Gereration 9: Charles Milton Hall & Georgianna Clough

 

Timeline

1881 MAR 7		Birth of Charles Milton Malden, MA
Abt 1882		Birth of Georgiana Rome, NY
1904 JUN 19	Age 23	Marriage of Charles Milton Hall and Georgiana Clough Lynn, United States
1904 DEC 8		Birth of Dr Charles George Malden, MA
?		Birth & Death of David Hall (Infant) Malden, MA
1942 DEC 21	Age 61	Death of Charles Milton Malden, MA
1964 FEB 14	Age 81	Death of Georgiana Malden, MA

 

Charles Milton was born in Malden, MA[1] [2] on March 7, 1881[3] [4]. 

 

In 1900 Chas M., age 19, was living on 309 Forest Street in Malden, MA, County of Middlesex, Ward 5 (editor’s note: I drove by this location in late 2007 and there was no longer a house with this number – the house is listed as number 315 on his son’s birth record [5] ) and is listed as a “last finisher” who can read, write and speak English[6].  

 

He married Georgianna Clough who was born in Rome, NY[7] [8] abt 1882. According to Charles G. Hall Jr. (my uncle and Georgianna’s grandson), she was raised in Lynn, MA with an aunt, the reason is unknown.  At the time her mother was also living in Lynn, MA and remarried to Frank Shipman (according to census data).  Georgianna is not listed in Lynn, MA (or anyplace else) in the 1890 or 1900 census. Note that most of the 1890 census was destroyed.

 

There is some family connection to Singer (of Singer sewing machines).  It was treated as a family fact when Charles G. Hall Jr. was growing up (see his BICN post – “before I croak notes”). 

 

They were married in Lynn, MA on June 19, 1904[9]. Charles is a “Last Maker”, Georgianna is listed as “at home” [10] (editor’s note: Last Maker according to “Wikipedia” is a maker of wooden foot molds for cobblers).

 

Charles M’s parents are as Ephraim A. Hall and Roxanna Wilson and Georgianna parents are listed as Frank B Clough and Kitty Perry[11] (editor’s note: later census data lists Kitty as Shipman[12], this was also confirmed by Charles G. Hall Jr.).

 

An old family photo lists Georgianna’s grandparents as Evans James and Ann Perry Evans.  Another photo lists “Grandma Perry Evans” who is surrounded by 5 children named as Anna Belle Palmer, Kitty Mae Palmer, Leland Spoor (?), George Spoor (?), and Georgianna Hall.

 

 Charles and Georgianna had two children:

 

- Dr. Charles G. Hall, born on December 8, 1904[13] (a scandalous six months after the wedding). At the time of his birth and at least through 1906[14], the family resided at 315 Forest Street, Malden, MA[15].

 

- David Hall, birth date unknown, died as an infant (information from grandson Charles G. Hall)

 

The 1906 city directory mentions that Charles works at 551 Eastern Avenue,[16] at that address in 1900 is the Middlesex Last Company incorporated in 1894.  Capital stock is valued at $15,000.  Albert L. Richardson is President, Joesph W. Work Treasurer and Manager and William H Farnham, Supt.  It is one of three last manufacturers in Malden.

 

In 1910, Charles, 29, Georgianna, 28, and son Charles, 5, have moved to 17 Dale Street (editor’s note: this home was still standing in 2007, see in photo links). Georgianna has given birth to two children, but only one is living.  Charles is still employed as a last maker in the industry of last finisher. On April 15, 1910 Charles was out of work; however he had worked for the entire year in 1909.  He owned the home, with a mortgage[17]. 

 

In the 1917/18 WWI draft registration he is described as medium height and build with hazel eyes and brown hair[18].  Charles is working as a Last Maker for Maplewood Last Co. on Eastern Avenue in Malden. This could possibly be Maplewood Last Works on 865 Eastern Ave, incorporated in 1917, capital $25,000 Richard H Splaine in the President and Daniel M Smalle is the treasurer.  

 

 

In 1920 the family is still living at this address. In 1920 Charles, 38, is a wage worker in a shoe factory in the position of last maker[19].  The home is now owned mortgage free.

 

In the 1935 Malden directory Charles M a builder and Georgianna are living at 138 Lawrence Street in Malden.

 

In April of 1942 Charles completed a WWII draft registration card.  His address was listed as 138 Lawrence Street, Malden, MA.  He works for himself at home and has no telephone [20] (Editor’s note: I have in my possession an old sign of Charles Milton’s which lists a 4 digit phone number).

 

 

Charles Milton died on December 21, 1942; his obituary as follows[21]:

 

Charles Milton Hall fatally stricken at Longwood, FL. 

 

Well known dog fancier had suffered with angina pectoris and was taken to the sanitarium Friday.  Lived for many years on Baker Hill and later at Linden. Son, Dr. Charles G. Hall with him when end came. Body to be brought here for funeral services.

 

Charles Milton Hall, 64, well know dog fancier and for many years a resident of Dale St on Baker Hill and late a resident of 138 Lawrence St., Linden, passed away yesterday at Longwood, FL according to a dispatch received here. His son, Dr. Charles Hall, veterinarian was with him at the end, with Mrs. Georgianna Clough Hall, wife of the deceased.

 

Stricken on Friday

 

Mr. Hall who has passed the winter in Florida for the past six years had suffered from angina pectoris for some time. He was taken ill on Friday at his home at Longwood near Orlando and was removed to the Longwood sanitarium. Dr. Hall was called by telegram and left at once. He will accompany the body home.

 

The deceased had lived in Lynn before coming to Malden and was a member of one of Malden’s oldest families. He was interested in greyhound dogs for many years and also in the real estate business. He had lived in Linden about 12 years.

 

Surviving are his wife and son Dr Hall; also two grandchildren.

(editor’s note: angina pectoris is the medical term for chest pain or discomfort due to coronary heart disease.  Angina is a symptom of a condition called myocardial ischemia.  It occurs when the heart muscle  or myocardium doesn’t get as much blood hence as much oxygen as it needs)

 

Georgianna died on February 14, 1964.  Her obituary is as follows[22]:

 

Georgianna Hall  

 

Mrs. Georgianna (Clough) Hall, 82, of 138 Lawrence St. Malden, died Wednesday suddenly at her home. Born in Rome, N.Y. she had made her home in Malden for the past 61 years. She was the wife of the late Charles M. Hall.

 

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Leo M Norton Funeral Home (editors note: Leo Norton was a very good friend of her son and my grandfather Charles G. Hall), 287 Main Street, Malden, with Rev. William P Gray of the First Congregational Church officiating. Burial will be in Forest Dale Cemetary.

 

Surviving are a son, Charles G. Hall, veterinarian, of 228 Main St, Malden, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

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[1] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA, Birth Record Charles Milton Vol: 323 ; Page: 157 (handwritten)

[2] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA ,Birth Record Charles George Vol: 543; Page: 519 (handwritten)

[3] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA, Birth Record Charles Milton Vol: 323 ; Page: 157 (handwritten)

[4] Source Citation: Roll: MIUSA1939B_082448; Local board: Middlesex , Massachusetts.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. National Archives and Records Administration Branch locations: National Archives and Records Administration Region Branches.

[5] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA ,Birth Record Charles George Vol: 543; Page: 519 (handwritten)

[6] Ancestory.com 1900 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, City of Malden, Ward 5, Precinct 2, Supervisor’s District 115, Enumeration District No 845, Sheet No. 1 June 1, 1900, dwelling 13, Family 14

[7] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA, Marriage Record Charles M. & Georgianna Vol: 547 ; Page: 488 (handwritten)

[8] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA ,Birth Record Charles George Vol: 543; Page: 519 (handwritten)

[9] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA ,Marriage Record Charles M. & Georgianna Vol: 547 ; Page: 488 (handwritten)

[10] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA ,Marriage Record Charles M. & Georgianna Vol: 547 ; Page: 488 (handwritten)

[11] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA ,Marriage Record Charles M. & Georgianna Vol: 547 ; Page: 488 (handwritten)

[12] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA ,Marriage Record Charles M. & Georgianna Vol: 547 ; Page: 488 (handwritten)

[13] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA ,Birth Record Charles George Vol: 543; Page: 519 (handwritten)

[14] Ancestory.com: Massachusetts City Directories > Malden > 1906 > H

[15] NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910, Malden, MA ,Birth Record Charles George Vol: 543; Page: 519 (handwritten)

[16] Ancestory.com: Massachusetts City Directories > Malden > 1906 > H

[17] Ancestory.com 1910 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, City of  Malden, Ward 5, Precinct 2, Supervisor’s District 119, Enumeration District No 911, Sheet No. 11, April 20, 1910, Nellie F. Willis,, dwelling 183, Family 211

[18] Source Citation: Registration Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Roll: 1674359; Draft Board: 2. Source Information: Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.

[19] Ancestory.com 1920 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, City of  Malden, Ward 5, Precinct 2, Supervisor’s District 140 (crossed out and 4 written in), Enumeration District No 277, Sheet No. 21, January 26, 1920, Bermard F Doris, dwelling 359, Family 420

[20] Source Citation: Roll: MIUSA1939B_082448; Local board: Middlesex , Massachusetts.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. National Archives and Records Administration Branch locations: National Archives and Records Administration Region Branches.

[21] Malden Evening News, December 22, 1942, page 1, column 7

[22] Malden Evening News, February 13, 1964, page 4, column 1

Charlie’s BICN (before I croak notes) E-mail from Charles G Hall, Jr 2/07/2008:

February 7, 2008

 

Linda says, “By the way I found a copy of the written records of Charles M. & Georgianna… looks like we are not related to the Singer sewing machine people: born in Rome NY father Frank B Clough and mother Kitty Perry” 2/3/08

 

BICN
 I can now tell you with absolute certainty that Kitty Perry and Grandma Shipman are the
 same person.  Have it in G H ( Georgianna Hall) handwriting. Ann Perry Evans was Kitty Perry’s mother.

 

When I was thinking about Georgianna and Grandma Shipman I had a cringe moment.  The cringe moment is behavior you remember where for one reason or another you have acted inappropriately.

 

I was talking to Georgianna at her house when I was probably eight or nine years old.  Georgianna always treated me well and I had not yet withdrawn because of the animosity between her and my mother.

 

She was showing me some clothes that her mother had made for her as a baby and marveling at the craftsmanship   I knew that she had lived with her aunt in Lynn, Massachusetts.  I asked her why she had lived with an aunt instead of her mother.  She began to cry and told me her mother did the best she could for her.  At this stage I’m not clear on what age she left her mother and for what reason. 

 

I wouldn’t totally give up on the Singer/Clough connection since it was treated as family fact in my youth.

 

It would be nice to know when Kitty married Shipman. Were she and Frank Clough married?  Did they divorce or did Frank Clough die and she marry Shipman?

 

Ephriam  Augustus Hall was born December 28, 1852 and died January 1, 1917.  Roxanna Aurelia Wilson was born October 12, 1859 and died November 1, 1910.

 

We have other discrepancies on some dates for others between what’s on the chart and research done by my mother.  I also have additional people not on the chart.  In my mind Linda is the site manager and I’ll submit any data I have to her for resolution.

 

 

I will try to comment on Charles Milton Hall in the near future.

Singer Connection???

There are family stories that Georgianna was perhaps conceived by Issac Singer (inventor of the sewing machine). Although born in Rome, NY she was sent to live with an Aunt in Lynn, MA (although we do find her mother Kittie/Catherine Perry married to a Frank Shipman (her 3rd marriage) in Lynn, MA censuses). 

Singer’s biography reads, http://www.sewalot.com/singer_history.htm:

“Even as an old man, Isaac Singer’s charm and wealth attracted beautiful women. As a young man, by all accounts, he had the devil in him. He was a renowned womanizer and father to at least 28 children by several wives and countless lovers”. 

The only issue with this theory is that Issac died in July 1875 and Georgianna was born in 1882….perhaps there was another connection??  

 

Note that another rumor was of a Clough “cousin” who invented the bobbin.

 

There is a James Clough Cropper of NY in 1860 who made a patent claim that claimed an improvement in threading and looping (see story below and also e-mail from writer).

 

http://ismacs.net/articles/figurals.html

by Graham Forsdyke
ISMACS News
Issue 27

 

ALTHOUGH thriving sewing-machine industries existed in America, Germany, France and Great Britain during the latter half of the 19th century, of these big four, France was the only country, to my knowledge, not to produce figural machines and Germany’s contribution to the art-in-design market was limited to the Sandt Clown/Princess series of toys.

 

For the purpose of this article we will ignore the elaborate designs of Starley with his hands; Newton Wilson’s Princess designs; and Thomas’s foliage-inspired bases and concentrate solely on machines in which a particular concept runs through the entire design. The American D W Clark was the most prolific of the figural-inspired designers. In the late 1850s he produced gilded brass machines with designs including a dolphin, cherub and a foliage. Of these three the foliage has survived in the greatest numbers, followed by the cherub of which two distinct designs exist. The only dolphin extant is believed to be the patent model, shown opposite below, in the Smithsonian Institution.

 

Although quoted as a figural, the horse sewing machine patented by James Perry is little more than a relief cut-out of a prancing stallion bolted to a fairly-conventional sewing-machine frame.

The purest form of figural machine, where all of the mechanism is hidden within the design, was possibly introduced for the first time by S D Ellithorpe who patented a design, in America, for a squirrel-shaped model. Although Ellithorpe and his partner Fox worked on the machine for two years, there is no evidence outside a wood-cut illustration that the machine ever existed and none has turned up. Another pure form of figural to emanate from America was the Eagle machine recently unearthed by the Smithsonian Institution. In it the mechanism is not entirely enclosed within the bird’s body and needle is held in the creature’s beak.

 

In Britain we have had examples of pure figurals and also of theme machines.

Perhaps the most famous in the “theme” bracket are the two Anchor designs, one by Thomas Bradford and the other by the Britannia Sewing Machine Company.

Newton Wilson also got onto the “theme” bandwagon with his Cleopatra model in which a serpent forms the main upper casting. But it was left to the Scottish firm of Kimball and Morton — partly financed with American money — to produce probably the purest figurals ever made.

 

Their first attempt in 1866 resulted in lion machine of that year. The beautifully-sculptured head hid most of the working parts, but it wasn’t until 1903 that the concept was completed with the later lion in which every piece of the mechanism was hidden. Even the needle and presser foot were concealed behind swivelling rocks on the base and the bobbin found a home within the lion’s head.

 

Although I wrote off the French as the sole non-producers of figural machines, it’s just possible that a Gustaff Mascart produced a gymnast model, shown opposite, in 1865.

Mascart was a foundry owner living in the Boulevard Sebastapol in Paris who also had offices in the Charing Cross Road.

 

In 1865 he applied for a patent for a simplified form of chain stitch and with the application provided a drawing of what appears to be a gymnast. The entire mechanism, as can be seen from his drawing, was very typical of that produced in France at the period and it’s possible that the machine went into production. However, after receiving provisional patent protection, Macart never followed up to apply for a full patent.

 

One other machine — again of which there is no record of production — should be included in this brief synopsis on figurals. It is one which we shall call the nymphs and which served as a basis for a patent taken out by James Clough Cropper of New York in 1860.

Like so many others of its type, Cropper’s patent claim had nothing to do with the figural design but claimed improvement in threading and looping. GF

 

Dear Linda

 

Thanks for the mail.

 

I’ve checked this article which, it appears was edited for the internet.

 

In the original, written some 18 years ago, I make it clear that the patent was actually taken out in the UK for the American Cropper.

 

I have a copy of the actual patent here but it doesn’t add much other than to state that Cropper’s address was Broadway, NYC.

 

The patent was applied for in the UK not by a patent agent which would have been the usual procedure but by a builder and joiner John Notman of Plumtree St, Nottingham on April 14, 1860.

 

The UK patent number was 1860/934.

 

I sure this won’t be a lot of help but it’s the best I can do

 

Regards

 

Graham Forsdyke

Purveyor of fine Featherweights to the gentry ISMACS London http://www.ismacs.net

 

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