Laura Gardner (Hall) Shirley (1916 - 1996)

Born 2 Sep 1916 in Harwich Port, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of George Anthony Hall and Faith (Pomeroy) Hall

Wife of Manford Earl Shirley — married 20 Jun 1948 (to 6 Mar 1956) in Brookline, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died 12 May 1996 at age 79 in Palm Desert, California, United States

Biography

Laura was born in 1916. Laura was the child of George Hall and Faith Pomeroy.

Birth

Name Laura Gardner Hall Event Type Birth Event Date 02 Sep 1916 Event Place Harwich Port, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Gender Female Father's Name George A Mother's Name Faith Pomeroy Certificate Number 17 Page 17 ^[1]

Marriage

Name: Laura G Hall Marriage Year: 1944 Marriage Place: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA Index Volume Number: 132 Reference Number: F63.M36 v.132 ^[2]

DAR

DAR Member: Laura G Hall Shirley Nat'l #: 473245 Ancestor #: A090368 (John Pomeroy)

Census 1920

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Census 1930

• Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Census 1940

• Brookline Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Voter Registration

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Death

Laura passed away in 1996. ^{[7] [8]}

Notes: Nov 1936: Name listed as LAURA GARDNER HALL; Jul 1944: Name listed as LAURA HALL WIENGARD; Nov 1948: Name listed as LAURA GARDNER SHIRLEY; Jun 1964: Name listed as LAURA GARDNER GALAVIZ; Oct 1965: Name listed as LAURA GARDNERSHIRLEY KNAPP; Jul 1967: Name listed as LAURA GARDNER SHEILEY ^[9]

Husband Manford Earl Shirley passed away at 59 years old in Mesa Mexico.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/23TP-M82 : 4 December 2014), Laura Gardner Hall, 02 Sep 1916; citing Birth, Harwich Port, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 17, page 17, State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916–1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
3. ↑ Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ5S-H7F : accessed 27 April 2020), Laura Hall in household of George A Hall, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 11B, line 63, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 933; FHL microfilm 2,340,668.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4NW-SP4 : 29 July 2019), Laura G Hall in household of George Anthony Hall, Brookline Town, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-50, sheet 8B, line 46, family 235, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1625.
6. ↑ Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.
7. ↑ State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
8. ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
9. ↑ Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.

See also:

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• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Sue Hall and her first cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their grandparents, Geoorge Hall and Faith Pomeroy. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st–2nd Cousin, based on sharing 865 cM across 35 segments; .
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Sue Hall and her first cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their grandparents, Geoorge Hall and Faith Pomeroy. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st–2nd Cousin, based on sharing 865 cM across 35 segments; .