William Hall

Death Notice : "South Africa, Cape Province, Kimberley, Probate Records of the Supreme Court, 1871-1937," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSS3-B3XD-8?cc=2521616... : 7 November 2016), 007810150 > image 1612 of 2106; National Archives of South Africa, Cape Town Archives Repository, Cape Town.

• DEPOT KAB
• SOURCE MOOC
• TYPE LEER
• VOLUME_NO 6/9/182
• SYSTEM 01
• REFERENCE 2453
• PART 1
• DESCRIPTION HALL, WILLIAM. DEATH NOTICE.
• STARTING 18810000
• ENDING 18810000

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William Hall sailed from Liverpool on 11th June, 1850 in the sailing ship Unicorn. He was accompanied by his second wife, Sarah and two children, Edwin Brennand aged eight years and Harry aged one year. They reached Port Natal on the 20th September, and took a house for one month, together with some fellow passengers. He complained of the sand in Durban and remarked in one letter “if that can ever be overcome, Durban will be a very fine town.”

He bought land at Isipingo and called the place “Underhill Farm”. He attempted to grow cotton, but was unable to get the natives to work. He also seems to have joined with another man who was not very reliable. While at “Underhill Farm” he built a house which partly collapsed owing to White Ants. William Hall left Natal in 1853to return to England, but his wife was so ill on the ship between Port Natal and Cape Town that she was taken off at the latter port, and they settled there, neither of them ever returning to England, even for a visit.

After settling at Cape Town, he obtained employment with Messrs. Collison Sons & Company for whom he worked for 24 years, managing the business. When he withdrew from this connection, Mr. Hall established himself as a professional Accountant, in which capacity he was largely employed as an Arbitrator in disputed Mercantile transactions. He became Chairman of the Directorate of the Cape Town Commercial Bank, also Chairman of the Marine Assurance Company and a Director of the Colonial Fire Assurance and Gas Companies. He was also Principal of the Worcester firm of W. Hall & Company. He died in the year 1881, leaving five sons and one daughter.

[Compiled by M.E. and E.P. WHITEHEAD]

1st marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNHB-33Y