04. Pathway with stepping stones depicting the HALL history
Not all the stepping stones were photographed, only a few with genealogical interest.
01. Overview / Oorsig
02. Hugh Lanion HALL born in 1858, Cornwall
03. Grace Husband McFarlane DONALDSON born in 1868, London
04. HALL family leaves Cornwall and sails to the Cape in 1869
05. Flora DONALDSON and daughter Grace sail to Natal 1885
06. H.L. HALL and Grace DONALDSON marry in Barberton 1888
07. H.L. and Grace HALL settle and start farming at Riverside 1890
08. Grace and children relocate to Port Elizabeth to avoid the hostilities of the Anglo-Boer War 1899
09. Lorna HALL marries George WEBSTER 1919
10. Lanion HALL marries Kathleen FRAYNE and they set up home at the Outlook 1919
11. Richard (Dickon) HALL marries Blanche CORY and they set up home at Cory Hall 1920
12. H.L. HALL appointed Chairman of HL HALL & Sons 1921
13. HALLS becomes household name throughout the Union 1922
14. H.L. and Grace HALL build Torburnlea at Mataffin named after their early Highveld Farm 1923
15. Railway station and farm names changed to Mataffin, named after Swazi Chief Matsafeni Mdluli 1923
16. Thelma HALL marries Walter (Gordon) ADAM 1936
17. H.L. HALL dies in 1940 at Mataffin aged 82
18. Thelma ADAM marries Kenneth (Clyde) DONALDSON in 1945 following the untimely death of her first husband
19. Grace HALL dies in 1968 at Mataffin aged 96