When I first started researching my HALLs I wasn’t sure in which direction to turn.
My great-grandfather had “appeared” in Ludington, Mason County, Michigan, in the 1890s.
He supposedly was born in Saginaw County, Michigan — or Ontario — but I couldn’t find a record of his birth.
One of my first clues with his family came from a newspaper article about his funeral. Not an obituary – an article about his funeral.
There was an obituary, of course. It was published in the Ludington Daily News on 11 Nov. 1940. It listed one brother and one sister as survivors but didn’t include their names.
I was disappointed until I found the article about his funeral, which listed the names of out-of-town guests:
“Out of town persons who attended the rites were Mr. and Mrs. Vern HALL, Mrs. Maud HALL, Mrs. Olive LENICK and Charles HALL, all of Bay City.”
Bay City is located in Bay County, the county just north of Saginaw. Now I had a place to continue my search.
I don’t know how many newspapers published articles like this, but if you haven’t searched for an article published after a funeral, it might be worth your time to do so.
It was for me.
These names and the location of Bay County opened a door to my great-grandfather’s family.
Curious as to your blog which details the guests at a wedding. Mrs. Maud Hall and Charles Hall may be linked to my family of Halls. More information would be awesome! Thanks a bunch for any information you can provide on these two. Bobbi