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James Hall[1]

Male 1834 - 1917  (82 years)


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  • Name James Hall 
    Born 4 May 1834  , Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89193344 
    Immigration 1850  [4] 
    Immigration 1856  [2] 
    Naturalization 1860  [2] 
    Occupation 1861  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Shoemaker 
    Residence 1861  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Church of England 
    Occupation 1871  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Shoemaker 
    Residence 1871  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Primitive Methodist 
    Occupation 1881  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Merchant 
    Occupation 1898  Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Merchant 
    Occupation 1901  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Merchant 
    Occupation 1911  Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    General Merchant 
    Residence 1911  Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-261492 
    Died 1 Apr 1917  Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried Dixon's Union Cemetery, Caledon, Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I261492  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father William Hall,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Sarah,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F288950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Annie Hodgson,   b. Aug 1841, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Feb 1898  Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F12868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catherine Puckering,   b. CALC 17 Sep 1837, Little Driffield, , Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1894, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married 9 Jul 1859  Great Driffield, , Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Alice Hall,   b. 1856, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Clara Hall,   b. 1861, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F230385  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • James Hall.

      Here is one of the many successful business men of which Waterloo County can boast men who, through pluck, perseverance and economical traits, have surmounted all discouraging obstacles incident to the pathway of a bumble beginning. Mr. Hall was born in the County of Yorkshire, England, May 4, 1833. He came to this country in 1856, landing at Quebec after a voyage of eight weeks and three days, in one of the slow sailing craft of that day. From Quebec he came up the St. Lawrence River, through the famous Thousand Islands, the mode of conveyance being a primitive tug boat drawn by horses. He finally reached Hamilton, and from there came to Hawksville. Here he launched out in the boot and shoemaking trade. In this business he soon acquired a very large patronage, owing to a well-earned reputation for doing honest work. For a number of years be employed from five to six shoemakers, but the gradual advancement of boot and shoe manufacturing industries, with which hand labor could not compete in price, rendered the village shoe-shop an unprofitable institution, and the subject of this sketch entered into the mercantile business. He opened his present general store in 1876, which he continues to this day, and in which he has also had splendid success, having enjoyed a large patronage from the start. As to the extent of his stock and quality it will compare favorably with any village store in the county, and his prices will be found as reasonable.

      In 1896 [sic 1859] Mr. Hall returned to England on an important errand. It was to form a matrimonial alliance with Miss Catharine Bucklering [sic Puckering], also native of Yorkshire County, where she was born in 1837. After their marriage they returned to the New World to commence house keeping. They now live in a snug little home directly opposite to their store, on Geddes street. It is a delightful shop for a residence. From the rear a commanding view can be had of the Conestogo River bottoms, and the smiling hills in the distance. It is also made particularly attractive by a dense display of shrubbery, ornamental shade trees and fruit trees. This season there were sixty-two plum trees in full bloom on the premises. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are both members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Hall was at one time at director and President of the Wellesley Township Agricultural Society, but since its removal to Wellesley village he has not been connected with the organization. He has been frequently urged to run for some political office, but be invariably refused as his aspirations were not in that direction. When he arrived in this county on his first voyage, he was made to believe that civilization was yet at a rather low ebb. His first experience in seeing rough citizenship to any serious extent was at Heidelberg, when a blacksmith, furious with rage, was patrolling the streets with a musket, anxious to spill the gore of another citizen with whom he had had some dispute a short time previous. To-day, Mr. Hall thinks there is no county superior to this, both as to morality and good citizenship.

      Waterloo County Chronicle 23 Jun 1898, p. 8

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      Aged Resident Passes Away.

      On Sunday morning Mr. James Hall, one of our oldest residents passed quietly away. He was in his 85th year and has lived in Hawkesville 60 or more years. He was born in England and coming here as a poor boy. making his living by shoemaking. gradually worked his way up till he owned his own shop and later bought the store where he did business almost to the last, upright and honorably. He has been an elder of the Presbyterian church for many years and was always interested in the welfare of the church and manse. Services were held in the house Monday evening and on Tuesday morning the remains were taken to St. Jacobs. thence to Caledon, where interment took place. He is survived by a widow who has the sympathy of all.

      The Chronicle Telegraph (190101), 5 Apr 1917, p. 1

  • Sources 
    1. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 014779-1898.
      James Hall, 64, Widower, occ. Merchant, b. England, res. Hawksville, son of William and Sarah, Married Annie Hodgson, 57, Widow, b. England, res. Hawksville, daughter of Henry and Mary Jane; Witness(s): Alex and George Stone, Hawksville. 1 Feb 1898 at Hawksville

    2. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-3 Page 12.

    3. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 2 Page 6.

    4. [S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, Hawkesville Div 8 Page 10.

    5. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, p 32.

    6. [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Div. 13 Page 88.

    7. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      James Hall, d. 1 Apr 1917 Hawkesville, aged 83y, 10m 27d, England, Buried: Brampton, occ: merchant, married.

    8. [S3162] England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016.
      Name: Catherine Puckering
      Sex: Male
      Age: 22
      Residence Place: Great Driffield
      Birth Date: 1837
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's Name: Henry Puckering
      Father's Sex: Male
      Father's Occupation: Labourer
      Spouse's Name: James Hall
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 26
      Spouse's Residence Place: Great Driffield
      Spouse's Birth Date: 1833
      Spouse's Marital Status: B
      Spouse's Occupation: Cord Wainer
      Spouse's Father's Name: William Hall
      Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
      Spouse's Father's Occupation: Cord Wainer
      Witness Name: Sarah Wills
      Witness 2 Name: Richard Hall
      Marriage Date: 9 Jul 1859
      Marriage Place: Great Driffield, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom
      Marriage Place (Original): Great Driffield, Yorkshire (East Riding), England
      Event Type: Marriage
      Document Type: Marriages
      Page: 248
      Source Publication Year Range: 1837-1859
      Reference: PE10/19
      Affiliate Name: East Riding Archives & Local Studies Service

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 May 1834 - , Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Jul 1859 - Great Driffield, , Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Shoemaker - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Shoemaker - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Primitive Methodist - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - 1898 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Feb 1898 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - General Merchant - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Apr 1917 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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