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Trying to find Hall

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Beverley

Beverley Report 16 Jun 2007 02:22

hi, i am trying to trace my grandmothers side and i am not having much luck. her name was elsie may hall also known as ivy may, not sure where she was born or if she has any brothers or sisters but she was born around 1893 i am led to believe that an ida broomhalls father and my grandmother were suppose to be brother and sister but it is all a mystery ,she was suppose to have married twice but can't find either marriages on her,.she had 3 children stanley born 1921,norman cecil born 1923 and my mother edna jean born 1924 who were all born in launceston tasmania. i was told that my grandmother lived at 105 canning street , launceston tasmania with 2 families known as the bateman and weavell. i was told that they used there house as a foster home. i was given two parents names but not sure which one is the right parents, one lot was arthur henry hall who married a annie robinson and live in balfour street launceston tasmania and later moved to the mainland, the second lot of parents i was given were joseph hall who married a cecila mary weavell who lived at 105 canning street launceston tasmania.when joseph died cecila remarried to a alfred ernest bateman. my grandmothers oldest child suppose to have a different father to the other two . stanleys father is suppose to be frank watson from melbourne australia and norman and edna's father is suppose to be a joseph storrer who lived at bridgenorth tasmania in 1924 she was suppose to have left bridgenorth and moved to 107bathurst street launceston tasmania and there she lived with a thomas rowley. but this is all the info i have on her . so if anyone could help me i would be very grateful. . cheers