Hi Barbara
My Grandfather was Thomas Arnell Hall 1878-1966. He was born at Teams, Low Fell but the family lived at Wrekenton and Eighton Banks for a great many years. His parents were George Hall 1857-1935, an under manager at Teams (Shop) pit after starting work below ground in the mines and Margaret Grace Arnell 1859-1939 who was born at Wrekenton, the daughter of local stone mason and builder Thomas Arnell. George and Margaret had 9 children in total, my grandfather being the eldest, they were Margaret Jane b 1880, Mary Grace b 1881, Walter b 1883, Annie 1888, William b 1890, George b 1894, Edwin 1896-1908 and Grace b 1900.
My great grandfather, George 1857-1935, was the sone of Cuthbert Hall 1827-1891 and Sarah Gibson, 1828-1905 and they had 5 children. In addition to my great grandfather there were, William b 1854, Jane b 1859, Margaret b 1861 and Anne b 1864.
Cuthbert was the eldest of 4 children of William Hall 1798-1889 born at Shotley in NBL, and Margaret Maddison 1804-1889 born at Whickham. The family lived in the Lamesley and Wrekenton areas, the other children were Jane b 1830, John b 1832 and William b 1837.
I won't go on. This should be sufficient for anyone else researching this family to identify them.
I should like to discover more about the lines of descent from these siblings and any other details about their lives.
I know that the Halls and Arnells were very heavily involved with the Methodist chapels around and about Wrekenton/Eighton Banks/Gateshead area but I should like to learn as much about them as I can. Just plain nosey I guess.
Regards
Dennis