Hall clan – Belfast Ireland

Trying to establish which Hall children belonged to which Hall parents. All born in Belfast, Ireland.

1805

  • 11 Jan 1805. Baptism of William Hall(s), son of William Hall(s) and Mary née Hall(s), at St Annes Church of Ireland (COI) Shankill Parish, Belfast.

1828

  • 16 Mar 1828. Baptism of Hugh Hall, son of William Hall and Elizabeth Smith, at St. Anne’s COI Shankill Parish, Belfast. 

1843

  • 1843. Listing of Hall, Robert, Tailor, 21 Edward Street. (1843 Belfast City Directory)

1846

  • 29 Mar 1846. Baptism of John Hall, son of James Hall, at St Annes COI Parish Shankill, Belfast.

1850

  • 18 Jan 1850. Marriage of Samuel Hall to Elizabeth “Betty” Marshall (1825-1897), daughter of Alexander Marshall, in Belfast Ireland.
  • 1850. Arrival of Samuel Hall in America (1900 US Federal Census)

1851

  • 11 Feb 1851. Marriage of Hugh Hall, son of William Hall, a pork cutter, to Mary McKee, daughter of Michael McKee, laborer, at St. Anne’s Church of Ireland, Belfast, Shankill. Witnesses were Samuel and Margaret Fields. Officiating Rev. C. Allen. (Ulster Historical Foundation, Marriages. Feb 11, 1851.)

1852

  • 1852. Listing of James Hall, porter, 3 Annette St. (1852 Belfast City Directory)
  • 1852. Listing of William Hall, “in a pork store”, 30 William’s Row.  (1852 Belfast City Directory)

1861

  • 1861. Listing of William Hall, laborer, 7 William’s Row. (1861 Belfast City Directory)
  • 13 May 1861. Marriage of William John Hall, baker, to Susan (sic) Tierney at St Anne’s COI Shankill Parish. His father, William Hall, pork cutter. Witnesses were Hugh Hall and Mary Hall. (1861 Belfast Civil Registration).
  • 29 Aug 1861. Birth of Annie Hall, daughter of William John Hall and wife Sarah née Tierney, at 9 Union St., Belfast (1861 Belfast Civil Registration).

1863

1864

  • 1864. Property valuation of William Hall, 7 William’s Row. The 1864 Griffith’s Valuation shows a “Wm Hall and another” leasing a house & yard from a Mary Ann Hunter at 7 William’s Row, Townparks, Shankill, Belfast Upper. The valuation of the buildings was 3 pounds, 10 shillings and 0 pence. No land is included in the valuation. This valuation is consistent with other leases on that street. (1864 Griffith’s Valuation).
  • 19 April 1864. Birth of Mary Hall, daughter of William John Hall, baker, and Sarah Turney (sic), at 9 Union St. Belfast. (1864 Belfast Civil Registration)
  • 28 May 1864. Arrival of Hugh Hall, widower, and his children. They had sailed from Ireland to Glasgow Scotland and then on to New York City. The children who emigrated with him were: William John, William, George, Margaret Ann, Samuel, Eliza, and Thomas. His occupation was noted as farmer. His first known residence in America was Granger, Allegheny County, New York.

1867

  • 6 Apr 1867. Birth of —- Hall, son of William John Hall, baker, and Sarah Turner (sic), residence 9 Union St., Belfast. Hugh was born at Lying-In Hospital. [Note: the registration record does not include a first name, however the parents names, address, and baptism record confirm this is Hugh Hall, baptized on the 19th).] (Belfast Civil Registration )
  • 19 Apr 1867. Baptism of Hugh Hall at St Anne’s COI Shankill. (Baptism record)

1868

  • 1868. No listing for William Hall at 7 William’s Row. It is now occupied by a Robert Bell. (1868 Belfast City Directory, street search).
  • 16 Oct 1868. Death of Hugh Hall, 18 month old son of William John Hall, baker who was present at his death & Sarah Tierney. Address was listed as Ardoyne, Belfast (this is in Edinderry Townland which had 3 mills so maybe Sarah was working there then).(Belfast Civil Registration) .

1870

  • 26 Mar 1870. Marriage of John Hall, a ship builder, son of James Hall a deceased laborer, to Ann Warwick, a millworker, daughter of Elizabeth Martin & Hugh Warwick at the Parish Church of Ballymacarrett, Belfast.
  • 14 May 1870. Birth of Elizabeth, daughter of William and Sarah Tierney at 19 Brown’s Square, Belfast. (Belfast Civil Registration).
  • 1870 Residence of Hugh Hall is Hyde Park, Wabasha County, Minnesota. (1870 US Federal Census Record)

1873

  • 30 Sep 1873. Birth of Sarah, daughter of William John Hall and Sarah Tierney. Residence Springfield Row, Belfast. (Belfast Civil Registration)

1874

  • 20 Oct 1874. Death of John Joseph Hall, age 5, son of John Hall, baker, and his wife Elizabeth Ferran. Margaret Ferran present at death. 81 Stanfield St., Belfast. (Belfast Civil Registration).

1875

  • 3 Dec 1875. Hugh Hall, widower, married Margaret Sweeney in Wabasha, Minnesota. (Marriagesfrom the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2022. )

1876

  • 17 Jun 1876. Birth of Agnes, daughter of William John Hall & Sarah Tierney (Belfast Civil Registration)

1877

  • 1877. Listing of James Hall, porter, 12 Annette St. (1877 Belfast City Directory)
  • 1877. Listing of James Hall, baker, 81 Stansfield Street (1877 Belfast City Directory)

1881

  • 11 Dec 1881. Death of William John Hall, “age 48”, 5 Springfield Rd. died 11. (Belfast Civil Registration)
  • 13 Dec 1881. Burial of William John Hall at Belfast City Cemetery, Plot O 230. Owner of this plot is James Hall. (Belfast City Cemetery burial records).

1890

  • 7 Oct 1890. Death of Sarah (née Tierney) Hall, age 49, residence Springfield. Buried at Belfast City Cemetery, Plot O 230. (Belfast City Cemetery burial records).

1893

  • 23 Dec 1893. Death of Elizabeth (née O’Neill) Hall, age 70, widow of James Hall, a porter, 12 Annette Street. Her son James Hall (Jr.) was present at her death. Elizabeth is buried in Belfast City Cemetery, Plot O 230. (Belfast City Cemetery burial records).

1894

  • 23 May 1894. Death of James Hall, a porter, age 56, of 12 Annette St. Present at his death was his brother W. Hall, of 1 Frederick Place. (Belfast City Registration). James Hall is buried in plot O 230 at City Cemetery Belfast. Owner of the plot is W. Hall. Fee paid. (Belfast City Cemetery Burial Records).
  • 15 June 1894. Probate of James Hall. “The will of James Hall, late of 12 Annette-street, Belfast Mechanic who died 23 May 1894 at same place was proved at Belfast by the Reverend Stewart Emerson Cooney of 23 Botanic-avenue Belfast clerk one of the Executors” Effects 117 pounds. 10 s. Probate: June 15 1894 (Northern Ireland Wills).

1899

  • 5 Feb 1899. Death of Sarah Hall, age 17, at 51 Springfield Row. (Belfast Civil Registration). Known as Sadie, she is buried at Milltown Cemetery Plot NA-100-A with her sister Mary Hall Doran. The plot was paid for by their sister Elizabeth Hall (Milltown Cemetery Staff email).

1901

  • 7 Apr 1901. Death of Samuel Hall, widower, in Millville, Wabasha, Minnesota.

1912

  • 14 Jan 1912. Hugh Hall, age 83, died in Hennepin, Minnesota (Minnesota US Death Index; Certificate Number 015077. Record Number 91118).


(3) Samuel Hall (about 1828-1901)

Samuel Hall’s birth is based on the United States Census of 1880. Samuel emigratee to the US, settling with his family in Hyde Park, Wabasha County, Minnesota.  

They had 6 children: Jennie Hall (1852-1897), Sarah Hall (1859- ), Robert Hall (1861-1937), George Hall (1863-1886), Fred Hall (1868- ), Francis Henry Hall (1871-1955).

His wife Elizabeth died March 18, 1897 in Minnesota.  They are both buried in Hyde Park Cemetery.  

Our Doran family matches up with his descendants on autosomal DNA tests. 



(5) William John Hall (1837-1881) 

William John Hall was born about 1837 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was a lifelong Protestant.

On May 13 1861 he married Sarah Tierney (1838-1890), the daughter of James Tierney (1815-1865) and Bridget Ann McTeague (1820- ). Sarah’s father and mother were from Monaghan, where others in the Tierney family continued to live. James Tierney worked in a pork store as did William Hall so that might have been the connection that led to the meeting and marriage of William John and Sarah Tierney? Perhaps they had even joined the same butcher’s union.  Although Sarah was a staunch Catholic the couple were married in the Church of Ireland. 

They had six children:  Anne Hall (1861- ), Mary Hall (1864-1899), John Hall (1867- ), Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hall (1870-1933), Sarah Hall (1873-est 1933), Agnes Hall (1876-1881). 

William John Hall’s wife Sarah worked in the cotton mill, and her great-grandaughter recalled being told by her mother that Sarah worked as hard as any man. She also said that William John had been crippled in a work accident, and so he took over the care of the house and the children “from his chair.”  His great-granddaughter recalled being told that William John brushed his daughter’s hair every morning before they left for the day. 

William John Hall’s occupation was listed as “baker” in several sources. So maybe he was able to do that work at home from his chair.  A baker in those days had to belong to a guild, which was restricted to only protestants.

The oldest children were not baptized in the Roman Catholic church until they were several years old, which had led to some confusion about their ages. Noted on their baptism record details are their ages at the time of their baptism, reference to each other, and that their father was a Protestant. 

William and Sarah Hall were living at 9 Union Street when the first three children were born.  By the time Elizabeth was born they were living at 19 Brown’s Square. When Sarah Hall was born in 1873 and Agnes in 1876 they were living on Springfield Row.  

Anne Hall was baptized in the Church of Ireland in September 1861. Four years later she was re-baptized at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church (notation made of her father’s faith.)

Agnes Hall was two years old when she was baptized at St. Peter’s RC Church. The record notes she is the sister of Sarah Hall record #2148. She died in 1881 on Springfield Road, Belfast, her sister Mary Hall was in attendance. 

Mary Hall married Bernard Doran in 1884. See the Doran saga.  They had

Their daughter Elizabeth “Aunt Lizzy” Hall did not marry. She raised the Doran children after her sister Mary’s death in 1899. Aunty Lizzy has her own page on this website. She was an important person in two generations of the Doran family. After the Doran children moved to New Jersey, Elizabeth followed.

We don’t know what happened to William and Sarah Hall’s son, John.  He may have died young.


Jet is such a coincidence as several Dorans lived on that street.  But we haven’t found any records to suggest that Doran family, which was much better off, was any close relation to our Dorans.