Eliza Alice (Garton) Hall (1832 - 1910)

Born 6 Jul 1832 in Deptford

Ancestors

Wife of Frederic Thomas Hall — married 16 Jun 1851 in St Nicholas, Dartford.

Descendants

Died 1910 at about age 77 in Greenwich, London, England

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Biography

Eliza (Garton) Hall was born in Deptford, Kent, England.

Name: Eliza Alice Garton
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 29 Jul 1832
Christening Place: SAINT PAUL, DEPTFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND
Birth Date: 06 Jul 1832
Father's Name: George Josiah James Garton
Mother's Name: Elizth.

Geographic notes and Social context: During Eliza Alice's lifetime, Deptford was in slow decline as shipbuilding, with its skilled workforce, was replaced by dock and warehousing employment. However the Foreign Cattle Market did provide employment on a casual basis for women cleaning intestines for use as sausage skins.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Deptford like this:
Deptford.-- parl. bor., consisting of the par. of Deptford St Paul, Kent and Surrey, on Ravensbourne rivulet and river Thames, 1575 ac., pop. 76,752. Deptford has engineering works, some mfrs. of earthenware, soap, and chemicals, and, in the neighbourhood, excellent market gardens.
The old naval dockyard was discontinued in 1869, it was converted into a foreign cattle-market. The royal victualling-yard, the most important in the kingdom, is still maintained. The corporation of Trinity House have at D. an hospital for master mariners.^[1]
In 1730, Dept-ford was divided into two parishes, distinguished by the names of St. Nicholas, and St. Paul. The Parish of St. Nicholas, which includes the old town, lies mainly along the river Thames, and the combined parishes have now a population of about 60,000 souls.
According to the author of "Le Guide de Etranger à Londres," published in 1827, which draws attention to its Royal Marine Arsenal, where cables, masts, anchors, &c., are manufactured,. He mentions also the Red House to the north of Deptford, the "grand depôt of provisions for the fleet," burnt down in 1639, and again in 1761. The town at that time numbered 17,000 inhabitants. There were for many centuries, corn and other mills situated on the Ravensbourne in its picturesque windings through Deptford and Brockley,
The dockyard was closed in 1869. Shortly afterwards the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, required a place for the sale and slaughter of foreign animals. The Corporation of the City of London purchased the greater part of the old dockyard for the site of the new market. In December, 1871, it was opened under the title of the Foreign Cattle Market. it survived until 1913 This enterprise provided employment for many in Deptford both men and women, mostly on a casual basis.^[2]

Marriage
Event Place: Greenwich, London, England
Registration District: Greenwich
County: London
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year: 1851
Spouse: Frederick Thomas Hall

Name: Eliza Alice Hall
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
St Paul, London, Kent, England
Sub-District: St Paul Deptford
Age: 38
Marital Status: Married
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: Deptford, Kent
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Fredk Thos Hall Head M 40 Deptford, Kent
Eliza Alice Hall Wife F 38 Deptford, Kent
Alice Laura Hall Daughter F 14 Deptford, Kent
Amelia V Hall Daughter F 12 Deptford, Kent
Edwin Jonas Hall Son M 8 Deptford, Kent
Ellen Sarah Hall Daughter F 6 Deptford, Kent
Willm Thos Hall Son M 4 Deptford, Kent
Emily Eliza Hall Daughter F 1 Deptford, Kent

• Fact: Christening (29 Jul 1832) St. Paul, Deptford, Kent, England
• Fact: Residence (1871) St Paul Deptford London, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Event Type: Census Event Date: 1881
Event Place: St Paul Deptford, London,Kent, England
Name: Eliza A Hall
Age: 48
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: Deptford, Kent, England
Marital Status: Married
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Fredk T Hall Head M 50 Deptford, Kent, England
Eliza A Hall Wife F 48 Deptford, Kent, England
Edwin F Hall Son M 18 Deptford, Kent, England
William T Hall Son M 14 Deptford, Kent, England
Fredk T Hall Son M 7 Deptford, Kent, England
George H Hall Son M 6 Deptford, Kent, England
Percy A Hall Son M 2 Deptford, Kent, England
Alice M Plumer Boarder F 1 Middlesex, England

Name: Eliza Hall
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1891
Event Place: St Paul Deptford, London, England
Event Place Note: Hamilton Street
Registration District: Greenwich
Age: 58
Marital Status: Married
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: Kent, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Fredk Hall Head M 60 Kent, England
Eliza Hall Wife F 58 Kent, England
William Hall Son M 24 Kent, England
Frederick Hall Son M 19 Kent, England
George Hall Son M 17 Kent, England
Percy Hall Son M 12 Kent, England
Lovest Friths Lodger F 68 Kent, England

Name: Eliza Alice Hall
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year: 1910
Event Place: Greenwich, London, England
Age: 78
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/387
2. ↑ https://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol6/pp143-164#p34

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 October 2020, 22:57), entry for Eliza Alice Garton(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MSCT-B67); contributed by various users.
• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D3T-64B : 13 December 2014), Eliza Alice Garton, 1851; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1851, quarter 2, vol. 5, p. 296A, Greenwich, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLYL-LYJ : 11 February 2018, Elizth. in entry for Eliza Alice Garton, 06 Jul 1832); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0254583-0254588.
• Married register St Nicholas Deptford
• 1861 Census
• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB6M-8TB : 24 April 2019), Eliza Alice Hall in entry for Fredk Thos Hall, 1871.
• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q277-WPZB : 11 December 2017), Eliza A Hall in household of Fredk T Hall, St Paul Deptford, London,Kent, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 38, Piece/Folio 704/111, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,379.
• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q8SJ-6PZ : 2 May 2019), Eliza Hall in household of Fredk Hall, Deptford, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J78-SXN : 31 December 2014), Eliza Alice Hall, 1910; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Greenwich, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.