WALTER KENNETH HALL

1920-2013 - many homes

(Fifth Generation - Hall Family)

FATHER	MOTHER
LaForrest Leroy Hall	Esther Gladys Holst

BIRTH	Walter was born on 6 January 1920 at 2:45 PM, weighing 8 lbs^[24,67,74].
OCCUPATION	Coast Guard Officer Greeting Card Representative for Hallmark Cards Director of Development for Colby College, Waterville, ME University of Chattanooga (now University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), Chattanooga, TN Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL Bentley College, Waltham, MA Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, MA Columbia University, New York, NY Executive Director of the Massachusetts Multiple Sclerosis Society, Waltham, MA^[75]
SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS	In 1938, Walter held the World Record for the high hurdles. His entry in the 1939 World Almanac reads: "Walter Hall, Boston College Freshman, set a world record in the 45 yard high hurdles (Feb. 15, 1938) at the Knights of Columbus indoor games at Providence, R.I. The former Boston English High School 600 yards champion slid over the barriers in 5.66 seconds."^[76]. Were it not for World War II, he would have been a lock for the 1940 Olympic team. He and his teammates won the Penn Relays during his Tufts racing career.
EDUCATION	From high school, Walter became the first member of his family to go on to college. He was able to get an Economics scholarship to Boston College and attended BC for a year. He transferred to the superior track team and academics of Tufts College. He distinctly remembered travelling from his home in Quincy to his orientation in Tufts in Medford via streetcar on 21 September 1938...not realizing that he was travelling through the great 1938 Hurricane to do so. After all, no one believed that hurricanes could hit New England at that time.
RESIDENCES	He & his family lived at 580 Main Street, Lynnfield Center, Essex co., MA (when daughter Heather was born)^[77]; 515 Summer Street, Lynnfield Center, Essex co., MA (when son Alan was born)^[78]; Ramsdell Road, Falmouth Foreside, ME (when daughter Kristin was born); South Palisades Drive, Signal Mountain, TN (from 1965-early 1970); Monmouth, IL (1970-1971); Lexington, Middlesex co., MA (1971-1974); 384 Whitney Street, Northborough, Worcester co., MA (1974-1994); Sudbury, Middlessex co.., MA (1994-2002); currently living in Berlin, Worcester co., MA.
MILITARY SERVICE	When World War II broke out, he enlisted in Officer's School for the Coast Guard and was assigned a ship upon completion of his training. Walter served in the Coast Guard during World War II as the commanding officer of a sub chaser in the Pacific.
MARRIAGE #1	He married Barbara Ann MADDISON daughter of Arthur Blake MADDISON & Marion Louise NEWHALL, on 20 February 1943 at Crane Chapel, Tufts University, Medford, MA by the reverend George Ladd^[62,79,80].
MARRIAGE #2	He second married Jean STEARNS AMADON on 28 November 1992 at 251 Old Sudbury Road, Sudbury, Middlesex co., Massachusetts by Avis Hoyt-O'Connor^[84].

CHILDREN	2.	i.	Heather HALL	Born November 27, 1944^[74,77] in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
	3.	ii.	Alan Maddison HALL	Born October 27, 1947^[24,78,74] in Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
	4.	iii.	Kristin Carole HALL	Born 13 May 1961^[74,75] in Portland, Cumberland co., ME

GENERATION

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SOURCES

1. 1850 Federal Census, ROCK New Castle, NH, Federal Archives, Waltham, MA.

2. New Castle, Rockingham co., NH Vital Records.

3. Ella Hall Recollections given to Walter Hall in 1942. Subsequently transcribed by Heather Hall and Kristin Hall.

4. 1820 Federal Census, ROCK New Castle, NH, Federal Archives, Waltham, MA.

5. 1870 Federal Census, ROCK New Castle, NH, Federal Archives, Waltham, MA.

6. 1860 Federal Census, ROCK New Castle, NH, Federal Archives, Waltham, MA.

7. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR or Reg.], 115 [January 1961]:64 ("York Vital Records").

8. Ibid. 82 [1928]:39 ("Records Of The South Church of Portsmouth, NH").

9. Ibid. 108:88 ("A Book Of The Records Of The Church Of Christ (Now First Congregational) In Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine").

10. Research of & Correspondence with Dave Clark (dc2772@yahoo.com). 11. Family Notes Transcription. Notes originally in Walter K. Hall's, Barbara M. Hall's or Heather Hall's hand.

12. Hall Family Record, Memoranda Page, Kristin Hall, Written Records in Family Bibles.

13. Gravestone, New Castle Cemetary, New Castle, Rockingham co., NH

14. 1886 Portsmouth, NH City Directory. Number 14, Page 75.

15. 1894 Portsmouth, NH City Directory. Number 18, Page 142.

16. 1895 Portsmouth, NH City Directory. Number 19, Page 158.

17. 1897 Portsmouth, NH City Dictionary. Number 19, Page 158.

18. 1903 Portsmouth, NH City Directory. Number 23, Pages 125-126.

19. 1905 Portsmouth, NH City Directory. Number 24, Page 124.

20. New Castle, Rockingham co., NH Town Records [NCTR]

21. 1901 Portsmouth, NH City Directory. Number 22, Page 121.

22. Hall Family Record, Deaths Page, Kristin Hall, Written Records in Family Bibles, Paper.

23. Abbie Neal Hall Obituary, Newpaper.

24. Hall Family Record, Births Page, Kristin Hall, Written Records in Family Bibles, Paper.

25. Ordway R. Hall Death Record, 21 February 1917, Boston, Suffolk co., MA, 1917, 1, 173, 2249, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

26. "Boy Fails To Connect Men With Murder", Boston Herald, Boston, MA, 24 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosHerald-02.24.17], p. 12.

27. "Gunmen Kill Tea Store Manager", Boston American, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosAmer-02.22.17], pp. 1 &6.

28. "Bandit Shoots Storekeeper Dead", Boston Daily Advertiser, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosDailyAd-02.22.19], p. 2.

29. "Second Tea Store Man Murdered", Boston Evening Record, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosEveRecord-02.22.17], p. 1.

30. "Bandits Kill Storekeeper", Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosEveTranscript-02.22.17], p. 3.

31. "Hall's Slayers Drug Fiends", Boston Globe, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917 (both regular & PM editions), Boston Public Library, [BosGlobe-02.22.17].

32. "Store Manager Killed By Thief", Boston Globe (AM Edition), Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, {BosGlobeAM-02.22.17], p. 1 ' 5.

33. "Robbers Kill Another Tea Store Manager", Boston Herald, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosHeraldAM-02.22.17], pp. 1 & 3.

34. "Yeggs Duplicate Roxbury Murder", Boston Morning Journal, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosMornJournal-02.22.17] pp. 1 & 2.

35. "Desperado Trio Murder Clerk In Store Holdup", Boston Post, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosPost-02.22.17], pp. 1 & 4.

36. "Police Hunt Slayers Of Store Man", Boston Traveler, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BostTraveler-02.22.17], pp. 1 & 5.

37. "Report 3 Held As Bandits", Boston American, Boston, MA, 23 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosAmerican-02.23.17], pp. 1 & 14.

38. "Dorchester Murder Was Deliberate", Boston Evening Record, Boston, MA, 23 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosEveRecord-02.23.17], p. 3.

39. "Police Dragnet Out For Bandits", Boston Globe (AM Edition), Boston, MA, 23 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosGlobeAM-02.23.17], p. 1.

40. "General Hunt For Gunmen", Boston Globe (PM Edition), Boston, MA, 23 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosGlobePM-02.23.17] p. 1.

41. "Reward For Tea Store Murderers", Boston Post, Boston, MA, 23 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosPost-02.23.17], p. 1.

42. "Grill Suspect In Tea Store Murders", Boston American, Boston, MA, 24 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosAmerican-02.24.17], p. 3.

43. "Ordway Hall Obituary," Boston Post, Boston, MA, 24 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosPost-02.25.17], p. 11.

44. 1888 Portsmouth, NH City Directory. Number 15, Page 78.

45. "Gunmen Kill Tea Store Manager", Boston American, Boston, MA, 22 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosAmer-02.22.17], pp. 1 & 6.

46. "Boy Fails To Connect Men With Murder", Boston Herald, Boston, MA, 24 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosHerald-02.24.17], p. 12.

47. "$1000 Reward For Bandits", Boston Post, Boston, MA, 25 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosPost-02.25.17], p. 3.

48. "Arrest In Tea Store Murder", Boston American, Boston, MA, 28 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosAmerican-02.28.17], p. 1 & 3.

49. "Hold Suspect As Slayer Of Tea Store Manager", Boston Evening Record, Boston, MA, 28 February 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosEveRecord-02.28.17], p. 1.

50. "Girl Is Ready To Aid Alleged Gunman", Boston American, Boston, MA, 1 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosAmerican-03.01.17], pp. 1 & 14.

51. "Sweetheart Asserts Alibi For Rollins", Boston Evening Record, Boston, MA, 1 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosEveRecord-03.01.17], p. 3.

52. "Picks Rollins As Murderer", Boston Globe (AM Edition), Boston, MA, 1 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosGlobeAM-03.01.17], pp. 1 & 3.

53. "Rollins Taken To Charles St. Jail", Boston Globe (PM Edition), Boston, MA, 1 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosGlobePM-03.01.17], pp. 1 & 3.

54. "Will Arraign Youth Held As Slayer Of Hall", Boston Herald, Boston, MA, 1 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosHerald-03.01.17], pp. 1 & 14.

55. "Girl To Aid Rollins By Giving Alibi", Boston Post, Boston, MA, 1 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosPost-03.01.17], pp. 1 & 11.

56. "New Gunman Suspect Held By Police", Boston American, Boston, MA, 2 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosAmerican-03.02.17], p. 3.

57. "Declares Rollins At His Home", Boston Post, Boston, MA, 2 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosPost-03.02.17], p. 1.

58. "Had No Part In Murder", Boston Post, Boston, MA, 3 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosPost-03.03.17], p. 1.

59. "Seek New Tea Store Suspect", Boston American, Boston, MA, 4 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosAmerican-03.04.17], p. 5.

60. "New Arrest Near In Tea Store Cases", Boston Evening Record, Boston, MA, 4 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosEveRecord-03.04.17], p. 1.

61. "New Suspects In Hall Murder", Boston Evening Record, Boston, MA, 5 March 1917, Boston Public Library, [BosEveRecord-03.05.17], p. 2.

62. Hall Family Record, Marriages Page, Kristin Hall, Written Records in Family Bibles, Paper.

63. LaForrest Leroy Hall Birth Record, 21 March 1895, Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH, 1895, 3, 50, Portsmouth, NH Vital Records.

64. Hall Family Record 2, Parents' Names Page, Kristin Hall, Written Records in Family Bibles, Paper.

65. LaForrest Leroy Hall Death Record, 12 August 1981, Weymouth, Norfolk co., MA, 1981, 533, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

66. LaForrest Leroy Hall Obituary, Newspaper.

67. Walter Kenneth Hall Birth Record, 6 January 1920, Boston, Suffolk co., MA, 1920, 1, 6, 225, Paper, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

68. LaForrest Leroy Hall & Esther Gladys Host Marriage Record, 31 December 1918, Dorchester, Suffolk co., MA, 1918, 2, 274, 7224, Paper, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

69. Esther Gladys Holst Birth Record, 10 March 1895, Boston, Suffolk co., MA, 1895, 450, 223, 21, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

70. Commonwealth of MA Vital Records, [MAVR], Birth Records, 1895, 450, 223.

71. Esther Hall Death Record, 5 February 1969, Quincy, Suffolk co., MA, 1969, Quincy, 138, Paper, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

72. Hall Family Record 2, Deaths Page, Kristin Hall, Written Notes in Family Bibles.

73. Voter Certification, 27 May 1946, Quincy, MA.

74. Hall Family Records 2, Children's Names Page, Kristin Hall, Written Family Records from Family bibles, Paper.

75. Kristin Carole Hall Birth Record, 26 May 1961, Portland, Cumberland co., ME, 1961, 271821, Paper, State of Maine Vital Records.

76. 1939 The World Almanac, [1939Alm], 918.

77. Heather Hall Birth Record, 27 November 1944, Melrose, Middlesex co., MA, 1944, 488, 605, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

78. Alan Maddison Hall Birth Record, 27 October 1947, Melrose, Middlesex co., MA, 1947, Melrose, 46, 871, Paper, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

79. Hall Family Record 2, Marriages Page, Kristin Hall, Written Records in Family Bibles, Paper.

80. Hall-Maddison Marriage Certificate, 20 February 1943, Crane Chapel, Tufts University, Medford, Middlesex co., MA, 1943, Actual Certificate from the Reverend George Ladd., Certificate in posession of Kristin Hall.

81. Barbara Maddison Birth Record, 14 January 1923, Swampscott, Essex co., MA, 1923, 8, Paper, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

82. Barbara Maddison Hall Death Record, 1988, #022743, Paper, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

83. Commonwealth of MA Vital Records, [MAVR], Death Records, 1988, #022747.

84. Walter Hall & Jean Amadon Marriage Record, 28 November 1992, Sudbury, Middlesex co., MA, 1992, XI, 64, 105, Paper, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vital Records.

85. Bruce Arthur Hall Birth Certificate, 22 January 1958, Bronx, New York, 1958, Certificate #156-58-201129.

86. Research of & Correspondence with Jessica Olensky Davis.


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