Born in Ontario on 16 April 1866, he came to Brandon and worked as a coal and wood dealer, and later as a building contractor in western Manitoba and around Saskatchewan. On 9 December 1891, he married Mary Florence Brooks (1871-1960) at Brandon and they had three children: Rexford Clarence Hall (1894-1911), Cosy Kathleen Hall (1897-?), and Charles Bryan Hall (1911-?). He died at Regina, Saskatchewan on 25 February 1945 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
527 Louise Avenue, Brandon
1906-1907
30-36 Tenth Street, Brandon
1910
Destroyed by fire (1981)
Empire Hotel (expansion)
725-731 Rosser Avenue, Brandon
1910
Demolished (1957)
Brandon Asylum for the Insane, First Street, Brandon
1910-1912
1133 Princess Avenue, Brandon
1912
Eleventh Street, Brandon
1912-1913
Demolished (1970)
Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
“Looking backward,” Brandon Sun, 26 February 1927, page 1.
“Harry Johnson’s fine new Hotel Cecil,” Brandon Sun, 2 March 1911, page 52.
“Death of popular boy,” Brandon Sun, 11 May 1911, page 3.
“Contract for new arena awarded,” Brandon Sun, 18 July 1912, page 3.
“C. W. Hall in hospital,” Brandon Sun, 6 October 1928, page 10.
Obituary, Brandon Sun, 26 February 1945, page 10.
Grave transcriptions, Brandon Cemetery.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 September 2024
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