Thomas Hall is a direct ancestor
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Thomas Hall was born on 9 December 1857 in Tabley Superior, Cheshire. He grew up living on the grounds at Tabley House, where his parents worked. However he had moved to 40 Ashton Street, Warrington and was working on the railways, when on 5 August 1880 he married
Ellen Leicester. He and Ellen had known each other as teenagers, since both his and her parents worked at Tabley House. On the mariage certificate Thomas is shown as a Railway Officer and in the 1881 Census he is shown as a Railway Porter.
On 25 July 1881, Ellen gave birth to their daughter Ada Mary Ellen (Nellie) Hall. Tragically, two days later Ellen died due to complications during the birth. Nellie was then brought up in Tabley by her maternal grandparents Charles and Ellen Leicester. Thomas worked on the railways as a porter and moved to Southport. On 21 January 1885 he married Sarah Ann Price from Harwarden, Flint (The birthplace of his mother
Mary Hall nee Ellis). In 1886 Thomas and Sarah were living at 69 Duke Street, Southport when Sarah gave bith to their first child James Edward Hall. In the 1891 Census they were living at 57 Railway Street, Southport and Thomas was a Railway Forman Porter. By 1901 the family had moved to 30 Morland Street, Liverpool, and Thomas had become a Railway Guard.
Thomas died on 2 March 1904 following an 18 month illness from Phthisis (pulmonery tuberculosis). He was buried at Fazakerley Cemetery on 7 March 1904.
