Hall, Robert Douglas

  • From “The Loyalists – Pioneers and Settlers of the West”: See full biography at UELAC Biography: https://uelac.org/education/WesternResource/415-Hall.pdf
    • Robert Douglas (Doug) Hall always knew he came from United Empire Loyalist stock but it wasn’t until he moved to Calgary that he seriously investigated his lineage.
    • One of his Loyalist ancestors was William Buell Sr. who with his parents Timothy and Mercy Buell and four younger brothers, crossed into Canada before the American Revolution started. Timothy, who had been educated in the Church of England (possibly as a member of the clergy) had been imprisoned by the Americans at Albany in 1774 for his British leanings. After eight weeks he managed to escape and with his family reached Canada. Although too old to serve in the army himself, he recruited for the British cause. His son William founded the City of Brockville and was editor of the first newspaper, the Brockville Examiner. He gifted the town with four acres of land which he envisioned as a town square similar to those he had known in New England. Today there is a church on each corner of this charming park. The square is graced by a fine statue of its donor.
    • Doug served in the Canadian Army from 1943-45 and graduated as an Electrical Engineer from the University of Calgary in 1948. The following week he married Dorothy Patterson and then embarked on an interesting and varied career. After working for three years with Ontario Hydro he returned to the West where he worked for eighteen years as Utility Director for city of Lethbridge. In 1969 he went to Ottawa to work at the National Energy Board, and by virtue of his work there became a Petroleum Economist.
    • In 1974 (because of his experience) he was hired by the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission (set up by Peter Lougheed) where he worked for ten years to exercise Alberta’s rights over the province’s oil royalties. When that organization dissolved he and his former chairman formed a consulting company.
  • Fourth Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=992
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