Thomas Hall (abt. 1909 - 1972)

Born about 4 Nov 1909 in Sapony, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States

Husband of Mattie Lee (Best) Hall — married 11 Apr 1956 in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States

Died 19 Feb 1972 at about age 62 in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Thomas Hall is a part of US Black heritage.

Thomas was born in Virginia in 1909. He was the son of Thomas Hall and Daisy Brown.^[1] In 1910 he was living with his parents and great-grandfather in Sapony, Dinwiddie County, Virginia.^[2] They were living in the same place in 1920; Thomas's father was a sawmill hand. His great-grandfather was still there and helped the family by making baskets.^[3]

In 1940 he was living with his wife Harriet (nee Mabry/Mobrough) and mother-in-law in Brooklyn, New York. They had a 2-year-old daughter, Aline.^[4] They had another daughter, Barbara, who was born in February 1936 and died in July the same year.^[5] In 1940, Thomas Hall was living in Brooklyn, New York with his wife Harriet. They were lodgers in the home of Mabel and Mitchell Cotter. Aline was not listed in the enumeration.^[6]

He married Mattie Lee Best on 11 April 1956 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. At the time of the marriage he was said to be from Brooklyn, New York.^[7]

He died on 19 February 1972 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He was listed as a taxi driver.^[1][8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PL-H97H?cc=1584959 : 2 September 2014), > image 1 of 1; State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPP9-SZD : accessed 23 April 2021), Thomas E Hall in household of Thomas Hall, Sapony, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 6A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1627; FHL microfilm 1,375,640.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJNW-XGD : 4 February 2021), Tommie E Hall in entry for Tommie Hall, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4L6-RY3 : accessed 23 April 2021), Thomas Hall in household of Utyli Mobrough, Brooklyn (Districts 0001-0250), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 104, sheet 21A, line 17, family 430, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1514; FHL microfilm 2,341,249.
5. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WYK-2WM : 3 June 2020), Thomas Hall in entry for Barbara Hall, 1936.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3Y7-JC9 : 7 January 2021), Thomas Hall in household of Mabel Cotter, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-672, sheet 4A, line 18, family 87, 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 2563.
7. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L94X-SS2H-M?cc=1726957&wc=QD8P-DRP%3A1588773182%2C1588773006 : 22 December 2016), Wayne > Marriage licenses, 1953-1957 > image 1709 of 2397; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPQC-ZY4 : 7 January 2021), Thomas Hall, Feb 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).