The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Jane Hall [Akehurst], daughter of John Akehurst, labourer and Mary Ann Akehurst [Gammon]
Generation No. 1
  1. Jane Hall [Akehurst] was the daughter of John Akehurst, labourer and Mary Ann Akehurst [Gammon]. She was born 28th Jul 1850 at Laughton, Sussex; christened 27th Oct 1850 at All Saints Church, Laughton, Sussex, daughter of John Akehurst (labourer) and Mary Ann Akehurst
  She married William Hall, potter and farmer on 27th Jul 1868 at All Saints Church, Laughton, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1868 Q3 Vol 2b Page 121. He was born 1851 at Laughton, Sussex; died 1931 at Eastbourne, Sussex, aged 79 years. They had the following children:
2 iWilliam who was born 1869 at Laughton, Sussex; christened 2nd May 1869 Chiddingly Parish Church, Chiddingly, Sussex, son of William Hall (potter) & Jane Hall
3 iiEmily who was born 1871 at Laughton, Sussex; christened 22nd May 1870 Chiddingly Parish Church, Chiddingly, Sussex, daughter of William Hall (potter) & Jane Hall; died Oct to Dec 1945 Eastbourne, Sussex, aged 82 years
  iiiMary who was born 1872 at Laughton, Sussex; christened 5th May 1872 Chiddingly Parish Church, Chiddingly, Sussex, daughter of William Hall (potter) & Jane Hall
  ivAgnes who was born 1873 at Laughton, Sussex; christened 23rd Nov 1873 Chiddingly Parish Church, Chiddingly, Sussex, daughter of William Hall (potter) & Jane Hall
4 vJohn Walter who was born 27th Jan 1875 at Hill Cottage, Laughton, Sussex; died 24th Mar 1959 Eastbourne, Sussex
  viRhoda who was born 1877 at Whitesmith, Laughton, Sussex
  viiElizabeth who was born 1879 at Laughton, Sussex
  viiiArthur who was born 1881 at Laughton, Sussex
  ixSamuel who was born 1883 at Laughton, Sussex
  xLillian who was born 1886 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  xiEbenezer who was born 1889 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  xiiMildred who was born 1891 at Eastbourne, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Hall, cab proprietor was the son of William Hall, potter and farmer and Jane Hall [Akehurst]. He was born 1869 at Laughton, Sussex; christened 2nd May 1869 at Chiddingly Parish Church, Chiddingly, Sussex, son of William Hall (potter) & Jane Hall
  He married Clara Read on Oct to Dec 1893, registered at Eastbourne District, Sussex, ref: 1893 Q4 Vol 2b Page 169. She was born 1870 at Brighton, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMinnie G. who was born 1896 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  iiElenor W. who was born 1898 at Eastbourne, Sussex
   
  3. Emily Christie [Hall] was the daughter of William Hall, potter and farmer and Jane Hall [Akehurst]. She was born 1871 at Laughton, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1945 at Eastbourne, Sussex, aged 82 years
  She married John McNeil Christie on Apr to June 1894, registered at Eastbourne District, Sussex, ref: 1894 Q4 Vol 2b Page 122. He was born 1865 at Fouls Weston, Perthshire, Scotland; died Jan to Mar 1940, registered at Eastbourne District, Sussex, ref: 1940 Q1. They had the following children:
  iJames who was born 1895 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  iiDora Janet who was born 1896 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  iiiJohn McNiel (Jack) who was born 1st May 1897 at Eastbourne, Sussex; died 13th Dec 1981 Eastbourne, Sussex
  ivDoris Mary who was born 1901 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  vDonald William who was born 1904 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  viKathleen who was born 1909 at Eastbourne, Sussex
   
  4. John Walter Hall, bricklayer's labourer was the son of William Hall, potter and farmer and Jane Hall [Akehurst]. He was born 27th Jan 1875 at Hill Cottage, Laughton, Sussex; died 24th Mar 1959 at 13 Command Road, Eastbourne, Sussex
  He married Catherine Eliza Davis on Sep 1895 at Parish Church of All Souls, Eastbourne, Sussex. She was born 6th May 1872 at Eastbourne, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iReginald John who was born 1896 at Ocklynge, Eastbourne, Sussex
  iiIvy Gwendoline who was born 1897 at Ocklynge, Eastbourne, Sussex
5 iiiWalter Sydney who was born 1901 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  ivArthur Maurice who was born 1903 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  vOlive Phyllis who was born 1907 at Eastbourne, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Walter Sydney Hall was the son of John Walter Hall, bricklayer's labourer and Catherine Eliza Hall [Davis]. He was born 1901 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  He married Nellie Taylor on July to Sep 1921, registered at Lichfield District, Staffordshire, ref: 1921 Q3 Vol 6b Page 1113. She was born 2nd May 1902, registered at Lichfield District, Staffordshire, ref: 1902 Q2 Vol 6b Page 120, daughter of Henry Taylor and Ellen Jane Scatterwood; died 16th Jun 1978 at 29 Little Thorpe, Basildon. They had the following children:
  iWalter John who was born 3rd Mar 1922 at Uckfield, Sussex; died 1st Oct 1842
  iiDorothy May who was born 21st Aug 1923 at Military Family Hospital, Plymouth, Devon
  iiiOlive who was born 18th Dec 1931
  ivPatricia who was born 1st May 1934
   

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