Marriage Record for Robert Hall and Elizabeth Miller

Good news! I did a search on Ancestry.com in the birth, marriage, and death records for Robert Hall, born in 1775, and Elizabeth Miller in Liverpool, Lancashire, England and I was able to find a marriage record that may be theirs. It says they were married on 1 Sept. 1800 in the Trinity Church in Liverpool. [1]

Ancestry.com: Liverpool, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1659-1812.

One interesting piece of information this record gives us is that Robert was a cordwainer. They listed the occupation directly after the parish name. At first I thought it said "Cordwainn" and I thought perhaps that it was part of the name of the parish. Then I noticed it said "spinster" for Elizabeth and I realized "Cordwainn" was actually "cordwainer". According to Wikipedia, a cordwainer is a shoemaker.[2] This is a lead that may help me verify Robert's father if he learned the trade from his father. I plan on researching more on the occupation of cordwainers. Perhaps there was a guild in Liverpool to which Robert or Robert's father was a member.



1. Trinity Church. Ancestry.com, Liverpool, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1659-1812, accessed 25 January 2013.
2. Wikipedia.com, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwainer, accessed 25 January 2013.

The Hall Family

My name is Kimberly Cantrell. I am currently studying Family History at Brigham Young University. My area of focus is English Genealogy. This semester I will be researching the family of Robert Hall, born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England in about 1775. As I have been reviewing what others know about the family I have found that there is some debate about Robert's parents. My research goal is to find sources that will settle any questions about who Robert's parents were. I will do this by researching documents and records for Robert and his family. I look forward to sharing my discoveries with you.

If you have any original sources about the family that you think would be of interest, please let me know!

In case you are wondering if this is your Robert Hall, here is some extra information.

Robert Hall 
Born: Abt 1775
Died: 1828

Elizabeth Miller
Born: 1779

Children:

Thomas Hall
Born: 10 December, 1801

Jane Hall
Born: Abt. 1803

Mary Ann Hall
Born: 21 May, 1806

Joseph Hall
Born: 4 October, 1808

Robert Hall
Born: 19 December, 1811

Henry Hall
Born: Abt. 1815

Thomas Hall
Born: 1 September, 1816

Robert Hall
Born: Abt. 1818

Margaret Hall
Born: Abt. 1827


*Some of this information may be familiar to you, some may be different from what you have. Keep in mind that one of the purposes of this research project will be to verify the relationships, names, and dates of the family members by finding original records and documents that prove such information.