Where did the name Hall come from? What is their coat of arms? When did the Hall family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

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Hall Coat of Arms and Name History

Hall

Origin Displayed: Swedish

Origins Available: Dutch, German, Scottish, Swedish

This product is available in 11 X 17 parchment scroll format, but extracts from this history are not available at this time.

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Suggested Readings for the name Hall
An Alabama Newspaper Tradition: Grover C. Hall and the Hall Family by Daniel Webster Hollis, A Givens-Hall Family History from Pre-Revolutionary Times to 1970; Including Many Related Families Such as Alexander, Bowman, Black, Chapman, French, Green, Johnston, Phlegar, Ross, Snidow, Stafford, Welker and Others by Dorothy Hall Givens.

Some noteworthy people of the name Hall

Arsenio Hall (b. 1956), American actor, comedian, and talk show host
Asaph Hall (1829-1907), American astronomer, who discovered and named Deimos and Phobos, the two satellites of Mars
Edward T Hall (b. 1914), American anthropologist who explored differences between cultures in terms of time, context, and space
Brigadier General William Preble Hall (1848-1927), American Army Brigadier General awarded the Medal of Honor for valor in action on October 20, 1879
Edwin Herbert Hall (1855-1938), American physicist who discovered the "Hall effect"
Diane Hall (b. 1946), original name of American Diane Keaton
Lyman Hall (1724-1790), American signer of Declaration of Independence
Gary Wayne Hall (b. 1974), American swimmer who competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics and won ten Olympic medals (5 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
Staff Sergeant George J Hall (1921-1946), American Army soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944
Technician Fifth Grade Lewis R. Hall (1895-1943), American Army soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1943
Lieutenant Commander William E Hall (1913-1996), American Naval Reserve officer awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1942
Virginia Hall MBE, DSC (1906-1982), American spy during World War II. She was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross - the only one awarded to a civilian woman in World War II
John Lewis Hall (b. 1934), American physicist awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
Monty Hall (b. 1924), best known as the host of the popular game show "Let's Make a Deal"
Louis Hall (1852-1915), English, professional cricketer from Yorkshire
Máximo Soto Hall (1871-1944), Guatemalan writer and diplomat
Benjamin "Ben" Hall (1837-1865), Australian bushranger
Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall (1885-1915), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War