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The Bell's were Farmers and Quarry Owners, in Wickersley.
According to IGI:
Samuel Bell married Ann Wilkinson in Wickersley on 14th January, 1722.
John Bell married Frances Herring in Wickersley on 27th May, 1765. They had a son John Christened 16 MAR 1766
Joseph Bell married Hannah Woolhouse in Wickersley on 27th August, 1807. Children:
- Mary, Christened 24 JAN 1808 at Wickersley.
- Sarah, Christened 03 SEP 1822 at Wickersley.
- George Christened 24 OCT 1824 at Wickersley.
- Joseph Christened 10 JUN 1827 at Wickersley.
Josh and Hannah Bell (Is this Joseph and Hannah above?) had a daughter Charlotte Christened 19 JAN 1817 at Wickersley. Son Charles Christened 12 FEB 1820 at Wickersley
The following information supplied by family:
William Bell married Hannah(nee Fogg) on 25 AUG 1795 at Everton, Nottingham. At some stage they lived at Everton, where their daughter Ann was born on 01 November 1799.
William and Hannah Bell have a plaque dedicated to them in St Albans Church.
Children:
- Elizabeth born 26 SEP 1796 Everton (IGI)
- Ann, born Scofforth, Notts, who married William Street of Whiston and Wickersley. They had a daughter Esther Ann.
- Mary born 5/01/1803. Source IGI
- William, ch 15/12/1805, a farmer married Mary ? Daughter Mary Elizabeth
- John born 23/02/1811, a stonemason who married a Sarah. They had 12 children:
Children of John(b1811) and Sarah Bell:
- Hannah Mary born 1837
- William born 1839
- John Thomas, quarry owner, born 1841
- Charles born 1842/3.
- Emma born 1844
- Sarah born 1846
- Jane born 1849
- Ann born 1848
- Fanny born 1853 died 30/1/1879 aged 26
- George born 1853
- Agnes born 1855
- Dobb born 1859 died 16/12/1873 aged 14
William Bell (b1839) married Sarah (b1828 Wickersley). They had a son Tyas.
John Thomas Bell (b1841) was a Quarry Owner, born about 1841 in Wickersley, he married Ann Plant born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire in 1839.
Ann Plant was sister of Thomas Plant who married Esther Street.
In 1881 he was employing 6 men. There is no mention of his wife.
In 1891 he had 4 children living with him, all born in Wickersley:
- Emily Sophia, age 24 a Domestic
- Arnold Bertwin, age 18,a Farmer
- George Thomas,age 17 a Farmer
- Mary Winifred age 8
Emily Sophia, married Arthur Edward Mottram, in 1901 she was living with her husband Arthur and children in Laughton-en-le-Morthen.
John Thomas and his wife Ann are buried in St Albans, Ann died 19/02/1915 and John died 23/01/1929.
Charles Bell,born 1843 was a Stone Quarry Mason, he was married to Martha born 1846 in Wickersley.
The 1881 census records a daughter Sarah, born in 1868 and son John born 1870. At some stage they lived at School Green, Wickersley.
The 1891 census lists seven children:
- John Bell, age 20, an Apprentice Quarry Mason
- Charles Bell, age 17,a Farm Labourer
- Thomas Bell, age 14,an Apprentice Quarry Man
- Dobb Bell, age 11
- George Bell, age 5
- William Bell, age 3
- Martha Bell, age 1
Their son John Bell b. abt 1871 was married in 1897 to Clara(second wife) Holmes b. 1878 at Whiston. In the 1901 census they were recorded as living at Brecks Cottages, Dalton, Rotherham. John was now a Quarry Owner.They had 3 children:
- Charles William Bell b. abt 1895 in Whiston, the son of John Bell and his first wife
- Eva E Holmes b. abt 1897 in Whiston, Clara's step daughter and Johns daughter
- Reginald J Bell b. abt 1900 in Dalton, Clara and Johns son
John and Clara had another child Mertyl May, born 13/5/1911
John, Clara and Mertyl may are all buried together in St Albans, Wickersley. John Bell Died 25/5/1943 aged 73. Clara Bell nee Holmes Died 8/2/1951 aged 74. Mertyl May Jennings nee Bell Died 6/5/1975 aged 64
Their son William born about 1887, died on 12/06/1918, age 31, while serving with the Royal Engineers. He is buried in St. Alban's churchyard.
Names connected with Bell: Herring, Woolhouse, Mottram, Street. Plant and Holmes