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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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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.

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

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]

Other Events:

• 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]