William Hall

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171855627
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58672
• Occupation: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; distiller
• Residence: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbterian
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1893, North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 31, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Died, In North Dumfries, Saturday, April 1st; at 5 o'clock, P.M., Wm. Hall, Sr., Aged 77 years, 9 months and 15 days. Funeral. On Tuesday afternoon, 4th inst., at 2 o'clock, from his late residence, Lot 31, Con. 8, North Dumfries, to New Cemetery, Ayr. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. North Dumfries, April 1st, 1893.

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William — Ellen McCallum. Ellen (daughter of McCollum and Daisy) was born Between 1819 and 1820, , Scotland; died 8 Apr 1900, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Apr 1900, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. William Hall was born 1841, of, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1868, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 6 Dec 1868, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. John Hall was born Between 1842 and 1843, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Alexander M. Hall was born 1842, , Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jan 1870, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Daisy Ann Hall was born 1845, Flamboro, Wentworth Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Margaret Boyd Hall was born 29 Jan 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Dec 1928, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 24 Dec 1928, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Janet Rutherford Hall was born CALC 26 May 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Feb 1932, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 16 Feb 1932, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Ellen B. Hall was born 1853, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Oct 1935, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Oct 1935, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Robert D. Hall was born 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Thomas Henry "Tom" Hall was born 17 Aug 1860, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Apr 1925, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 26 Apr 1925, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
10. Frank G. Hall was born 1861; died 26 Oct 1864, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115657
• Occupation: 1854, Jedburgh Mills, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; miller

Notes:

The spring of 1834 found Galt an active village of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, with a gradually developing country around it, and improving prospects. Besides Messrs. Dickson and Shade, the following are remembered among the citizens of that day: ....John Hall (afterwards of Ayr)...pg 92

John Hall and David Shiel were employed by Mr. Shade in the Distillery for a considerable time, but the latter, at least, had removed to his farm in West Dumfries, before the cholera broke out. pg 96...

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young

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Interestingly, considering its present size, the village of Ayr began as three distinct communities, including Nithvale in the West (Piper Street), Jedburgh in the East (Main Street), and Mudge's Mill in the centre (Stanley/Northumberland Streets). The first settlement occured in 1824 when Abel Mudge built a sawmill at the corner of Cedar Creek and the Nith River (now the site of the Watson factory). Soon after, John Hall built a small flour mill and distillery to the East of Mudge's Mill and named the settlement Jedburgh. At the same time, a smaller settlement (Nithvale) was founded to the West of Mudge's Mill where a small sawmill opened along the Nith. ....John Hall, the patriarch of his family, came to this area in the early 1830's and purchased a seventy-five acre parcel of land that included the area now flooded by the Jedburgh pond. Hall was most likely attracted to this area by the prospect of water power provided by Cedar Creek. By 1850, Hall had developed several industries including a distillery, a grist mill, and a sawmill, all using water power provided by the damming of the creek. As you can see from the bridge which straddles the original dam, the formation of a millpond is a dramatic undertaking. Although now rigidly controlled by the Grand River Conservation Authority, changing water levels used to play havoc with the operation of the mill. A sudden flood caused by the excess runoff could, in seconds, wash away implements in the mill race that took years to build while a drought could bring work to a grinding halt. This unpredictability of water power was an important incitement for industries to convert to electrical power as soon as it became available and affordable. This said, Watson's Manufacturing utilized water power along with other power sources up to 1960. A later stop on the tour recognizes the opposite end of the creek, known as Watson's pond. Together, they constitute what is known as "Millponds.

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A-1-39 John Hall: Letters of Administration to the Estate of John Hall the elder, of Jedburgh Mills, in the Township of North Dumfries, Miller, granted the twelvth of August, 1854. John B. Hall, now of the same place, Miller, after giving proof that said John Hall the elder is head, having died on or about the 25^th July, next foregoing, and that he died intestate; And that said John B. Hall having given Bond by himself, and William Hall, of the Township of North Dumfries, Yeoman and Robert Hall of the Village of Ayr, in the same Township, Carpenter, as his sureties, the said John B. Hall himself into the fun of $3000, he said two sureties, each into the final sum of £1500. Inventory rendered of the personal Estate of the said deceased being of the amount of £2739/11/3

Granted 12 August 1854 to John B. Hall
Inventory £2739/11/3 Bond assigned 20 September 1862

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

John — Margaret Fail. Margaret was born Between 1777 and 1778, , Scotland; died 25 Apr 1861, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Hall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115706