Hale Family

All Photos and Write up Contributed By Thomas Hale

Ray & Pearl (Smith) Hale lived in the first house on the North side of Monroe Center Rd. right behind Bennet"s store (Emory Shob's @ that time, Not sure if the spellings right). They had 6 children , Richard (Dick) ,( Elwin & Ellen ) twins , Robert (Bob) & Twins Raymond & Royal were born in 1907, Royal died young of typhoid fever in 1920 .

Ray (Grampa) Came from Youngstown , Oh . Pearl was also from Youngstown . Ray worked @ The Nickel Plate Railroad , When he retired he worked in Jefferson @ the fair grounds . He used to bring me home baseballs & took me there to see the Elephants (the circus used to winter there).

Grampa (Ray) was born in 1880 Died 1961 . Gramma (Pearl) was born 1884 Died in 1959 .

Robert (my Father) & Geraldine (Smock) Hale lived in a little house about 1 mile west On Monroe Center Rd . Alvie Thompson lived there along time . Now Jim Jury owns the property . We lived there from 1946 to1950 , then we came back to Monroe in 1959 until 1964 . We lived in the third house North of Richardson Rd . Dave Passmore built the house .

Dad worked for The Nickel Plate Railroad since before WW11 . He lost his job when the roundhouse went out of Conneaut . He worked a few differrent jobs And we finnaly moved back into Conneaut . Into Gramma (Blood , Smock ) Dennis"s house .

My Mother Geraldine (Smock) Hale ,"Gerry" was born in Youngstown , Oh , (1915) ,came to Conneaut arround 1930 . Lived in Hadley , Pa. for a while . Robert was born in Youngstown in 1921 Died in 1998 . Geraldine was born in 1915 Died 2005 .

(Dick) Richard lived in the house on the corner of Weaver Rd. & Rt 7 . He Had two girls . Raymond lived in Conneaut Married to Lois , They ran the city bus until there wasn't one . Ellen lived in Ashtabula , she had two boys & one girl . Elwin lived in Parma Hts. , Oh , He had three boys & two girls . I am the son of Bob & Gerry , I worked @ Premix in N. Kingsville Almost 38 years , I am Married to Rosemary , that I Love Very much , I have a stepson Charlie , who is quite the character .

No relation to the Hales at Farnam.

Tom Hale

Raymond Hale 1890

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Raymond & Pearl Hale

50th Wedding Anniversary

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Back Row Robert, Ellen, Elwin
Front Row Raymond and Richard

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Gramma, Betty & baby1940s

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Rinny 1959

Pearl Smith Hale ~ Early 1900's

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Raymond and Pearls Home

on Monroe Center Rd

Behind Bennett's Store

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Grandpa Hales Cow

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Grandma and Don 1947

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Hale's 1990

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Tom Hale 1948

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Seated Raymond & Pearl

Standing Raymond, Richard, Elwin,

Ellen, & Robert Hale

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Seated Raymond & Pearl

Standing Robert, Raymond, Ellen,

Richard & Elwin Hale

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Raymond & Pearl with Grandkids

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Tom, Grandma Pearl and Robert Hale1948

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Militaty : Robert a. Hale , 35-051-405 , Tecnician Fifth Grade , U.S. Army , 907 Engineer Air Force Headquarters Co . 14th Air force . Honorably doscarged at Unit B Separation Center #45 , Indiantown Gap Military Reservation , Pa . on Dec . 30 1945 . General : Retired from Nortn Plastics , Conneaut , Ohio . He served in the U.s. Army during WW-II and was awarded a Bronze Star for drivinig a 2 1/2 ton truck over the Berma Rd . into China . He said " sometimes the road was so bad they had to have a bulldizer hook onto them to pull them out . " he had " umpteen cases of beer he had bought and he was going to sell in China , but whenthey heard the war was over him and his friends celebrated drinking it all , ther went his profit . When Bob's parents , Ray and Pearl Hale , were in their
final years , and couldn't take care of themselves , they moved in with Bob and Gerry . Bob and Gerry took care of them until thier deaths . A lot has to be said for people who treat their parents this wonderful.
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Robert Hale in Picture below