Raymond M. "Ray" Hall

1892 - 1960  (68 years)

• Name	Raymond M. "Ray" Hall
  Born	16 May 1892	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-168486
  Died	13 Nov 1960	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I168486	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Morton Hall,   b. 27 Dec 1887, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1945, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hay McRuer,   b. 1893, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Apr 1940, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F49013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leila Winnifred McKinley,   b. 5 Feb 1894, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Apr 1966  (Age 72 years)
  Married	20 May 1920	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Roorica R. Hall,   b. 24 Mar 1924,   d. 5 Oct 1997  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F272115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HALL, Raymond M. (1893-1960) maintained an office in Galt, Ontario (now part of Cambridge) for nearly 45 years. Born in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ont. on 16 May 1893, he was educated in Plattsville, Ont. and in Stratford, then moved to Toronto to take architectural courses at the Toronto Technical School. In 1913-14 he trained under the talented Toronto architect Charles S. Cobb, then moved to Kitchener where he worked as assistant to Bernal Jones on several occasions over beginning in 1914 and through to 1930. In the meantime, he opened his own office in nearby Galt, Ont. in 1915, and sustained his career there with a variety of eclectic designs for large private residences and commercial buildings. He served with Canadian Expeditionary Forces during WWI, and was briefly in partnership with John Evans, a local Galt architect, in 1919. One of his largest commissions completed during his career was the refined modernist design for the Waterloo County Registry Office in Kitchener (1938), and now called The Registry Theatre. In 1945 he prepared a stripped modernist design for a proposed Civic Centre in Galt, but the scheme was never built. The perspective drawing by Hall showing his scheme for the project now forms part of the Raymond Hall Collection at the Ontario Archives. Hall died in Galt on 13 November 1960 (obit Galt Reporter, 14 Nov. 1960; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxxviii, Jan. 1961, 57; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects). The Ontario Archives, now located at York University in Toronto, holds an extensive collection of original drawings by Hall covering the period from 1920 to 1955, and documenting more than 200 projects by Hall in Galt, and in southwestern Ontario.... https://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/2236

  
  

• Sources

  [S2858] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, Birth Certificate 024209 (1892). Name:Ray Hall Date of Birth:16 May 1892 Gender:Male Birth Place:Oxford, Ontario, Canada Father's name:Andrew Hall Mother's name:Jennie Gemmel [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link. HALL/ in loving memory of/ Ray M. HALL/ May 16, 1892 - Nov. 13, 1960/ his wife/ Leila W. McKINLEY/ Feb. 5, 1894 - Apr. 22, 1966/ Younger son/ Roorica R. HALL/ Mar. 24, 1924 - Oct. 5, 1997/ [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 026132 (1920). Name:Ray Hall Age:28 Birth Year:abt 1892 Birth Place:Blenheim, Ontario Marriage Date:20 May 1920 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Andrew Hall Mother:Jennie Gammel Spouse:Leila W McKinley

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 May 1892 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 20 May 1920 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Nov 1960 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth