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Children:
1.
George Williamson Hall
2.
Ann Williamson Hall
3.
Thomas Williamson Hall
4.
John Hall
5.
Grace Williamson Hall
1.George Williamson Hall (1818
- 1896)
b. 7 Sep. 1818 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England
to Captain George Hall and Grace Williamson, George was a brother to Sir John Hall and
Thomas Williamson Hall. For a few years he served in the
merchant service and rose to the rank of captain. Married Agnes Emma Dryden
about 1850 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, ENG. Agnes was a
sister of Sir John Hall's wife, Rose.
Children:
1.
Agnes Mildred Hall
2.
William Dryden Hall
3.
George Buceo Hall
Both George and his brother Thomas were master mariners.
George came to New Zealand in 1853 on the "Royal
Albert" and acquired Highbank
Station on the Rakaia River and later a property at Springfield,
'Springfield Station' with John & Thomas and
had an interest in Balmoral Station, and
Sawdon Station and possibly
others in the Mackenzie. George W. Hall took up the 60,000 acre Braemar
Station May 1858. Edward Glave Stericker Stericker was in working partnership with George Hall in a
station in the Ashburton Forks, 'Ringwood' when news of the great new sheep country in the
South Island was noticed. George and E.G. Stericker
took up
Run 252, the Sawdon
Flats, in August 1858 added the 20,000 acres Whalesback Flat
and in November 1859 Sawdon hill run, No. 320, was added. Stericker's father
John was from Sawdon near Scarborough, England. The
Halls and the Stericker dissolved partnership in 1862, the year following the
great snowstorm. It was common practice to lease adjoining runs, made it easier to
stock. Altogether the three Hall brothers
owned or leased 130,000 acres in the Mackenzie Country. They leased all the
land between the Haldon road and the Tekapo River but sold these
interests at the end of the 1860s. George was elected as the 1861-2
representative for Heathcote
to the Christchurch Provincial Council. G.W. Hall died 27 Feb. 1896 in
Lyttelton and was buried at the Hororata Cemetery.
Timaru Herald July 1881 Death
HALL - On December 20th, 1880, shot by the Boers, at Standerton, the Transvaal,
George Buceo, second son of Mr T. W. Hall, Timaru, aged 30 years.
Standerton Military Cemetery in the Transvaal province (now
called Mpumalanga) and was up from the main town. It was quite a large headstone
and it was well kept.
In memory of George Buceo Hall
Son of Thomas W. Hall Esq.
of Timaru New Zealand
who was killed near Standerton
on the 29th of December 1880
while gallantly fighting against the Transvaal Boers
Aged 30 years.
Timaru Herald 29th July 1874
Married. Wakefield-Hall. On July 15th, at St Michael's Church, Christchurch, Edward, fifth
son of Felix Wakefield, to Agnes Mildred, only daughter of George Williamson Hall.
Their daughter Agnes Mildred Hall m. Edward Wakefield on 15 July 1874 in St. Michael's
Anglican Church,
Christchurch. Edward was a son of Felix
Wakefield. Edward represented Geraldine as their first representative in Parliament
in 1875 to 1881. He was at this time editor of the Timaru Herald.
Agnes as Mrs E. Wakefield opened the Timaru Borough Council office at a
ceremony 10 July 1877. She later
divorced
him Second marriage to Edward Withers 12 Aug. 1886 in Wesleyan Church,
Christchurch.
Children by Wakefield:
1. Edward Geoffrey H. St. George Wakefield
2. Agnes (Queenie) Milne Wakefield
On 15 July 1874, at Christchurch, Felix Wakefield married Agnes Mildred
Hall, niece of Sir John Hall; they were to have at least two sons and a
daughter. In 1875 Wakefield was elected MHR for Geraldine on the returning
officer's casting vote. Regarded even by enemies as brilliant, he was
aggressively ambitious. He subjected John Ballance, Sir George Grey's
colonial treasurer, to memorable parliamentary maulings, and in August 1879
delivered what William Rolleston considered 'the finest speech ever made in
the House'. Wakefield was defeated in 1881, but, having pledged to oppose
Harry Atkinson, was returned unopposed for Selwyn in 1884. Left out of the
first Stout–Vogel ministry, he changed sides, becoming Atkinson's colonial
secretary; when Atkinson's week-old government fell he received a package in
the shaped of a rat from his constituents. Wakefield encountered
difficulties in his personal life in 1886. He and Agnes were divorced in
August, and one week later Agnes married Edward Withers; their daughter,
Aimée Mildred, was born on 10 September 1886.
West Coast Times, 15 September 1884, Page 2 A
recent Southern mail.
The Post says: Yesterday's mail brought up an exceedingly unsavoury package,
in the shape of a dead rat, addressed to Edward Wakefield, Esq. M. H.R. The
body arrived in rather a dilapidated condition, owing to the effect of the
force used in defacing the postage stamps."
New Zealand Herald, 1 May 1886, Page 5
The Wakefield Divorce Case. Commenced in the Divorce Court at Dunedin, in
the case of Wakefield v. Wakefield and Withers. The action is by Mr. Edward
Wakefield, M.H.R. for Selwyn, against his wife, for a divorce, on the ground
of adultery with the co-respondent Withers, a son of the late Major Withers,
and at one time accountant in the Colonial Bank of New Zealand in Auckland,
and more recently manager of a branch of the same bank at Timaru. The
parties were married several years since at St. Michael's Church,
Christchurch, the respondent being the only daughter of Mr. G. W. Hall, of
Christchurch, one of the early Canterbury squatters, and a brother of Sir
John Hall. Soon after the marriage they went to reside at Timaru, where Mr.
Wakefield became editor of the Timaru Herald, and afterwards a member of the
House of Representatives for Geraldine. A little more than a year ago Mr.
Wakefield resigned his position in Timaru and went to Wellington, where he
became the editor and part proprietor of the Evening Press in that city. He
left his wife, and two or three children by the marriage, in their home at
Timaru, and it is alleged that during his rather long absence the adultery
was committed, and that the respondent made a confession to a near relative
as to her misconduct.
3. Thomas Williamson Hall (1819 -1895)
Born 18 Nov. 1819 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England.
He was the son of Captain George Hall and Grace Williamson of
Elloughton near Hull, England. Thomas had been a sea captain as well as
his brother George.
Thomas left England on the
Mohammed Shah with his
wife Sarah and his three children: Tom, John, and William (a new born baby). The
ship caught fire near Australia, and Thomas was commended for his bravery in the
rescue of some of the passengers. They were stranded on an island for three days before rescue, were left with
out any possessions, and were landed at Hobart. The family arrived in New Zealand in 1853.
One son was shot by the Boers a year after the Zulu war and another son,
Tom,
went wrong.
Thomas was one of the earliest men to
take up land in the Mackenzie Country and was said to have name
Irishman's Creek after the wild Irishman bushes growing there.
Thomas Hall acquired 20,000 acres near the southern boundary of The
Mistake. He also owned Glenmore
with John. The 10,000 acre Run 274, on the Balmoral plateau, was taken up by T.W.
Hall on 30 September 1858. Runs 274, 325 and 326 formed the old Braemar
Station. In 1867 T.W. Hall sold runs 274 and 325 to Alfred Cox
for £1000. On 1 December 1859 T.W. Hall applied for another 10,000 acres to the
north. They worked the stations together.
After 1861 T.W. supervised the runs, George took a trip and John was in
Christchurch. In 1867 T.W. sold the Mackenzie runs:
First sold the Braemar sections.
August 20 1867 sold 50,000 acres (The Mistake
and run 275) and 7,000 sheep to A.B. Smith and William Saunders for £13,000.
Later Thomas
lived at Elloughton Grange, Timaru which in those days was in Halls
Road now Pages Road. After selling the property to William Grant
to moved to Le Cren's Terrace (now The Terrace.) He was a member of the
first Timaru Road Board 1864, the Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works
1873, South Canterbury Education Board 1877, Timaru Harbour Board 1877
and the South Canterbury Hospital Board.
Died: 12 Dec. 1895 in Invercargill.
He married
Sarah Young.
Children:
1a. Thomas Hall
2a Richard Williamson Hall b. 9 Dec. 1856 in Rakaia
3a. John Hall
1a.
Thomas Hall b.1847 in Kingston upon Hull, England to Thomas Williamson Hall and
Sarah Young. As a youth Tom Hall managed a sheep station, Castle
Hall Station, owned by his
uncle, John Hall, later Sir John Hall, premier of NZ. Married
Kate Emily Epsie Cain 26 May 1885 in Timaru. Thomas Hall murdered her
father, Capt. Cain in January 1886 and attempted to murdered Kate in
August 1886 after the birth of their son Nigel Cuthbert Hall b. 19 June
1886. Kate divorced him in 1902. Hall was released from Mount Eden
prison, Auckland, in 1907. Sir John Hall granted him an annuity of £200
on condition that he live the remainder of his life out of New Zealand.
Star 28 December 1895, Page 7 OBITUARY.
A southern contemporary announces the death at Invercargill, at the age of 76,
of Thomas Williamson Hall, who was one of the early settlers, and for many years
a prominent public man in South Canterbury. The deceased, with his brothers, Sir
John Hall and Mr George Hall, was a member of a well-known family of shipowners
and shipmasters of Hull. He was educated in France and Germany, and at the age
of sixteen went to sea, becoming an owner and master on his own account at an
early age. In 1853, with his wife and two young children, he set sail for New
Zealand. The vessel they came in as passengers, the Mohammed Shah, was
burnt at sea off Australia, but the ship's company -were fortunate enough to be
rescued by a brig "Ellen" belonging to Van Diemen's Land. Mr Hall, after a short look
round, betook himself to pastoral pursuits. He took up a run on the Rakaia, and
later became one of the pioneer pastoralists of the Mackenzie Country. He
subsequently removed to Invercargill, where he resided until the time of his
death. He was not a public man in. the same sense as his brother, Sir John, but
he took an active interest in local affairs, being a member of the Timaru and
Gladstone Board of Works, chairman of the Hospital Board, and member and some
time chairman of the Timaru Harbour Board. He was one of the earliest and most
energetic advocates for the construction of a harbour at Timaru, and had not a
little to do with the selection of Mr Goodall's design for the work from among
the competitive plans. Mrs Hall, a hale old lady, two years her husband's
senior, survives him, as do several grown up sons.
Born at Hull, England, 18 Dec. 1824, and was baptised on 31 Jan.
1825. Educated on the Continent. John served
as a special constable during the Chartist riots in England in 1848. He
arrived in Lyttelton aboard the Samarang 31 July 1852. His brothers George and Thomas arriving soon after.
The following year, he leased the land which would become the major part of
his property in Mid Canterbury at Hororata, Rakaia Terrace Station
on the north bank of Rakaia River (The Terrace Station.)
In 1853 he was elected at its inception to the Canterbury Provincial Council
and was a member until abolition of the Provinces more
than twenty years later. He was in the
Mackenzie by 1858. On 2nd May 1859 John claimed run 296, the Grampian
Hills homestead run but transfer the title to John Tucker Ford or
Harry Ford in 1860. On the west side of Lake Tekapo, Joseph Beswick, a
friend of John Hall, took up 20,000 acres in 1858 and named it Gristhorpe.
John Hall took over Gristhorpe in 1867 and
renamed it The Castle and later it became
known as Castle Hall Station. In
March 1869 John sold Balmoral
and Castle Hall which he worked
as one to Alfred Cox. The price was £13,500 and 20,000 sheep. Cox also purchased from T.W. Hall and John Fraser the Braemar
runs. In 1873 John McGregor claimed country at the forks of the Cass
river and named it Glenmore
and incorporated Castle Hall into his
holdings and retained the name Glenmore for
both properties. John leased The
Mistake named became mistake in the boundary.