Other Events:

• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Halls of Portsmouth, RI - DNA Family 015
• 1920 Census: 22 Jan 1920, North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• 1930 Census: 9 Apr 1930, Centerdale, Providence County, Rhode Island
• 1940 Census: 17 Apr 1940, North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Obituary: 12 Mar 1992, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; Providence Journal

Notes:

Birth:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name:      Edith Hall  [Edith Hall Meier] [Edith Meier]
Gender:      Female
Race:      White
Birth Date:      26 Aug 1915
Birth Place:      Providence, Rhode Island  [Providence P??, Rhode Island]
Death Date:      5 Mar 1992
Father:      Willard B Hall
Mother:      Stella Gerber
Notes:      Dec 1936: Name listed as EDITH HALL; Sep 1945: Name listed as EDITH HALL MEIER; 13 Mar 1992: Name listed as EDITH H MEIER

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
Descendants of William Hall of Portsmouth, Rhode Island

1920 Census:
ED 126, sheet 9B
High Service Avenue
Hall, Willard B       Head  M  W  35         Md   RI    RI            RI     Farmer - General
---, Stella G.          Wife   F  W  29         Md   MA  Germany  MA
---, Edith                Dau   F  W   4 4/12  S      RI    RI           MA
---, Samuel             Son  M  W   2 8/12  S      RI    RI           MA
---, Robert M          Son  M  W      1/12  S      RI    RI           MA
Gerber, Ida G.    Sis-i-L  F  W  18         S     MA  Germany  MA

1930 Census:
ED 234, sheets 14A-14B
29 East Avenue
Hall, Willard B.       Head  M  W  45         Md  30   RI    RI                        NY   Engineer - Surveyor
-----  sheet 14B  -----
Hall, Stella              Wife   F  W  39         Md  24   MA  Germany-Bavaria  MA
---, Edith                 Dau   F  W  14         S           RI    RI                        MA
---, Sam                  Son  M  W  12         S           RI    RI                        MA
---, Robert               Son  M  W  10         S           RI    RI                        MA
---, Alanson             Son  M  W    8         S           RI    RI                        MA
---, Clarence           Son  M  W    4 2/12  S           RI    RI                        MA
---, Lois                   Dau  F  W      7/12  S           RI    RI                        MA

1940 Census:
ED 4-162, sheet 12B
125 Olvey Avenue
Hall, Willard           Head  M  W  55  Md   Rhode Island     1935: Same Place   Survey Land - Own Bus.
---, Stella                Wife  F  W  49  Md   Massachusetts            "
---, Edith                  Dau  F  W  24  S     Rhode Island              "                    General Clerk - Jewelry Mfg
---, Robert               Son  M  W  20  S     Rhode Island              "
---, Alanson             Son  M  W  19  S     Rhode Island              "
---, Clarence           Son  M  W  14  S     Rhode Island              "
---, Lois                   Dau  F  W  10  S     Rhode Island              "

Obituary:
Edith H. Meier

Edith H. Meier, 76, of Hobson Avenue, manager of Providence sales for the Universal Chain Co., Maplewood, N.J., for more than 40 years before retiring in 1981, died March 5 at home. She was the wife of Friedrich W. Meier.

Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Willard B. and Stella (Gerber) Hall, she lived in North Providence most of her life.

Mrs. Meier was a 1936 graduate of Brown University. She was a member of St. James Episcopal Church. She was a member of the Players of Providence, Chepachet Grange 38, and the Pembroke Club.

Besides her husband she leaves four brothers, Samuel G. Hall of Plymouth, N.H., Robert M. Hall of Hinsdale, Mass., Alanson St. John Hall of North Providence, Clarence L. Hall in California, and a sister, Lois Rodi of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, Fruit Hill Avenue. Burial will be private.

Family/Spouse: Friedrich Wilhelm "Fred" Meier. Friedrich was born on 7 Sep 1914 in Pforzheim, ____, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 14 Dec 1999 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; was buried on 4 Feb 2000 in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]