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Adam HALL, Sr.[1]

Male 1804 - 1881  (77 years)


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  • Name Adam HALL 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 14 Jul 1804  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 1881  Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 4 Oct 1881  Smith, Twp., Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I271  John Cowan Family Tree
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2020 

    Father William HALL
              b. Abt 1778
              d. 1843, Smith Township, Peterborough County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Christian TATE
              d. Abt 1830, Smith Township, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine JEFFREY
              b. 8 Apr 1806, Berwick On Tweed, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 Feb 1882, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 29 Feb 1832  Cobourg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Notes 
    • Marriage conducted by A.N. Behune.
      Witnesses to marriage were George Gillespie and John Hall
      (See Misc Stuff Library Item 4 Page 17)

      MARRIAGE: 1832 -
      This day, February 29th 1832 were married by License Adam Hall of the Township of Smith and Catherine Jeffrey of the Town of Cobourg.
      By me, A.N. Bethune
      Witness Geo. Gillespie, John Hall
    Children 
     1. Mary Jeffrey HALL
              b. 28 Dec 1832, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Jun 1854, Smith Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     2. William HALL
              b. 19 Nov 1834
              d. 17 May 1921  (Age 86 years)
     3. Christina HALL
              b. 20 Oct 1836
              d. 6 or 10 Aug 1855, Smith Township, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
     4. Isabella HALL
              b. 1837, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Jun 1922, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     5. Thomas HALL
              b. 2 Jun 1840
              d. 15 Nov 1918  (Age 78 years)
     6. Andrew Jeffrey HALL
              b. 23 Apr 1842
              d. 23 Mar 1924  (Age 81 years)
     7. Agnes Jane HALL
              b. 26 May 1844, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Mar 1926, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     8. Adam HALL
              b. 31 May 1846
              d. 15 Mar 1920  (Age 73 years)
     9. Robert HALL
              b. 17 Jan 1849
              d. 1 Oct 1923  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F83  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Stone mason, emigrated to Smith Twp, Peterborough County in 1827 with his parents. Settled on Lot 20, 4th Concession, Smith Twp Peterborough. (Library/Andrew Jeffrey Siblings/Item 2).

      "In 1843 he and Katherine moved to the homestead on which his father, William Hall had pioneered and on which he had built a handsome stone house just before his death in 1843. Three of their sons were farmers and two merchants. All were christened in St Paul's Presbyterian Church in Peterborough"(see Library/Misc Stuff/Item 4, page 18)

      See obit with other facts about their children and inital home locations in Library/Andrew Jeffrey Siblings/Item 2. Conflict of birth year as this source says 1803.

      All his children were baptized in St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Peterborough (Library/Andrew Jeffrey Siblings/Item 4 p3)

  • Sources 
    1. [S31] William Campbell 1990, William Campbell, Page 18 (Reliability: 2), 30 Nov 2017.

    2. [S31] William Campbell 1990, William Campbell, Page 17 (Reliability: 2), 30 Nov 2017.

    3. [S35] Misc Stuff, 9-Cobourg Star Marriages - conflict, 7 Mar 1832.
      Newspaper says Feb 28

    4. [S121] St. Peter's Anglican Church, MS 46, Reel 7.