George Eastman, who once maintained the Eastman Genealogy website, claimed that Remembrance was born in 1802 in Canada; married John Russell 1827 in Ohio, and then had a daughter Amelia Amanda Russell born 27 Aug 1840 in Ohio. Remembrance had several last names, as found at the Oregon Secretary of State's site.[1]
Remembrance had eight known children, all with first husband John Russell. They were Elisha (Elijah) Russell; Sarah (Sally) A Russell Hopkins; Lodema S Russell Dunn; Amos Eastman Russell; Fidelia Russell (Hall); John Foster Russell (Hall); Amelia (Amanda) Russell (Hall); Ruth A Russell (Hall) Blaisdel, Bugby, Wyman.[2]
After John Russell's death in 1845, she married Aaron Burnham Hall in 1850.[3]
1850 US census. Name: Rememberance Hall, Gender: Female, Age: 45, Birth Year: abt 1805, Birthplace: Canada West, Home in 1850: Wayne, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA, Line Number: 24, Dwelling Number: 29, Family Number: 29, with husband Burnum Hall.[4]
1860 US Census. Name: Remembrance Hall, Gender: Female, Age: 54, Birth Year: abt 1806, Birthplace: Pennsylvania, Home in 1860: Wiota, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA; Dwelling Number: 133, Family Number: 133, with husband AB Hall, plus kids Fidelia, John, and Ruth (Russell) Hall, and Calista Smith and Rosetta Jewett. [5]
1865 Minnesota territorial census. [6]
1870 US Census. Name: Remembrance Hall, Gender: Female, Age: 62, Birth Year: abt 1808, Birthplace: Canada, Home in 1860: Concord, Dodge, Minnesota, USA; Dwelling Number: 32; Family Number: 33; with husband AB Hall, brother AH Eastman, niece Nellie Eastman, and [relationship?] Esterlina Hall. [7]
1880 US census. Name: Rememberance Hopkins, Gender: Female, Age: 78, Birth Year: abt 1802, Birthplace: Canada , Home in 1850: Rolling Green, Martin, Minnesota, USA, Line Number: 24, Dwelling Number: 29, Family Number: 29, with husband AB Hall, plus Lyman, Sally, Orin K and Lillian Hopkins. Sick: Rheumatism. [8]
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