcastle
Under Lyme
Henry Hall, 51, JP,
alderman, timber merchant
Elizabeth Hall, 53
Robert Hall, 27, timber
merchant
Elizabeth Hall, 24
James Hall, 23, timber
merchant
Alice Hall, 17
Mary Hall, 14
Jessie Hall, 11
Two servants
1867
His brother James Astley
Hall died on 2 June 1867. Hall James Astley. Effects under £6,000. 4 July.
The Will of James Astley Hall late of Newcastle under Lyne in the County of
Stafford Hat Manufacturer deceased who died 2 June 1867 at Newcastle under Lyme
aforesaid was proved at Lichfield by the oath of Henry Hall of Newcastle
under Lyme aforesaid Timber Merchant the brother one of the Executors.
(Probate Records)
1871
1871 Census – Queen Street,
Newcastle under Lyme
Henry Hall, 61, JP, timber
merchant
Elizabeth Hall, 63
Jessie Hall, 21
Mary Wood, 24 and Eliza
Stanton, 17, domestic servants
Henry Hall died in 1871
and was buried on 28 December 1871, aged 62, at Newcastle under Lyme (GRO Vol 6B Page 52, St
George, Newcastle under Lyme, Parish Records).
