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Hall Surname Origin
(Locality) Derived from various words for large house, usually used to signify someone who lived in or worked in a hall or manor house. Also possibly be an old Norse word for boulder, slope. someone who lived on a slope.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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'People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.' --Edmund Burk