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Looking for any information on Walter Hall?????

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Rebecca, you'll need to provide a bit more information. Where was Walter born and when? Where did he live? Who did he marry? Anything to help us establish which Walter Hall you're seeking. There are probably 1000s of Walter Halls.

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Hi Rebecca, can you give a bit more information about when and where Walter lived? There are probably a lot of Walter Halls out there!

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There have been many men named Walter Hall, for example one was born in IL in 1934, another was born in Ohio in 1912, a Walter Hall was born in WV in 1914. The first 40 named Walter Hall at familysearch.org were born in the USA.

Can you help narrow down the search for the Walter Hall in your question? His birth year, marriage year, name of wife and location would be useful. Also, his location at the time of birth and marriage, such as country, state or province, county and city would help.

Hall seems to be a popular surname.

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surnamedb.com  has Hall as the 55th most popular surname out of 49,000 to 50,000.

"This ancient surname generally considered to be Anglo-Scottish, has several possible sources. These are that it may be a topographical name for someone who lived at or near a large house called a Hall, or that it could be an occupational name for a person who was employed at such a place. In this case the derivation can be either Olde English pre 7th Century word "heall," or the Old German and later Anglo-Saxon "halla" or even Old Norse-Viking "holl." All have the same meaning of a large house or building...