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27/04/2021 The 1911 census shows the family living at the same address. Robert was not living with the family.
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27/04/2021 Robert Hall was the son of Thomas and Sarah Hall. Thomas Hall and Sarah Irwin were married on 14th October 1883 in the district of Fermanagh.
27/04/2021 Robert Hall was born on 20th September 1893. He was one of ten children, all born in the Fivemiletown area.
27/04/2021 Known family: Thomas Hall, Sarah Hall, Richard Hall (born 1st March 1885), Eliza Jane Hall (born 13th December 1886), George Hall (born 22nd August 1888), William Hall (born 15th April 1891), Robert Hall (born 20th September 1893), Thomas Hall (born 12th January 1896, died 20th January 1896), Anne Margaret Hall (born 4th August 1897), Charlotte Hall (born 5th November 1899), Sarah Mabel Hall (born 24th September 1906), Marshall Hall (born 8th June 1910).
27/04/2021 Robert Hall is commemorated locally on the WWI Roll of Honour in Fivemiletown Methodist Church and also on Fivemiletown War Memorial.
27/04/2021 Robert Hall emigrated to America. Prior to enlisting, Robert was living in Mayatt, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
27/04/2021 During training, Robert was admitted to the camp hospital in Canada on 27th January 1918, diagnosed with tonsillitis and scarlet fever.
27/04/2021 Private Hall died scarlet fever a week later on 4th February 1918 in Canada.
27/04/2021 In his will, he left all to his mother.
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27/04/2021 The 1901 census records Robert as age 7 living with the family at house 5 in Tircar, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. Thomas Hall is a farmer.
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30/12/2015 The CWGC record Private Robert Hall as the son of Sarah Hall of Tircar, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, Ireland, and the late Thomas Hall.
30/12/2015 Private Robert Hall is buried in St. John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto.
30/12/2015 Private Robert Hall served with Canadian Machine Corps.
30/12/2015 Robert enlisted in Toronto, Canada on 21st September 1917. He gives his age as 24 years old. He gives his next of kin as his mother, living in Fivemiletown. Robert was single and working as a gardener.
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