2582 Lee

465 S 15th 

Ferdig Hall was born on 22 Sep 1895 to Moses and Rosie Hall in Cache, AR. He lived there with his family until at least 1910. Moses had been a bridge tender but by 1910, he was apparently unemployed. Ferdig’s older brothers Charles (24) and Otto (21) were employed and most likely supporting the family. 

By 1914, the family had removed to Salem and Ferdig started working at TKWM as a filling carrier, then a carder while his sister Dena worked as a spooler. Ferdig’s family may have come to Oregon because they had a relative in Salem, Thomas W Hall. Thomas worked at TKWM for many years and may have helped Ferdig and Dena get their jobs.      

Ferdig’s father Moses (Lyman) died in Portland shortly after the family first arrived in Oregon. Ferdig lived with his mother Rose and sister Dena at 426 S 16th in 1915. By 1917, Mother Rose formally claimed to be a widow. In the summer of that year, Ferdig registered for the WW1 draft. He was single and otherwise eligible for enlistment. However, he claimed a deferment as his mother was fully dependent on him and that his eyesight was bad.  

On 27 Apr 1918, at age 23, Ferdig married Tillie Marie Zwicker (20) in Clark County, WA. Tillie was born in Oregon, but her parents were both born in Germany. Tillie’s older sisters Hulda and Augusta worked for TKWM as early as 1910. Tillie came from a huge family of 13 brothers and sisters including her twin sister Lillie. The twins were weavers at TKWM in 1917. This is most likely where Ferdig and Tillie met. 

By 1920, Ferdig was no longer supporting his mother Rose as she was living with her daughter, Ethel D (Hall) Fraser and her husband Robert A Fraser. Ferdig and Tillie couple did not yet have children and were living 478 S 16th. 

By 1928, Ferdig and Tillie had a two-year-old daughter Shirley and owned a home at 465 S 15th. This is where the Hall’s lived for the remainder of their days. In 1932, the Tillie gave birth to a son, Wayne who later had a career as an examiner for SAIF. Ferdig was loom fixer at the time and eventually became the spinning room shift supervisor. He worked 10 hours per day, six days per week until the mill was unionized in about 1945. Ferdig retired from TKWM when the mill closed in 1962 having worked there for 47 years. 

Ferdig had no pension from his work at TKWM so, after leaving the Mill, he worked at a cannery for another six or seven years. Tillie passed away in 1976 and Ferdig passed in 1989. Both are interred at Restlawn in West Salem. Daughter Shirley Jean Hall Warren died on 8 Sep 2012 at age 84 and rests at Willamette Memorial Park in Albany.    

1917  Ferdig Hall, Laborer TKWM Rms 424 S 16th 

1928  Ferdig Hall (Weaver) Loom Fixer TKWM 465 S 15th 

1930  Ferdig Hall (Tillie M) Loom Fixer TKWM 465 S 15th 

1932  Ferdig Hall (Tillie M) Loom Fixer TKWM 465 S 15th 

1935  Ferdig Hall (Tillie M) Loom Fixer TKWM 465 S 15th 

1936-1954 Ferdig Hall (Tillie M) Weaver, Loom Fixer, Head Fitter 

1955-1959 Ferdig Hall (Tillie M) Foreman 

1978  Ferdig Hall, Retired 465 S 15th 

1985  Ferdig Hall, Retired 465 S 15th 

1910  Ferdig Hall 15 Born about 1895 in AR. Lived in Cache AR. Moses L 52, Rosa 42, Charles 24 (Telegrapher), Otto 21 (Railroad Laborer), Fertig 15, Deany 11 

1920  Ferdig Hall 24, married. Born 1896 in AR. 478 S 16th. Laborer, woolen mill. Ferdig 24, Tillie M 22 born in Oregon. Tillie’s parents both born in Germany. 

1930  Ferdig Hall 34 married. Loom Mechanic, woolen mill. Tillie M 31, Shirley J 2. 465 S 15th. Owned house. 

1940  Ferdig I Hall 45 married. Born in AR. 465 S 15th. Owned house. Loom Fixer, woolen mill. 1 yr HS. Tillie 40, Shirley J 12, Wayne F 8.  

 Tillie M. Hall  Birth: 20 Jan 1899. Death: 3 Apr 1976 (aged 77) Linn County, OR. Burial: Restlawn Memory Gardens, West Salem, Polk County, OR. Memorial ID: 133726010 

Statesman Journal 6 Apr 1976 p 20 Tillie Marie Hall Death Notice 

Statesman Journal 23 Apr 1989 p 12 Ferdig Hall – Death notice 

Statesman Journal 24 Sep 1989 p 16 Ferdig Hall – Obituary 

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M3 1983-002-0001-0003    Pick Counters 

M3 1994-016-0005     Oral History (Ferdig Hall) 

M3 1994-016-0048     Oral History (George Noack) 

M3 1994-016-0022     Oral History (Lon Barrett)