The entries for people & families with the surname Bell are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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Born in Thornton in Craven.
She married (1) Unknown.
She married (2) John Wrigglesworth
She married (3) William Singleton
In 1816, he visited the newly-opened Bell School, Harrison Road
He married Jane [1811-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Waring Green, Brighouse [1841]
He was
a coal miner of Halifax [1873] /
a miner of Southowram.
In 1873, he married Malinda Kendall at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Frederick died before their son was born. [Q1 1874] (aged 24)
In 1878, George Henry Bell [b 1876] was baptised at Christ
Church, Staincliffe – parents Frederick Bell, miner of Chapel
Fold, and Malinda – but Frederick died in 1874, so
could not be the father.
A possible father is Joseph Waring who was lodging
with Malinda in 1881
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was charged with, having on the 13th August 1901, attempted to
murder Ethel Chrystobel Seamen, who also worked at the pub.
At the trial, it was heard that Bell fired a revolver
at Seamen after she had rejected his advances.
Bell was sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment
The family were members of the Salvation Army.
He lived at Woodside, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [5th May 1915] (aged 22).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial [20],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Medical practitioner at Birthright View, Cornholme [1895]
Heywood includes him in his list of the great number of wretched
drunken preachers at Lightcliffe, and adds
He was landlord of the White Hart, Soyland [1845, 1851].
He married Sarah [1810-18??].
The family travelled and lived in various towns.
John was born at 12 Thorn Street, Halifax.
Baptised at St Paul's Church, King Cross [14th February 1897]
He was as an office boy for a solicitor in Oldham.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Oldham, and
he served as a Private
with Q Company
11th Battalion
Manchester Regiment.
He was killed in action [16th August 1917] (aged 20).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial [120-124, 162-162A & 163A]
He was an iron foundry labourer.
On 16th June 1895, he married Mary Elizabeth Cronley [1876-1943] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Elland.
The family lived at 9 Jessop Lane, Elland [1911]
Born in Stalybridge, Cheshire.
Brother of Rev William Christopher Bell.
He was
a solicitor's articled clerk [1881] /
a solicitor [1891, 1901] /
a solicitor at Sowerby Bridge and Ripponden [1905] /
Secretary of the Evening Continuation Schools Committee /
a member of the Public Library Committee /
legal adviser to the Sowerby Bridge Prosecution Society /
a member of the Ryburn [No 1283] Masonic Lodge /
President of the Society of Knights Templar, Halifax.
His offices were at Tuel Lane Corner, Town Hall Street, Sowerby
Bridge, and at Ripponden.
He never married.
In 1891, he was in lodgings at Barkisland.
In 1901, he was living at 4 Beech Villas, Sowerby Bridge with his
stepmother Mary Bell and stepsister Mary T Bell.
He died at 4 Beech Villas [5th November 1905].
He was buried at Dukinfield.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £600.
Probate was granted to his stepmother Mary Bell.
After his death, his practice was taken over by Samuel Freeman
He lived at 86 Hartley Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [December 1914], and
served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was ill for 6 months.
He died of stricture in Lincoln Military Hospital [24th February 1916].
He was buried at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
[S 14].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Stannary Congregational Church, Halifax
Illegitimate son of Malinda Kendall & Joseph Waring.
Born [10th October 1882].
He was
an apprentice fish salesman [1901] /
a boiler maker of Greetland [1904] /
a railway goods shunter on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company at Greetland [1911].
In [Q1] 1904, he married Harriet Noble [1884-19??] at St Thomas's Church, Greetland.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1911] was widowed mother-in-law Ann Noble
[b 1849].
During World War I,
he joined the West Riding reserves [September 1914] and was sent to
France [April 1915].
He was admitted to hospital [3rd April 1916] with an abscess on his
left arm, and sent back to England [1st May 1916].
He went back to France [February 1917], and was promoted to Lance
Corporal [April 1917].
He was posted missing after being shot in the right arm [3rd May
1917], and reported a POW at Cassel, Germany [15th May 1917].
He was awarded the Military Medal
[June 1917].
He returned to England [31st December 1918].
He was awarded a pension of 8/3d a week [from March 1919] due to 30%
disability (general weakness).
He died in Bradford [Q2 1975]
In August 1867, he was declared bankrupt
With Joseph Cockin Hoatson, he was editor of The Halifax
Selection of Hymns [1834].
He resigned because of ill-health and left the ministry.
He went to live and farm at Salterforth, near Colne.
He married twice.
Children:
He lived in a house at the bottom of John King Lane.
See
Providence Congregational Church Manse, Stainland and
Rishworth Independent Church
He was
a mercantile clerk [1891] /
an accountant, estate agent (own account) [1901].
In [Q2] 1876, he married Ellen Mary W. Welch [1851-1???]
in Lancaster.
Children:
The family lived at
She fell in love with Miles Weatherill, sparking off the Vicarage murder
After the murder, she went to the Friends Retreat at Fulford,
York.
This was an asylum which accommodated paupers, and where unemployed
servants resided.
She was unable to find employment for want of a reference
He worked with an accomplice, Willie the Woodsman.
He is said to have died in the cave when his stomach exploded after
gorging himself on booty which he had stolen.
His rotting body – eaten by birds and vermin – was found by 2
children.
His skull is said to have been found in the cave in 1899.
Various traditions date him to the 9th or the 18th century.
His story is told in 2 poems:
See
Joseph Bailey
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 14th April 1918 (aged 20).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial [82-85 & 162A],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He lived at 9 Jepson Lane, Elland.
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with the 1st RM Battalion RN Division
Royal Marine Light Infantry.
He was killed in action [27th September 1918].
He was buried at the Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension, Moeuvres [B 1].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Bethesda Methodist Sunday School, Elland,
and on the Memorial at Elland Boys' Brigade
Children:
Born in Liverpool.
He was
educated at Taunton School & Sidney Sussex College Cambridge /
a football player /
a hockey player for Halifax /
a cricket player for King Cross.
During World War I,
he enlisted [September 1914]
with the Royal Fusiliers,
and
served as a 2nd Lieutenant
with the 8th Battalion
Border Regiment.
He was killed in action [14th June 1917] (aged 25).
He was buried at the Messines Ridge British Cemetery [I C 21].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Park Congregational Church
Born in Stalybridge, Cheshire.
Brother of John Corrin Bell.
He was
educated at Brasenose College Oxford [1881],
Curate at Holy Trinity Church [1892],
and
Vicar of Norland [1922].
He designed the Norland War Memorial.
He never married.
He was said to have been heart-broken when the parish of Norland was
discontinued and St Luke's Church amalgamated with Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
He appealed unsuccessfully to King George V for the decision to be
overturned.
He died shortly afterwards [14th February 1922].
He was buried at St Luke's Church, Norland
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,703 19/4d.
Administration was granted to Alfred Henry Bell (bank manager)
a wretched Scotchman, yet could have spoken well
Sarah was born in Leeds
Mary Elizabeth was born in Elland
Harriet was born in Greetland, the daughter of Joseph
Noble, cloth finisher
Ellen was born in Lancaster
Unattached BMDs for Bell:
Marriage
1907
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