George HALL

Wife:  HALL, Annie E. (1861-1931)

Son:  HALL, Arthur E.  (1896-1936)

Daughter in Law:  HALL, Lilian  (1886-1930)

Daughter:  HALL, Miriam (1888-1973)

George Hall and his family in Hook

This generously sized kerb memorial has 5 names on it:

George Hall, the head of the family, died 15 June 1941 aged 82. According to probate records, his last address was 85 Main Street Hook, and he died in Bartholomew Hospital, Goole. Thomas a younger son, in 1921 a bricklayer, living in Howden, arranged probate for George, effects £465, which was quite a tidy sum in those days.

George was born on January 2nd, 1859, baptised 25 September 1859, the son of Thomas and Amelia Hall, née Nunn (transcript and photo on Familysearch).

George married Annie Elizabeth Dixon in Tadcaster in 1879.  However, by 1881 the couple are showing up in Hook, Main Street.  George is aged 22, born in Shudy Camps, a village in the south-east corner of Cambridgeshire, near the border of Essex and Suffolk, and Annie is 20 years old, born in Hook.  George is listed as a general labourer, she as an agricultural labourer. No children yet. I have no idea how he finds his way to Yorkshire, but they stay in Hook for the rest of their days .

1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, the census record of a growing family, not without tragedy.

In 1911, the census asks quite intrusive questions. They inform the census that they’ve been married for 28 years.  They also say they have had 13 children born alive, 9 living in 1911 ( of whom only 3 were still at home then), and 4 dead.  However, there are only 10 listed in the various censuses:  Albert, Edith, Amelia (after George’s mother), George, Miriam, Mary Elizabeth, Thomas (after George’s father), Emma(?), Arthur, Gertrude.  They were all brought up in a 4 room house with no servants or nanny. I am just hoping that Annie had her mother and sisters still in the village to help out.

By 1911, George is a self employed market gardener in the village, so I guess at least they can eat plenty of healthy vegetables.

1921, George, 62, is now employing someone else to help with the business. Meanwhile, Annie’s on grandma duties, with her married daughter  Mary Lambert and her two little girls.

If anyone has any more local information to fill in it would be lovely. And to know how George landed in Hook. They were clearly a mutually devoted family. And the kerb memorial, modelled on the Zeppelin memorial in the cemetery, is (or was), splendid for them.  (Grateful thanks to J.I. for carrying out this research!)