Sarah Jane (Hall) Finlay (1866 - bef. 1958)

Born 1866 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Died before 1958 before age 92 in White Center, WA, USA

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Biography

Jennie was born in about 1866 in Ashton under Lyne to Joseph Hall and his second wife, Sarah. Joseph had a grocer's shop, as well as working as a builder, according to the 1871 census, and his wife also worked in the shop. Jennie became a sick nurse (1891-1901 census) and later ran a beauty parlour. Some time between 1901 and 1910 she emigrated to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, possibly with the family of an invalid she was nursing.

Her niece Sylvia wrote this short biography "Aunt Jennie eldest, was nurse. Worked for family named Holt (Chorlton cum Hardy) as nurse/nanny for many years & travelled with them. Later went to USA. Several places but finally to Bremerton, near Washington & Vancouver. She ran a beauty parlour & beauty advice business for some time. Very late on indeed married a Swede - turned out unhappily - they divorced - he went off & she reverted to the name Hall. No children; d. White Center, WA before 1958; remarried a widower (Tom) died in hospital after leg surgery."

Census

1871 101 Birch Lane Dukinfield^[1][2]

Joseph Hall head mar 40 builder &c b. Ballidon Derbyshire

Sarah Hall wife mar 30 shopkeeper, grocer b. Newton Heath Lancs

John Alfred Hall son 12 scholar b. Ashton U Lyne

Lydia Hall daur 10 scholar b. Ashton Lancs

Sarah Jane Hall daur 5 scholar b. Ashton Lancs

Joseph Henry Hall son 3 scholar b. Ashton Lancs

Samuel Hall son 1 b. Ashton Lancs

Nancy Williamson boarder U 22 cotton loom weaver b. Lancs Levenhulme

1881: Dunham Pl, Steamford St, Ashton U Lyne (Palmer family household)^[3]

Sarah Jane Hall 15 general servant unmarried b. Ashton U Lyne

1891: 147 Trafford Rd, Salford^[4]

Sarah Hall 48 widow grocer b. Newton Heath Lancs

Sarah J. Hall 25 daughter sick nurse b. Ashton under Lyne

Samuel Hall 21 son grocer's asst, b. Ashton under Lyne

George E Hall 18 son tea dealer b. Dukinfield Cheshire

Lydia Hall 16 daughter b. Dukinfield Cheshire

German Hall 13 son b. Cheadle, Cheshire

Lydia Hall widow 83 mother-in-law b. Parwich Derbyshire

1901: Chorlton cum Hardy St Clement parish Didsbury sub-district^[5]

ED 28 folio 149 p 5 sch 32

John Holt 72 b. Manchester head

Hannah Holt 68 b. Manchester sister

Mary Ann Reynolds 41 b. Kidder Worcestershire visitor

Jenny Hall 35 b. Ashton U Lyne sick nurse

Elizabeth Braw 45 b. Isle of Man cook

Hannah Evans 30 b. Liverpool waitress

Lilly Read 24 b. Wandlebury Oxfordshire housemaid

Joseph Fairbrother 49 b. Chorlton-cum-hardy gardener

1920 U.S. census (12/1/1920): Birch St or Rd, Kitsap, Bremerton Ward 7, Washington^[6]

Jennie Hall head, home owned, white, aged 53, single, immigrated 1917,

'Pa' under naturalized or alien,

b. England, parents b. England, occupation hairdressing store, employer

Blanche O Wilson lodger, white, 25, single,

b. Pennsylvania, parents same, bookkeeper in navy yard, wage worker

Lottie M Allemond lodger, white, 28, single,

b. Washington, father b. Ohio mother b. Pennsylvania, bookkeeper in navy yard, wage worker

Travel and Addresses

1908 (July) Travelled to Quebec City with Lydia on Empress of Britain, aged 40;

both b. England, single, literate and Church of England;

Lydia is listed as a trained nurse and Jennie as a teacher, ultimate destination Victoria B.C.^[7]

1910 Victoria city directory: living at 756 Courtney (corner of Blanchard) with brother Joseph & sister Lydia.

House in Jennie's name.

1912 Travelled to New York from England:

Jenny Hall arr 10 Mar 1912 New York dep Liverpool; on The Baltic; age 46 single, literate,

last permanent residence Victoria b. Ashton under lyne England,

next of kin sister Miss Hall 320 Michigan St, Victoria,

final destination: BC Victoria^[8]

1914 Victoria city directory: 526 Michigan St.

Jennie Hall, Lydia Hall letting furnished rooms.

1915 Victoria city directory: 526 Michigan St.

Jennie Hall, Lydia Hall bookkeeper.

1920 Birch St, Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington, USA (see census)

1921 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno HB Co., l. Maplewood Rd., Saanich.

1922 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno HB Co., l. 3420 Maplewood Rd., Saanich

1923 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno HB Co., l. 3420 Maplewood Rd., Saanich

1924 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno HB Co., l. 3420 Maplewood Rd., Saanich

1925 Victoria: Gladys Hall bookkeeper National Motor Co l. 1240 Effingham with Jennie Hall steno HB Co.

1926, 1927, 1928 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno HB Co. l. 1240 Effingham.

1929-1930 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno Times. l. 1240 Effingham.

1933-4 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno Times. l. 1240 Effingham

1935 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno Times. l. 1240 Effingham

1936 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno Times, l. 3420 Maplewood; some pages missing.

1937 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno Times, l. 3420 Maplewood with Ida Truran, Clive Truran clerk, PR Brown & sons

1938-9 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno Times, l. 3420 Maplewood with Ida Truran elevator operator, Clive Truran bookkeeper JC Bridgman

1941 Victoria: Jennie Hall steno Times, l. 3420 Maplewood with Ida Truran elevator operator, Clive Truran bookkeeper JC Bridgman

Sources

The unsourced Victoria directory information was provided by Raymond Morris, who looked it up (I think at a library) in British Columbia.

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZPF-PQL : 11 December 2017), Joseph Hall, 1871.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZPF-PQ5 : 11 December 2017), Lydia H?Ll, 1871.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27P-LKQ4 : 13 December 2017), Sarah Jane Hall in household of Robert Palmer, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 36, Piece/Folio 4036/95, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,145.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78NN-3PZ : 10 December 2017), German Hall in household of Sarah Hall, Salford, Lancashire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X92W-Z14 : 8 April 2016), Jenny Hall in household of John Holt, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Lancashire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Didsbury subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFJ-1SH : accessed 6 January 2018), Jennie Hall, Bremerton Ward 7, Kitsap, Washington, United States; citing ED 55, sheet 1A, line 9, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1931; FHL microfilm 1,821,931.
7. ↑ "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QSJ-N32 : 27 December 2014), Lydia Hall, Jul 1908; citing Immigration, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, T-4759, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
8. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJYS-8XS : 6 December 2014), Jenny Hall, 10 Mar 1912; citing departure port Liverpool, arrival port New York, ship name Baltic, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).