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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006

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The son of Thomas F. Hall and Elizabeth "Betsey" Hall of Atkinson, Maine (probably a cousin to Thomas), James Robert Hall was a Civil War veteran - 3rd Maine Light Artillery, Jan-Mar 1862 - and -1st Maine Calvary, 1863-1865 - who married Dorcas Jenks, also of Maine, in 1858.

James was survived by six children: George Washington Hall, Charles Henry Hall, Ernest Hall, Fred James Hall, Lena May Hall Evans and Clara Hall Fellows. Another son, Edgar, who died as an infant. (Edgar is buried in the same plot a Thomas F. Hall and Betsey Hall.)

James took up farming following his discharge. During the mid-late 1860s, he and his family lived in Enfield, Maine, but by 1869, James and Dorcas had purchased a farm in Atkinson where they continued to live for roughly thirty years.

"Go west, young man," an often heard phrase of the time, clearly resonated with the Halls, as by the turn of the century all of the children, with the exception of George, had moved to California. Not wanting to be separated from so many of her children, Dorcas persuaded James at the age of 70 to sell their home and follow the children westward. Most, including James and Dorcas, ultimately settled in Alameda or Sonoma Counties.

His brief obituary notes that James was an esteemed citizen of Petaluma; a retired rancher who passed away at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Clara and Fred Fellows, and who had until late been "remarkedly well preserved, strong, and rugged."

He was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California, near the grave of his late wife, Dorcas.

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Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

James married Dorcas Snow Jenks before 1858. Dorcas was born on 20 Mar 1835 in Camden, Knox County, Maine; died on 15 Oct 1907 in Pleasanton, Alameda County, California; was buried after 15 Oct 1907 in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006

Notes:

"My father's oldest brother. My father was 6 yrs old the last time he saw him. The boys in the family all worked on the farm for their father until they were 21. They they went west to seek their fortunes. That was the era of "Go West Young Man". Charles had 7 children. When I was small, he and my father exchanged photographs. He had beautiful children. One daughter named Dorcas after my grandmother died 2 or 3 years ago. I have had a few letters from Bess."

-- Bernice Effie Hall

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A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

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Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Charles married Margaret J. Hoy before 1888. Margaret was born on 4 Dec 1863 in Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York; died on 15 Nov 1932 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried after 15 Nov 1932 in Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Obituary: 1 Oct 1929, Oakland, Alameda County, California; Oakland Tribune

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A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

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Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Obituary:
Services Held for Pleasanton Man

Pleasanton, Oct. 1 -- Funeral services were held here yesterday for Ernest E. Hall, 69, who died in an Oakland hospital, Saturday morning after a lingering illness. He was president of the Hall Warehouse company and one of the town's most prominent businessmen. Services were under the auspices of the local Masonic lodge. He was a member of both the Masonic lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star. The deceased had been a resident of Pleasanton for thirty-five years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Jenkins Hall; an adopted son, Will Hall; two brothers, Fred E. Hall of Pleasanton and George Hall of Boston, MA, and two sisters, Mrs. Lena Evans of Oakland and Mrs. Clara Fellows of Palo Alto.

Thanks to the California Genealogical Society for locating his obituary.

Family/Spouse: Emma Jenkins. Emma was born in in Rosendale, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin; died on 13 Mar 1935 in Pleasanton, Alameda County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Oct 1929, Pleasanton, Alameda County, California
• Obituary: 17 Jun 1940, Oakland, Alameda County, California; Oakland Tribune

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Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Obituary:
HALL - In La Mesa, California, June 13, 1940, Fred J. Hall of Pleasanton. Services and cremation were held in La Mesa. Burial of ashes at Mountain View Cemetery, Monday, June 17 at 3:30 p.m.

Fred married Emma Frances Bernamen before 1901. Emma was born on 20 Dec 1866 in Wisconsin; died on 22 Jun 1940 in Alameda County, California; was buried after 22 Jun 1940 in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Oct 1929, Oakland, Alameda County, California

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Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Lena married Sanford A. Evans before 1888. Sanford was born about May 1861 in New York, New York County, New York; died on 30 Jun 1901 in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried after 30 Jun 1901 in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Oct 1929, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California

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Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: Mister Fellows. Mister died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Oct 1929, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Notes:

George Washington Hall was born to Civil War veteran James Robert Hall (1st Maine Cavalry, 1863-1865) and Dorcas Jenks. He met and married Effie Sweet, also of Atkinson, daughter of Ella Baxter, in 1894. George came to Mansfield, Massachusetts when he was a young man and established his real estate business. Eventually he opened a Boston office, which was located at 60 State Street.

George was survived by his widow, the former Effie B. Sweet; daughters, Mrs. Bernice Kuberek, Mrs. Helen B. Hosmer, Mrs Marjorie I. Tozier and Miss Beulah D. Hall, all of Medford and two sons, Clifton E. Hall of Dorchester and Sumner F. Hall of Medford. A third son, George Linwood Hall was killed in an airplane crash in 1920. George Hall probably was descended from the Halls of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, pre-revolutionary settlers of New England, and his wife, Effie Sweet, from the Bragdons of York, Maine. George died of diabetic gangrene.

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Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

George married Effie B. Sweet on 22 Mar 1894 in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Effie was born on 23 Feb 1874 in Atkinson, Piscataquis County, Maine; died on 11 Feb 1948 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried after 11 Feb 1948 in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Nov 1932, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Notes:

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A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: Arthur Woods. Arthur died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Nov 1932, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

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A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: Claude Young. Claude died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Nov 1932, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: Howard Wise. Howard died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Nov 1932, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Notes:

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A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: Kenneth Tribe. Kenneth died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Nov 1932, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

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A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: William Reed. William died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Residence: Nov 1932, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

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A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: John Courtney. John died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: Lt. Col. Thomas A. Montague. Thomas was born on 19 Mar 1909 in Washington; died on 9 Oct 1991 in Alameda County, California; was buried after 9 Oct 1991 in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006

Notes:

Bernice Effie Hall was born to George Washington Hall and Effie Sweet, of Atkinson Maine. The eldest of eight children (one died in infancy), Bernice was a scholar and graduated at the top of her high school class. Given the family's limited finances, however, only the boys were encouraged to attend college, an attitude that was typical of the time. Nonetheless, Bernice never lost her love of learning and desire to obtain a formal education, and at age 76 became the (then) oldest person ever to graduate from San Diego State College with a Bachelor's degree.

Bernice worked to help support her family, retiring finally after many years at the U.S. Naval Air Station at North Island. Sharing with her husband, Robert, a high regard for the importance of education, she lived to see her son, Robert Jr., graduate from Yale University under an ROTC scholarship and her grandson, Robert Charles, graduate from college, as she herself eventually did. The early loss to a plane crash of her beloved brother, Linwood, a pioneering aviator and young man of very great promise, deeply grieved Bernice, and to the end of her life she held her family as close as she possibly could.

Bernice's mother Effie, who was raised by John Calvin and Mary Sweet, was actually born to Ella Baxter, daughter of John Baxter and Sally Jane Bragdon. Ella died very young and Effie was cared for initially by Ella's sister, Hattie Baxter, a nurse by vocation. Hattie later brought her to the Sweets, paying for young Effie's room and board. Eventually Effie took the Sweet name but later discarded it for the name of her biological mother, Baxter.

-- Robert C Kuberek, on FindaGrave

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A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Bernice married Robert Charles "Bob" Kuberek before 1929. Robert was born on 25 Aug 1899 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died on 13 Jan 1972 in San Diego, San Diego County, California; was buried after 13 Jan 1972 in Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006

Notes:

Helen Hall Hosmer was the informant for George Washington Hall's death certificate.

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A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Helen married Fred Edward Hosmer before 1934. Fred was born on 2 Mar 1902 in Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont; died on 11 Mar 1983 in South Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried after 11 Mar 1983 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006

Notes:

"Uncle Clif was the brother of my paternal grandmother. One of eight children born to George Washington Hall and Effie Sweet, Clifton was a successful businessman and retired executive of F.W. Woolworth Co. Like his father, George, Clifton was involved professionally in real estate. Uncle Clif kept a cottage on Cape Cod where my family enjoyed a wonderful summer vacation one year. During my teens, Uncle Clif gave me some stern advice about how to approach adulthood--advice which served me well throughout life. Clifton was survived by his wife, Anne Dempsey, his sons, Clifton Jr., Donald and Alan and his daughter Ann."

-- Robert C. Kuberek, from FindaGrave

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: Anne Dempsey. Anne died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Family/Spouse: John Mendel Tozier. John was born on 8 Dec 1903 in Fairfield Center, Somerset County, Maine; died on 23 Nov 1950 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried after 23 Nov 1950 in Tozier Cemetery, Fairfield Center, Somerset County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]