Bessie Gray and Wendell Velpeau Hall

WENDELL VELPEAU HALL, son of ELIZABETH HALL and DR. WILLIAM ISAIAH HALL, was born February 10, 1869 in Jefferson, Clay, Indiana,⁴⁵³² and died May 4, 1956 in Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico.⁷⁵⁰⁵ He is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico.⁴⁵⁶

He married BESSIE GRAY on March 12, 1902 in Hastings, Cook, Illinois.⁹¹⁹⁴ She was born in 1873,⁴⁵⁶ and died in 1948.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Timothy Hall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Wendell V. Hall)

Children of BESSIE GRAY and WENDELL VELPEAU HALL:

1. WENDELL GRAY HALL, b. December 1, 1906, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico;^{6135, 9195} d. February 19, 1974, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico.⁹¹⁹⁵
2. JOHN RICHARD HALL, b. August 26, 1909, Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois;⁷³⁷⁷ d. August 2, 1985, Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland.⁹¹⁹⁶



Personal Information

Wendell V. Hall

• graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana in 1892⁷⁵⁰⁵
• was a surveyor and engineer for the federal government⁷⁵⁰⁵

Marriage Announcements and News

Albuquerque Daily Citizen, March 1, 1902⁹¹⁹⁴

Invitations wre received in this city to the wedding of City Engineer Wendell V. Hall to Miss Bessie Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gray, of Hastings, Ill., at whose home the wedding will take place at high noon on March 12. The couple will be at home at Santa Fe from March 15.

Obituaries

Albuquerque Journal, May 5, 1956⁷⁵⁰⁵

Wendell V. Hall, Engineer, Dies

SANTA FE (PA) — Wendell V. Hall, a long time surveyor and engineer for the federal government and a Santa Fe resident since 1899, died Friday at the age of 87.

Born at Jefferson, Ind., he was graduated from Wabash College in 1892 and then taught school in Indiana and Illinois for seven years.

He had served as Santa Fe city engineer and county surveyor. He also spent years with the government's general land office, retiring from federal service in 1931. He continued in private practice until recent years.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Robert I. Hoobler of Ellsworth, Ill., and two sons, Wendell of Santa Fe, and John of Takoma Park, Md., also several grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The Memorial Chapel said services have been set tentatively for 10 a. m. Monday, either from the chapel or the Methodist Church, with burial to be here.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 30, 18703649	Pike, Warren, Indiana	Elizabeth Hall William Isaiah Hall Wendell Velpeau Hall
June 30, 18801722	Gessie, Vermillion, Indiana	William Isaiah Hall Elizabeth Hall Wendell Velpeau Hall William Bader Hall Mary Henrietta Hall
April 23, 19109014	Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico	Wendell Velpeau Hall Bessie Gray Wendell Gray Hall John Richard Hall
January 9, 19209191	Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico	Wendell Velpeau Hall Bessie Gray Wendell Gray Hall John Richard Hall
April 11, 19309192	Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico	Wendell Velpeau Hall Bessie Gray Wendell Gray Hall John Richard Hall
April 22, 19409193	Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico	Wendell Velpeau Hall Bessie Gray