Educator.
Born on a farm in the RM of North Norfolk on 29 February 1892, son of David and Margaret Hall, he became a teacher, at Kenville School (1915-1917), and serving as the Principal of Ashern School (1922-1925), Beausejour School (1925-1929), Pilot Mound School (1929-1937), Austin School (1937-1946), Holland School (1946-1948), and Tilston School (1948-1950). He later taught at Elkhorn School. On 18 December 1926, he married Elsie Ruby Jones at Winnipeg. They had a daughter, Frances Hall Young. He died at Macgregor on 19 October 1977 and was buried in Austin Cemetery.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Birthdays,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 March 1976, page 21.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 1977, page 36.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 September 2023
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