Researching Elizabeth Hale
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10746 people with the Hale surname? In that year Hale was ranked number 383 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Elizabeth means "consecrated to God" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Elizabeth Hale on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Elizabeth Hale and the Hale Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hale Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Hale family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 13288 people with the Hale surname in the UK? Hale is now ranked number 433 for popularity in the UK. |
Hale Family Tree Databases
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Hale Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 112415 people with the Hale surname in the USA? Hale is ranked number 120 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hale Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Elizabeth Hale. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Elizabeth Hale
Elizabeth Amherst Hale
Elizabeth Frances Amherst Hale (1774 – 18 June 1826) was a Canadian artist living in Lower Canada (later Quebec).The daughter of William Amherst and Elizabeth Patterson, she was born Elizabeth Frances Amherst in England and grew up there. Hale moved to Canada in 1799 when her husband, John Hale, an officer in the British Army, was posted to Quebec City. She is known for her drawings and paintings of landscapes, particularly a watercolour of the new city of York (now Toronto) in 1804. During the War of 1812 she took her children to England to avoid the conflict, returning after the British victory. After her husband purchased the seigneury of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, she filled a sketchbook with drawings of the buildings on the property and the surrounding area.
Colin Coates credited her with bringing an "English noble aesthetic" to Quebec. Hale's work is found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Library and Archives Canada, the Eastern Townships Resource Centre, the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre and the Musée du Québec.
Her son Edward was a member of the province's legislative council. Her son Jeffery was a prominent philanthropist.
She died at Quebec City in 1826.
Her correspondence with her brother William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst was published as The Rising Country: the Hale-Amherst Correspondence, 1799-1825 . Her work is included in the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
Source: Elizabeth Amherst Hale, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hale
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