Hall, Rohr, Van Winkle, and Peaslee families papers 1633-1929

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Hall, Rohr, Van Winkle, and Peaslee families papers 1633-1929

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This collection consists of wills, receipts, bonds, deeds, correspondence, genealogical notes, photographs, and other legal documents pertaining to the allied Hall, Rohr, Van Winkle, and Peaslee families of New York City. Though all four families are documented in genealogical notes, the majority of the material relates to members of the Hall family, including Charles M. (1863-1914) and Ella Louise Hall and their daughters, Vivien Whittier Smith, Sibyl Peaslee Moon, and Ruth Elizabeth Hall, and mostly concerns the estates of Charles M. and Ella Louise Hall. Materials cover the period 1633 to 1929.

0.08 Linear feet; in five folders.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329490

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Rohr family

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Smith, Vivien Whittier

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Hall, Ruth E., 1962-

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Hall, Ella Louise

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Hall family

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Hall, Charles Martin, 1863-1914

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Chemist, inventor, manufacturer, and Oberlin College benefactor. Born in Thomson, Ohio and raised in Oberlin, Ohio, Hall was educated at Oberlin College (A.B. 1885, A.M. 1893, honorary L.L.D. 1910). In 1886, Hall discovered the electrolytic process of reducing aluminum from its ores (patent applied for, 1886; granted 1889). When the Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company of Lockport, New York gave up the option on the patent, Hall obtained financial backing from t...

Peaslee family

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Moon, Sibyl Peaslee

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Van Winkle family

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