While searching the OPC (Online Parish Clerks) for Robert Hall I ran into a christening record for another child for Robert and Elizabeth! William Hall was born 17 June 1804 and baptized 8 July 1804 at St. James, Toxteth, Lancashire, England.[1] Toxteth is a part of Liverpool. They were living on Bridgewater Street at the time, which is where they were living when the next child, Mary Ann,was born. The father's occupation is listed as a "warehouse man". Interesting. After finding this information on the OPC I went to
Ancestry.com and was able to find an image for the original record and the bishop's transcript. I was able to confirm from the original record that William was, indeed, a child of our Robert and Elizabeth because the record mentioned that his mother was "Elizabeth formerly Mille". I am sure the "r" was just left off. The record also states that Robert and Elizabeth were married at "Trinity", which was the church our couple was married in.
One of the most interesting parts of the record is that it says William was the 2nd child of Robert and Elizabeth. From all of the information I have seen Jane Hall was supposedly their 2nd child. I have never been able to find a record for her. I have seen a Jane Hall born to other parents at that time. Either William was their 2nd child, period, or Jane was their second child and had died at that point and so William was the 2nd child living. What do you think?
[1] Church of England, St. James. 6 July 1804 baptism of William Hall.
Online Parish Clerks. accessed 8 March 2013.
An update on my search for Robert Hall's burial year:
I blogged last week about my search for Robert's burial year. I was able to go to the Family History Library in Salt Lake to search the records for the Holy Trinity in Liverpool Central. I did not have any success. I have since been searching the OPC more deeply and am paying attention to all Robert Halls. For all those that seem like possibilities I am using other resources, such as
Ancestry.com and
Familysearch.org, to discount them if I find more on their age or birth years. My next step is to search
Findmypast to prove or disprove any others I have found.
I have read that Thomas Hall was 11 when his father died, and then he was apprenticed out. Thomas was born in September 1816. That would put the year around 1827-1828. I don't know where the person who wrote the account got their information. Did they have an actual source or are they assuming Thomas was 11 because they have seen Robert's burial year listed as 1828? I hope to find out.
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