Memorable Manitobans: Robert Hanley Hall (1850-1924)

Fur Trade Commissioner, Hudson’s Bay Company, Winnipeg.

Born Londonderry, Ireland, 25 April 1850, son of Reverend Thomas and Martha Caroline Hall. Educated at private school. Commenced career at Fenelon Falls, Ontario, 1868. Joined Hudson’s Bay Company, British Columbia, 1 June 1872. Represented Cassiar District in B.C. Legislature, 1891-1894; President, Board of Trade, Prince Albert, for three years. Married Rachel Sarah Ogden (daughter of HBC Chief Factor Peter Skene Ogden), Stuarts Lake, B.C., 1876; has five sons and one daughter. Clubs: Union, Victoria; Manitoba, Winnipeg. Recreation: curling. Anglican.

Hall died on 12 December 1924.

Source:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.

Profile revised: 11 September 2008

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