Robert Hugh Hall
8 August 1870 to 14 June 1940
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Newcastle under Lyme
1870
Robert Hugh Hall, the son
of James and Mary (nee Twigg) Hall (HAL00093), on 8 August 1870. He was baptised
at the Anglican Church of St George in Newcastle under Lyme on 18 September
1870 (St George, Newcastle under Lyme
Parish Records). His birth was registered in the
third quarter of 1870 at Newcastle under Lyme (GRO Staffordshire Vol 6B
Page 67).
1871
1871 Census – Queen Street, Newcastle
under Lyme
James Hall, 33, timber
merchant
Mary Hall, 32
Catherine Alice Hall, 5
James Henry Hall, 4
Arthur John Hall, 2
Marianne Hall, 1
Robert Hugh Hall, 0
A servant and nurse
Stoke on Trent
1881
1881 Census – Seabridge, Stoke on
Trent, Staffordshire
James Hall, 43, timber
merchant
Mary Hall, 42
Catherine Alice Hall, 15
Arthur John Hall, 12
Marianne Hall, 11
Robert H Hall, 10
Elizabeth Twigg, Mary’s
sister, a ‘companion’, 35
A cook and a housemaid
Audlem, Cheshire
1891 Census – Kynsal Lodge, Kynsal Heath,
Cheshire
James Hall, 53, timber merchant
Mary Hall, 52
Marianne Hall, 21
Robert Hugh Hall, 20, timber
merchant
Catherine Lynham (25), Charles Garner
Lynham (3) and Catherine Mary Lynham (2)
A cook and housemaid
1893
James Hall and his family were associated with Kynsal Lodge by about 1893.
The Chester Chronicle, 3
June 1893 reported on a funeral attended by,
amongst others, J Hall of Kynsal Lodge as well as JH Bellyse and R D Baker.
The Chester Chronicle and
Cheshire and North Wales General Advertiser, 2 September 1893 reported by a cricket club
fete at Audlem which was attended by Miss Hall of Kynsal Lodge. The Chester Chronicle and Cheshire
and North Wales General Advertiser, 9 September 1893 reported that Miss Hall of
Kynsal Lodge was among the guests at a tea party and presentatiojn
at the Audlem mission room.
1898
James Hall married Alice Nunnerley at Audlem on 7 July 1898 (Audlem Parish Records).
1899
James Hall (HAL00120) was born on 17
March 1899.
1900
John Hugh Hall (HAL00121) was born on 8 September
1900.
Newcastle under Lyme
1901
1901 Census – Brampton, Newcastle
Robert H Hall, 30, timber
merchant
Alice Hall, 25
James Hall, 2
John H Hall, 0
A cook, housemaid and
nurse
1901
Robert Noel Hall (HAL00122) was born on 25 December 1901.
1903
Alice Marjorie Hall (HAL00123) was born on 24 June 1903.
1909
Helen Rosemary Hall (HAL00124) was born on 30 Juner 1909.
1911
1911 Census – Cliftonville, Margate
Robert Hall, 40, Timber
Merchant, employer
Alice Hall, 35
Hugh Hall, 10
Noel Hall, 9
Marjorie Hall, 7
Rosemary Hall, 1
Catherine Lynham, sister,
45
Mary Nunnerley, sister in law
Florence Jackson,
governess, 30
Cook, housemaid and nurse
Robert Hugh Hall, with
Arthur John Hall (left)
1921
1921 Census – Hereford
Robert Hall, 50, Cider
Maker, employer
Alice Hall, 43
Noel Hall, 19
Marjorie Hall, 17
Rosemary Hall, 11
Two servants
(Free Masons Membership
Records, 1921)
In the early twentieth
century, the Hall family operated the Holmer Cider Works out of Holmer Grange,
located in the Holmer area just north of Hereford city centre. The business was
a prominent local fixture in Herefordshire's thriving commercial cider
landscape during this period, running alongside the rapid industrialisation of
the regional trade.
1939
1939 Register – Holmer Grange, South
View, Wilts, Hereford
Robert H Hall, born 8
August 1870, widowed, retired cider man
John H Hall, born 8
September 1900, Cider Manufacturer, married
Winifred M Hall, born 19
May 1906, married
Richard H Hall, born 19
May 1939
5 others
1940
Robert Hall died on 14
June 1940. Hall Robert Hugh of Holmer Grange Holmer Hereford Herefordshire
died 14 June 1940 Probate Oxford 2 November to Cyril Leicester Gabell solicitor
and John Hugh Hall cider maker. Effects £13316 1s 4d (Probate Record).