Hello lady_bec,

Do you have a little more info?
Do you know his father's name, mother's name - where they were born or where Henry was born.
Do you know who Henry may have married?

I will try and help

He is my Grandfather. His D.O.B was around 1919 and may have been Born in Picton. He Married a lady by the name of Zeta Mary Ann Lowe. They gave birth to 8 children; Stanley, Steven, William, Mary, Gayle & Theresa. I have been told that mary has passd within the last 15 yrs or so. Henry died around 1972/4, Zeta died 1959/60. I also know that Henrys mother came from Poland, and there is scottish in there as well possibly Henry's dad? I am unsure.

Thnak You for your help. I have had no success.

and Patrick? I forgot to add him.

gosh and Christine. my goodness!!!!:(

Hi again, :)

Thanks for that - that should be heaps to work with ,,,

I will get onto to it asap -

Hi, so far we have -

Henry Louis Lawrence Hall b.25-8-1919 in Picton
d.10-9-1976

His father ws William Charles Robert Hall
His mother was Josepha Agbes Hoffman

His siblings were:
William Valentine Andrew b.13-2-1896 in Wellington
d 1967
(born day before Valentines day !!)
Fredrick Frances Michael b.1-11-1898
d.17-3-1965
Agnes Barbara b.21-4-1900 possibly Masterton
d.28-10-1995
Mary Amelia Josephine b.23-11-1902
d.23-7-1977
Amy Julia b.21-5-190
d.17-9-1946
Margaret Emma b.18-9-1906
d.17-3-1988
Anne Veronica b.12-10-1908
d.5-8-1999
George Thomas b.21-7-1913
d.25-1-1983
Alfred John b.16-9-1915
d.8-5-1982
Edward Joseph Steven b.2-9-1917
d.10-8-1969
AND THEN Henry Louis Lawrence b.25-8-1919
d.10-9-1976

Here is a discussion forum on HOFFMANs in New Zealand that you might like to add to
GenForum Hoffmans

There is a family tree of Hofmans here:
HOFFMAN FAMILY
although they lived in the South, Gore, etc you may find someone - people migrated all over NZ from their starting point...

Another Hoffman forum:
HOFFMAN FAMILY Gore NZ
same family as above but different info - there was 8 children to that couple

ps - Josepha / Josephine's second name above is supposed to be Agnes !

There is a lot of Hall genealogy here on our own site:

HALL Family
Register as a Hall researcher while on that page

There is quite a bit of interest in the LOWE family in New Zealand - here at:

GenForum Lowe in NZ

Well,
I was about to finish and get ready for work when I found your grandfather buried in the Hawera Cemetery, which as you may know is about 9km north west of Wanganu - so that puts him in that area for many years as you say he was there in the 60s-70s
That will make it easier to find more info on his children etc

He was buried on the 14th Sept 1976 aged 57 in the old plot number 20 - now renumbered to
Plot 9329 - Block XLIII
The burial record numer is 9986 if you want to make enquiries
Your grandmother Zeta Mary Anne is buried with him - her burial record number is 12875
She was buried on the 4th Aug 1959 aged 38 !!! very young ...

Unfortunately I don't have any more time until tonight - will look further then if you want

Hi,
My dad says that he remembers an auntie Rita? when he was about 16 or so. These records don't indicate a sister by that name. I have tried to read halls but i don't really know where to look.