Children of Robert and Elizabeth Hall: Updates and Thoughts

Since my first post listing the children of Robert Hall and Elizabeth Miller, I have made a new discovery and have had a few thoughts. First, I found the christening record of a child I hadn't listed! Her name was Mary Jane Hall, christened 19 January 2013 at St. Peters in Liverpool. Her parents are listed as Robert and Elizabeth Hall. Her father's occupation was a cordwainer and they were living on Ben Johnson Street. I know she belongs to the family because the christening record for her brother, Robert, also said they lived on Ben Johnson Street and his mother's maiden name was Miller.

I have been able to locate all of the christening/baptism records for the children, except Jane, who was supposedly born in 1803. Here is a list of the information from their records and the place I found them.

Thomas Hall: born: 18 Dec 1801, christened: 17 Jan 1802, father: Robert Hall, residence: Watkinson Street,  Cordwainer, mother: Elizabeth. 

FHL Film #0,093,833. St Nicholas, 

Jane Hall: 1803. Not yet located.

Mary Ann Hall: christened: 26 Nov 1806, father: Robert Hall, Bridgewater Street, Labourer, mother: Elizabeth Miller. 

FHL Film #0,093,833. St. Nicholas,

Joseph Hall: born: 4 Oct 1808, christened: 30 Oct 1808, father: Robert Hall, residence: Bolton Street, Labourer, mother: Elizabeth Miller. 

FHL Film #0,093,833. St. Nicholas, 

Robert Hall: born: 19 Dec 1810, christened: 6 Jan 1811, father: Robert "Hale", Labourer, Ben Johnson Street, mother: Elizabeth Miller.

FHL Film #0,093,873. St Peter, Vol. 2, #31

Mary Jane Hall: christened: 19 Jan 1813, parents: Robert and Elizabeth Hall, Ben Johnson Street, Cordasiner or Cordwainer.

FHL Film #0,093,873, St Peter, Vol. 4, #67

Henry Hall: christened: 13 Aug 1815, parents: Robert and Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Street, Labourer.

FHL Film #0,093,833. St. Nicholas, item 3, p. 12.

Thomas Hall: born: 1 Sep 1816, christened: 29 Dec 1816, parents: Robert and Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Street, Labourer.

FHL Film #0,093,874, St Peter, Liverpool, Vol. 4, p. 10, #74

Robert Hall: christened: 2 Nov 1818, parents: Robert and Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Street, Labourer.

FHL Film #0,093,874, St. Peter, Liverpool, Vol. 5, #1746.

*Margaret Hall: christened: 13 Nov, 1827, parents: Robert and Elizabeth Hall, George Street, Labourer.

FHL Film #0,093,877. St. Peter, Liverpool, Vol. 14. p. 40, #318.

I realized, while writing this post, that I didn't keep track of the volume numbers, page numbers, or the person's number for all of the records. I will track those down to add them here so those who are interested in looking at the records may find them more easily.

*I have my suspicions that Margaret is not part of this family. First, she was born in 1827, nine years after Robert. In 1827 Elizabeth would have been around 48. Second, I have found records for children of another set of parents whose names are Robert and Elizabeth Hall and whose records are for the same time period as Margaret and in the same parish of St. Peter. 

I have also seen it recorded that Robert Hall has children born in the 1790s. I doubt they are our Robert's children since he was married in 1800. The first child named was born in 1791, in which case Robert would have been only 16 years old. I have yet to look into these children to see if their parents are named Robert and Elizabeth Hall. If they are, then we may be dealing with three different families that overlap each other whose parents have the same names.