4,550 Halls were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
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The meaning of the name Hall is a person who either lived in or worked in a large house. A very common surname deriving from Old English, it first appeared in a historical document in 1178 in Essex. Well-known individuals named Hall include Texan model Jerry Hall and film director Sir Peter Hall.
The earliest occurrence of the Hall surname in our family history documents is from 1440, and we currently have 5,227,704 records where Hall appears. Here are a few more facts to get you started…
In the early 1900s Halls were most likely to live in Lancashire.
Not all Halls were law-abiding. We found 4,932 in criminal records.
7,064 Halls served in the First World War.
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