A Joseph Hall born on th e 14th June 1841 fits the description on Joseph Hall in the censuses but I am not convinced I have found the correct one, especially as he changes his christian name and age in the censuses. No record of a marriage has been found nor the family in the 1881 census, the 1911 census says that the couple had been married 30 years, but son John was born in 1878.
Selina Howey was born on the 17th of October 1844 at Tyne Main and the birth was registered in Gateshead.
In 1891 the family was living at 5 Carley Road, Southwick, Sunderland.
Father and head of household was Alfred Hall (43) born Sunderland, occupation a mechanic at the marine works with wife Selina (47). The six children were John (13) born South Shields, with his 5 siblings all born in Southwick, Selina (10), twins Alfred and Lucy (6) Sarah (3) and Thomas (1).
Still living at 5 Carley Street in 1901, a terraced house in West Sunderland, Alfred was now Joseph! aged 50 and working at the engine works. Selina (50) had Alfred (16) and a glass maker's labourer as well as Sarah (14) and Thomas (10) at home.
The address of the family home was given as 6 Back Carley Street in 1911. Head was Alfred(!) a shipyard labourer with birth year given as 1851. Selina's age was given as 61, only Thomas (20) was at home and his occupation was a riveter presumably in the local shipyards.
Selina died at home on the 7th April 1912, son Alfred Edward Hall of 3 Cornhill Terrace was the informant and just to confuse me, Selina's husband was given as Alfred Edward Hall who presumably was still alive in 1912. Age at death given as 60 despite the fact that the 1911 census had her age as 61!
No death record for Joseph/Alfred Edward Hall has been found. No Alfred Hall births were found in Sunderland except for one bn Dec 1851, he is not mine as he appears in 1901 as a widower with his unmarried brother John Joseph Hall bn 1847.
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