William Elmer Hall (1870 - 1933)

Born 15 May 1870 in Tecumseh Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Sep 1933 at age 63 in Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States

Biography

The son of Alfred Hall and his second wife, Engeline (Heeson) Hall, William was born in Tecumseh in 1870.^[1][2] He married Emily May Hamilton (1873-1932), the daughter of George Washington Hamilton and Lydia Marie Haight, in Tecumseh on August 26, 1890.^[3] Their children included:

1. Marian Hamilton Hall (1891-1965)
2. Lydia Winifred Hall (1896-1974)
3. Jeannette Fowler Hall (1903-1991)

In 1900, they lived in Covington, Kentucky, as William worked as an ad salesman.^[4] William and Emily divorced before 1910; Emily returned to Tecumseh and gold fever took hold of William. He went west to join the Gold Rush; in 1910, he was a lodger in Denver, prospecting a mine and working on his own account.^[5]

William remarried, marrying Alice M. Sprang (1873-1936), the daughter of Jacob P. Sprang and Elizabeth Emmerich. By 1920, he had left prospecting and was working as a salesman for the electric power company in Denver.^[6] In 1930, he worked as a supervisor in a real estate assessor's office in Denver.^[7]

He is believed to have passed away in Denver in 1933; widowed, his second wife passed away in 1936, residing last in Seattle, Washington.

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQC3-NL1 : 12 August 2019), Wm Elmer Hall, 15 May 1870; citing item 3 p 350 rn 801, Tecumseh, Lenawee, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,297,926.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWS5-M64 : 13 November 2020), William E. Hall in household of Alfred D. Hall, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 170, sheet 499B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,591.
3. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 41; Film Description: 1890 Emmet-1890 Menominee. Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9093 #898082 with attached Image
4. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Year: 1900; Census Place: Covington Ward 6, Kenton, Kentucky; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0114: Covington City, 6th Ward; Precinct D bounded by 17th, Garrard, Corporation line, Madison Ave; FHL microfilm: 1240535. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7602 #5401789 with attached Image
5. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Denver Ward 9, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T624_116; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1374129. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7884 #2024928 with attached Image
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2F-C24 : 26 December 2020), Wm E Hall, 1920.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X743-W5Q : accessed 8 January 2021), William C Hall, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 193, sheet 1A, line 23, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 239; FHL microfilm 2,339,974.