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The Bell Family
Ancestry Chart
Andrew Bell's father may have been Peter Bell. Peter Bell had at least three and possibly four children: Margaret (born Dec 21, 1771); Andrew (born Nov 2, 1774, in Gerfelhead); Agness (born May 16, 1777); and Peter (with Jean Grigg) (born July 20, 1784), all in Kirkpatrick-Fleming. - OPR, Scotland's People It is also possible that Andrew Bell's parents were John Bell and Mary Anderson of Howgill, Annan. John Bell and Mary Anderson had at least five children: John (born Feb 25, 1767); Richard (born Nov 2, 1768); George (born Feb 25, 1771); Andrew (born March 16, 1773, in Howgill, Annan); and Margaret (born Jan 14, 1776). - OPR, Scotland's People Andrew Bell married Margaret Angus. They had at least at least four children: Peter Bell (born April 7, 1803 in Annan); Williamina Bell (born 1807 in Carlisle, England); Margaret Bell (born 1811 in Carlisle, England); John Bell (born 1817 in Annan); and Julia Bell (born 1819 in Brydekirk).
In the 1801 Census, Andrew, Margaret and George are listed under Bonshaw, 446b, in the Parish of Annan. Andrew was a weaver and George was in "manufacturing". We believe that George and Andrew were brothers (see the 1811 Census).
Peter Bell was born on April 7, 1803, in Bonshaw.
In the 1811 Census, they are listed in S. Brydekirk, 496: Andrew Bell, 1br., sp. George, Peter, Bella, Wm., Senhouse (ed note: not sure who this is), Jean, Margt. a boy, Bella, Angus.
Julia Bell married Robert Steel (Fisher, Dornock) on Aug 24, 1838, in Dornock Parish. They had at least seven children: Andrew (born April 7, 1840); Jane (born July 8, 1842); Margaret (born Dec 22, 1844); Isabella (born Feb 22, 1847); George (born May 13, 1849); Mary Roddick (born Aug 18, 1851); and Elizabeth (born Oct 17, 1853). - Scotland's People
In the 1841 Scotland Census, both Peter and John Bell were listed as "Cotton Handloom Weavers" and were living in the same household as their sisters Williamina and Margaret and two young children: Anders Bell and Jean Bell (both 8). 1841 Scotland Census -
Brydekirk, Annan, Dumfriesshire
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Source Citation: Parish: Annan; ED: 3A; Page: 6; Line: 810; Roll: CSSCT1841_141-0165; Year: 1841. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. |
John Bell is also a Cotton Hand Loom Weaver, but by the 1851 Census he is a Railway Porter.
1841 Scotland Census -
Dornock Village, Dornock, Dumfriesshire
Julia Bell and her son
Andrew
Source Citation: Parish: Dornock; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 1220; Roll: ; Year: 1841. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. |
| 1844 | .......... |
John Bell married Janet Dinwoodie Jardine on May 3, 1844, in Annan, Dumfriesshire.
| 1851 | .......... |
1851 Scotland Census - Brydekirk,
Annan, Dumfriesshire
Margaret Angus Bell (?) and her
nieces (or great nieces?) Isabella and Jane Rae
(duplicated below)
| Name:
BELL , Margaret
(Margaret Angus?) Address: Gloucester Street(812) Parish: Annan Relationship: head of household Marital Status: widow Occupation: PAUPER Age: 82 Born: born Kirkpatrick Fleming Dms Household No: III/17 |
Name:
RAE , Isabella
Address: Gloucester Street(812) Parish: Annan Relationship: niece of Margaret Bell Marital Status: Occupation: SCHOLAR Age: 12 Born: born Middlebie Dms Household No: III/17 |
Name:
RAE , Jane Address: Gloucester Street(812) Parish: Annan Relationship: niece of Margaret Bell Marital Status: Occupation: SCHOLAR Age: 7 Born: born Annan Dms Household No: III/17 |
1851 Scotland Census - Brydekirk,
Annan, Dumfriesshire
Peter, Williamina and Margaret
Bell
Source Citation: Parish: Lochmaben; ED: 1A; Page: 2; Line: 10; Roll 414; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
Peter and Williamina were hand loom weavers and Margaret is housekeeper. John Graice is the father of Williamina's son William. William was born in Carlisle, England.
1851 Scotland Census -
Dornock Village, Dornock, Dumfriesshire
Julia Bell & Robert Steel and
their children
Source Citation: Parish: Dornock; ED: 2; Page: 14; Line: 9; Roll: 964; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
Julia's occupation was also listed as "Ag. Labour".
Map of the Town of Annan, 1857
1861 Scotland Census - Brydekirk,
Annan, Dumfriesshire
Peter, Williamina and Margaret
Bell
Source Citation: Parish: Cambuslang; ED: 1; Page: 10; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1861_93; Year: 1861. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. |
Williamina is a "journeywoman cotton weaver" and Margaret is the "housekeeper". William Gracie is Williamina's son and an "apprentice cotton weaver".
1861 Scotland Census -
Dornock, Dumfriesshire
Robert Steel and his children
Source Citation: Parish: Dornock; ED: 1; Page: 6; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1861_142; Year: 1861. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
| 1866 | .......... |
Margaret Bell died on March 20, 1866, in Brydekirk.
| 1871 | .......... |
1871 Scotland Census - Brydekirk, Annan, Dumfriesshire
Source Citation: Parish: Wamphrey; ED: 2; Page: 8; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1871_185; Year: 1871. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. |
Williamina's occupation is "bobbin winder" and her son William's is "Journeyman Cotton Weaver".
1871 Scotland Census -
Dornock, Dumfriesshire
Robert Steel with his
daughter and grandchildren
Source Citation: Parish: Dornock; ED: 2; Page: 4; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1871_182; Year: 1871. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
| 1878 | .......... |
Williamina Bell died on June 5, 1878, in Brydekirk.
| 1881 | .......... |
1881 Scotland Census - Brydekirk, Annan, Dumfriesshire
Source
Citation: Parish: Wamphrey; ED: 2; Page: 10;
Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_327; Year: 1881. |
William's occupation is "general labourer".
1881 Scotland Census - Dornock, Dumfriesshire
Robert Steel with his
daughter and grandchildren
Source Citation: Parish: Dornock; ED: 2; Page: 4; Line: 5; Roll: cssct1881_321; Year: 1881. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
| 1891 | .......... |
1891 Scotland Census - Brydekirk,
Annan, Dumfriesshire
Peter Bell living
with his nephew William Gracie and his family
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
William Gracie's occupation is listed as "Gardner's Assistant".
1891 Scotland Census -
Lowther Town, Dornock, Dumfriesshire
Mary Steel and
her children
Source
Citation: Parish: Dornock; ED: 2; Page:
3; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1891_391; Year:
1891. |
Robert Steel (76 - Fisherman) was a visitor in the house of Julia R. Stewart (26) in Searigg, Dalton, Dumfriesshire, in the 1891 Scotland Census.
Peter Bell died on June 16, 1891, in Brydekirk, at the age of 88.
| Janet Dinwoodie Jardine | |
| Born: 1817 | Born: 1818 |
| Place: Brydekirk, Annan, Dumfriesshire | Place: Brydekirk, Annan, Dumfriesshire |
| Married: | May 3, 1844 |
| Place: | Annan, Dumfriesshire |
| Died: Jan 20, 1897 | Died: Aug 26, 1906 |
| Place: Wamphray, Dumfriesshire | Place: Plantation Foot, Wamphray, Dumfriesshire |
| Buried: Wamphray | Buried: Wamphray |
John Bell married Janet Dinwoodie Jardine on May 3, 1844, in Annan, Dumfriesshire. Janet Dinwoodie Jardine is the granddaughter of Andrew Jardine and Elizabeth Johnstone. John and Janet had six children: Isobela Thompson (born 1839), Agnes Bell (born 1849), Margaret Bell (born 1851), Andrew Bell (born May 9, 1852), Mary Creighton Bell (born Dec 10, 1855), and Janet Bell (born April 27, 1862).
| Children | Born | Place | Died | Place |
| Isobela Thompson | 1839 | Annan, Dumfriesshire | aft 1897 | |
| Agnes | 1849 | Annan, | May 14, 1931 | |
| Margaret | 1850 | Brydekirk, Annan | aft 1901 | |
| Andrew | May 9, 1852 | Gretna, Dumfriesshire | March 24, 1914 | Garngadhill, Lanarkshire |
| MARY CREIGHTON | Dec 10, 1855 | Gretna, Dumfriesshire | Sept 10, 1916 | Dundee, Angusshire |
| Janet | April 27, 1862 | Carlisle, England | aft 1930 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 1839 | .......... |
Janet Dinwoodie Jardine gives birth to Isabela Thompson probably in Brydekirk, Annan.
| 1848 | .......... |
"The event which changed completely the whole outlook of our district and its inhabitants was the opening in 1848 of the Caledonian Railway. This railway ran right through the parish in a north and south direction. From now onwards the local people could board a train at the fine local railway station and travelled direct to Glasgow or Carlisle or even further afield. As a good local service was also inaugurated people soon got used to moving further afield. John Patterson says - 'Masters and servants, great and small are carried in the same train to their destination, with a comfort and speed not before anticipated.' And why not? These words amply testify to the snobbery which existed during and prior to the last century. But the trains did more than take our inhabitants to the cities to visit; it took many to look for work and so the decline in population set in. The trains also brought goods and merchandise which previously had been produced or made locally and thus the coming of the railway caused the loss of our independence as the self supporting community. While the railway was being built navvies with their barrows and shovels accomplished the work. As a 'cutting' was required as the railroad neared Wamphray Station the earth removed was made into a series of bings - known to this day as the 'Barrow Pits'. There was a crowd at Wamphray Station on the first Lockerbie Lamb Fairday after the opening of the railway to traffic, and some of the 'rising generation' of that day climbed on to the roof of the carriages and sat there and eventually reached their destination without mishap. The first stationmaster was Mr. Bell and from an old photograph made available by a direct descendant still living in Wamphray, the station staff and surfacemen locally employed on this new railway was quite formidable. Now lime, manure and all types of goods required on the farms flowed in, and likewise the farmers could get their saleable stock and grain despatched with ease to good market centres, and at a later date when the farmers in the low lying district realised the need for milk in the cities and the worth of a dairy farm, Wamphray Station was a busy place as the milk floats rushed the milk to catch the 'mailk train' which conveyed it to Glasgow and Edinburgh and at times as far as Dundee." - From Parish History of Wamphray, J.A.M. Carlyle, 1965-1966
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Parish History of Wamphray, J.A.M. Carlyle, 1965-1966 (3 MB pdf) |
| 1849 | .......... |
Agnes Bell born sometime in 1849.
| 1850 | .......... |
Margaret Bell born sometime in 1850.
| 1851 | .......... |
Railway Porter c 1878 by Stephen Adam
It is interesting to note that John Bell was a "Railway Porter". He was lodged at the home of Agnes Steel in Springfield, Gretna, on the day of the 1851 census and probably as a result of his work. Andrew and Mary Bell were born in Gretna in the 1850s. Andrew would later become a railway work worker and eventually a Station Master. John Bell's son-in-law to be, William Robert Hunter (Mary's husband), would also work for the railway as did William's uncle William Hunter.
1851 Scotland Census - Brydekirk, Annan, Dumfriesshire
Margaret Angus Bell and her nieces Isabella and Jane Rae
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Name:
BELL , Margaret
(Margaret Angus?) |
Name:
RAE , Isabella
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Name:
RAE , Jane
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John Bell and Janet
Dinwoodie Jardine and family
(John was lodged in the home of Agnes Steel in Springfield, Gretna)
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Name: BELL , John
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Name:
BELL , Janet (Janet Dinwoodie Jardine) |
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Name: THOMSON ,
Isabella |
Name:
BELL , Agnes I |
Name:
BELL , Margaret |
Peter, Williamina and Margaret Bell
| Name: BELL ,
Peter Address: High Street(812) Parish: Annan Relationship: head of household Marital Status: unmarried Occupation: WEAVER handloom (cotton) Age: 47 Born: born Annan Dms Household No: III/82 |
Name: BELL ,
Williamina Address: High Street(812) Parish: Annan Relationship: sister of Peter Bell Marital Status: unmarried Occupation: WEAVER handloom (cotton) Age: 43 Born: born Annan Dms Household No: III/82 |
Name: BELL ,
Margaret Address: High Street(812) Parish: Annan Relationship: sister of Peter Bell Marital Status: unmarried Occupation: HOUSEKEEPER Age: 39 Born: born Annan Dms Household No: III/82 |
Caledonian Railway Locomotive
| 1852 | .......... |
John Bell born May 9, 1852, in Gretna, Dumfriesshire.
Map of Gretna c 1855, showing
Springfield
| 1855 | .......... |
An Isabella Thomson married John Sanders in Annan. - Scotland's People (no image) "Our" Isabella would have been 16 years old.
Mary Creighton Bell was born on December 10, 1855, in Gretna, Dumfriesshire.
| 1861 | .......... |
1861 Scotland
Census - Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
John Bell and
Janet Dinwoodie Jardine and family
Source Citation: Parish: Cambuslang; ED: 1; Page: 10; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1861_93; Year: 1861. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. |
Map of Cumbuslang c 1861
| 1862 | .......... |
Janet Bell was born on April 27, 1862, in Carlisle, England.
| 1868 | .......... |
John Bell became the Station Master at Wamphray.
Map of Newton-Wamphray
showing the railway station, Ordnance Survey of
Scotland, 1857
| 1871 | .......... |
1871
Scotland Census
- Wamphray, Dumfriesshire
John
Bell and Janet Dinwoodie Jardine and family
Source Citation: Parish: Wamphrey; ED: 2; Page: 8; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1871_185; Year: 1871. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. |
1871
England Census
- Greenhead, Blenkinsopp, Northumberland
Agnes Bell is
living with her husband to be and possibly their son
James
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 5154; Folio: 48; Page: 4; GSU roll: 848480. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. The National Archives gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU.Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1871 Census for England. The census contains detailed information on each individual who spent the night in each household including name, relationship to the head of the family, marital status, age at last birthday, gender, occupation, and birthplace. Additional information about the dwelling and property was collected. Each name in this index is linked to actual images of the 1871 England Census. |
1871
Scotland Census
-
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire
Andrew Bell
was boarding in the Brownlie household
Source Citation: Parish: Cambusnethan; ED: 15; Page: 41; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1871_120; Year: 1871. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
Agnes Bell and James Johnson were married on June 3, 1871, in Haltwhistle, Northumberland. - Glenda Waugh
| 1874 | .......... |
Andrew Bell married Margaret Mailer on April 17, 1874, in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Andrew Bell was the Clerk at the Wishaw Railway Station and lived in the Railway Station House. Margaret was a "House Keeper".
| 1878 | .......... |
Mary Bell married William Robert Hunter on May 17, 1878, in Graitney.
Mary Creighton Bell & William Robert Hunter
| 1881 | .......... |
1881 Scotland
Census - Wamphray, Dumfriesshire
John Bell
and Janet Dinwoodie Jardine and children
Source
Citation: Parish: Wamphrey; ED: 2; Page: 10;
Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_327; Year: 1881. |
1881 Scotland
Census - Wamphray, Dumfriesshire
Agnes Bell &James
Johnson and children
Source
Citation: Parish: Wamphrey; ED: 2; Page: 10;
Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_327; Year: 1881. |
James occupation was "Railway Pointsman".
1881 Scotland
Census - Cumbernauld,
Dumbartonshire
Andrew Bell and family
were living in the household of his wife's sister
Source Citation: Parish: Cumbernauld; ED: 2; Page: 7; Line: 14; Roll: cssct1881_143; Year: 1881. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
1881 Distribution of Surname Bell
Wamphray Parish showing Newton-Wamphray
on the rail line, 1885-1900
John Bell's son Andrew Bell was the Station Master at Erskine, Renfrewshire, and William Hunter (his son-in-law married to Mary Bell) was a Railway Reliefman in Dalziel (Motherwell), Lanarkshire at the time of the 1881 Census.
| 1884 | .......... |
Mary Bell and Family, c 1884
(Agnes "Nana" Hunter, Mary Bell, Janet "Jenny Bell" Hunter,
William Hunter & Maggie Robina "Ina" Hunter)
| 1887 | .......... |
Janet Bell married Thomas Graham Parker (b. July 28, 1860, in Johnstone by Lockerbie) June 26, 1887, in Johnstone by Lockerbie. They had three children: Hugh (born May 19, 1889); Janetta (born Nov 27, 1891); (both at Monk' Mill, Kircudbrightshire); and John James (died March 18, 1898, at 5 months of age at Johnstone, Dumfriesshire).
Gazetteer of the Bristish Isles, John Bartolomew, 1887, for Wamphray
| 1889 | .......... |
Hugh Parker was born May 19, 1889, in Monk's Mill, Crossmichael, Kirkudbrightshire.
| 1891 | .......... |
1891 Scotland
Census Wamphray, Dumfriesshire
John Bell & Janet Dinwoodie Jardine and daughter Margaret
Source Citation: Parish: Wamphrey; ED: 2; Page: 8; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1891_398; Year: 1891. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
1891 Scotland Census -
Erskine, Renfrewshire
Andrew Bell and his
family with Mary Creighton Bell and her family
after the death of Mary's husband William Robert Hunter
Source Citation:
Parish: Erskine; ED: 1; Page: 16; Line: 15;
Roll: CSSCT1891_178; Year: 1891. |
1891 Scotland
Census - Crossmichael, Kirkudbrightshire
Janet Bell &
Thomas Parker Parker
and their son
Source Citation: Parish: Crossmichael; ED: 3; Page: 7; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1891_400; Year: 1891. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
Janetta Parker was born on Nov 27, 1891, in Monk's Mill, Crossmichael, Kirkudbrightshire.
| 1897 | .......... |
John Bell died on Jan 20, 1897, in Wamphray, Dumfriesshire, at the age of 79.
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
- Obituary for John Bell
"In him there passed away almost the last of the original race of stationmasters in the South of Scotland"
| 1901 | .......... |
1901 Scotland
Census Wamphray, Dumfriesshire
Janet Bell and
her daughter Margaret
Source Citation: Parish: Wamphrey; ED: 2; Page: 7; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1901_435; Year: 1901. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
1901 Scotland
Census - Glasgow Kelvinside, Lanarkshire
Andrew Bell &
Margaret Mailer and children
Source Citation: Parish: Glasgow Kelvinside; ED: 81; Page: 14; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1901_302; Year: 1901. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
1901 Scotland
Census - Johnstone, Dumfriesshire
Janet Bell
& Thomas Parker Parker and children
Source Citation:Parish: Johnstone; ED: 4; Page: 1; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1901_431; Year: 1901. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
John Brown's occupation is "Joiners Apprentice"
| 1906 | .......... |
Janet Dinwoodie Jardine (Bell) died on Aug 26, 1906, in Wamphray, Dumfriesshire, at the age of 88.
| 1911 | .......... |
1911 Scotland Census - Lockerbie,
Dreyfesdale, Dumfriesshire
Agnes Bell
& James Johnson
24 Park Place
James
Johnson's occupation is "Signalman"
for a "Railway Company".
William Hunter's occupation is
"Grocer".
See
original
document
1911 Scotland Census - Kelvinside,
Glasgow
Andrew
Bell & Margaret Mailer and children
Margaret Mailer had been married for
23 years and had seven children of
which only 5 survive
Both
Andrew and his son John are "clerks"
with Caledonian Railway
See
original
document
1911 Scotland Census - Johnstone,
Dumfriesshire
Janet Bell
& Thomas Parker and children
Note
that Janet has been married for 23,
years and had three children of
which only two survive
Both
Thomas and Hugh are "joiners".
See
original
document
| 1913 | .......... |
Map of Wamphray showing
Wamphray Station, Wamphray Church, Langside and Blaze Hill
Bartholomew Survey Atlas of Scotland, 1912
"Do you know the Langside Meadow
And the scent of new mown hay?
All the old familiar landscape
Lost to me for many a day.
Have you climbed the Bleeze in Summer,
Have you wandered in the Glen?
Then you've seen a dream of beauty
I may never see again."
The Poetry of Janet
Bell Parker
Janet Bell Parker, her husband Thomas and their children Hugh and Janetta arrived in Quebec, Canada, aboard the Scandinvian on June 9, 1913. Janetta's future husband, Donald Douglas (carpenter), had arrived into Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 2, 1913, (also aboard the Scandinavian) with destination of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Canadian Passenger Lists
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Description: Passenger lists of ships arriving in various Canadian ports as well as some eastern U.S. ports from 1865–1935 are indexed this database. These lists served as the immigration records for Canada between these years and information that is included are surname, age, gender, marital status, destination, occupation, birth country, etc. |
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Description: Passenger lists of ships arriving in various Canadian ports as well as some eastern U.S. ports from 1865–1935 are indexed this database. These lists served as the immigration records for Canada between these years and information that is included are surname, age, gender, marital status, destination, occupation, birth country, etc. |
Thomas Parker
(50), Janet Parker (48), Hugh Parker (23)
and Janetta Parker (21)
http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=scan4
| Ship Name: | Scandinavian |
|---|---|
| Years in service: | 1912-1923 |
| Funnels: | 1 |
| Masts: | 2 |
| Aliases: | Ex-Romanic (1912), ex-New England (1903) |
| Shipping line: | Allan (British) |
| Ship description: | Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 12,116. Dimensions: 550' x 59'. Twin-screw, 14 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel. |
| History: | Service: Glasgow-Quebec-Montreal. Transferred to Canadian Pacific Line in 1917. Scrapped in 1923. Ex-Romanic (1912), ex-New England (1903). |
| 1914 | .......... |
Andrew Bell died on March 24, 1914, in the Barnhill Poorhouse, Grangadhill, Lanarkshire, at the age of 62.
Barnhill Poorhouse, c. 1900
Two inmates pictured in a ward for old men, Barnhill Poorhouse, around 1900. They are wearing black moleskin or herringbone tweed suits, the regular pauper costume, and a tartan scarf to mark the courtyard to which they belong. Inmates' clothing was either destroyed or stored on admission and they were required to wear poorhouse clothing to discourage them from running away. However, the clothing supplied was of relatively good quality, and some people sought admission to kit themselves out and promptly absconded with the clothes. Vagrants sometimes came in to have their verminous clothing treated in the poorhouse de-lousing machine. Inside the original building's quadrangle there were four identical courtyards separated by a central corridor running the full length of the building. There was a separate courtyard for men, women, boys and girls, and strict segregation was observed.
Barnhill Poorhouse, c. 1920
Men weaving baskets in the Occupational Workshop, Barnhill Poorhouse, c 1920. Their products would be sold to raise funds for the institution. Adults at Barnhill were put to work if they were able. Men helped with the maintenance of the building and, where possible, followed their own trades. Unskilled men would be required to make up bundles of firewood or were sent to work as stonebreakers, with production targets to be met. Women worked in the laundry, cleaned, cooked and sewed. Not even the elderly were exempt, with old men expected to carry firewood and old women to knit. The poorhouse had to tread a delicate line between offering a refuge for the genuinely needy and ensuring that those who were capable of earning a living did not stay longer than was necessary. Inmates were often admitted at a time of crisis and then discharged, only to be re-admitted later when their personal circumstances took another turn for the worse.
- Glasgow Caledonian University
As part of the British Empire, when Britain declared war on Germany and Austro-Hungary in 1914, Canada was automatically involved. Those who did not support Canada's participation in the First World War protested vigorously. In response, the government passed the War Measures Act to allow suspension of civil rights during times of crisis. - From http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/mapping/historical_maps/1912.asp
Donald Douglas served in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in World War I. See his Attestation Paper, Dec 18, 1914.
Donald Douglas (?) with
Robert Russell
in London, England?
| 1915 | .......... |
Mary Bell (Hunter) and Grandchildren
Ron Russell, Mary Bell, Winifred Russell and Robert
John (Jack) Pennycook
Jack was the son of
Janet Hunter and Robert Pennycook
J. Jolly Studios, Carnoustie, Scotland, c 1915
| 1916 | .......... |
1916 Canada Census - Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta
Janet
Bell & Thomas Parker and
children in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Source Citation:Year: 1916; Census Place: Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, 29; Roll: T-21942; Page: 4; Family No: 39 Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 2009 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Canada. "Census returns for 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces." Statistics of Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm T-21925 to T-21956. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. Description: This database is an every name index to individuals enumerated in the 1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta and also includes images of the original census documents. Information listed includes: name of each person in the househould, gender, age, birthplace, relationship to head of household, year of immigration to canada, military service, and religion. |
Both Thomas and Hugh's occupations are "Carpenter".
Prince
Albert, Saskatchewan, c 1920
| 1918 | .......... |
In 1918, Canadian women were granted the right to vote. In the same year, 25,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders were killed in the Battle of the Somme, and the Canadian Parliament buildings were destroyed in a fire. The following year, the government introduced a new tax on income as a temporary measure to support the war effort. Canada fought its hardest battles that year, in Vimy Ridge and in Passchendaele. The destruction of war spread to Canada when a munitions ship collided with a relief ship in Halifax Harbour. At least 1,900 were killed in the blast and the city was physically devastated. In 1918, Canadians forced their way through German trenches at Amiens. It was to be the beginning of Canada's "hundred days", which led to the end of the war on November 11. - From http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/mapping/historical_maps/1912.asp
| 1919 | .......... |
The Winnipeg General Strike,
June 21, 1919
In Winnipeg, workers within the building and metal industries attempted to strengthen their bargaining ability by creating umbrella unions, the Building Trade Council and Metal Trade Council respectively, to encompass all metal and building unions. Although employers were willing to negotiate with each union separately, they refused to bargain with the Building and Metal Trade Councils, disapproving of the constituent unions that had joined the umbrella organization, and citing employers' inability to meet proposed wage demands. Restrictive labour policy in the 1900s meant that a union could be recognized voluntarily by employers, or through strike action, but in no other way. Workers from both industrial groupings therefore struck to gain union recognition and to compel recognition of their collective bargaining rights.
On June 17 the federal government ordered the arrest of ten strike leaders (including J.S. Woodsworth and Abraham Albert Heaps). Four days later, about 25,000 strikers assembled for a demonstration at Market Square, where Winnipeg Mayor Charles Frederick Gray read the Riot Act. Troubled by the growing number of protestors and fearing violence, Mayor Gray called in the Royal Northwest Mounted Police who rode in on horseback charging into the crowd of strikers, beating them with clubs and firing weapons. This violent action resulted in many people injured, numerous arrests and the death of two strikers. Four eastern European immigrants were also rounded up at this time and eventually two were deported, one voluntarily to the United States and the other to Eastern Europe. This day, which came to be known as "Bloody Saturday", ended with Winnipeg virtually under military occupation.
- from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg_General_Strike
| 1921 | .......... |
Janetta Parker married Donald Fraser Douglas (born Aug 7, 1891, in Fearn, Ross-shire) on Jan 25, 1921, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. - Manitoba Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Vital Statistics They had at least one child: Donald Hugh Douglas (born March 12, 1925, in Detroit, Michigan). - Ancestry.com Douglas Family Tree
| 1922 | .......... |
S.S. Cassandra
Janet Bell Parker and her husband Thomas Parker left Montreal, Canada, aboard the Cassandra on Aug 31, 1922, and arrived in Glasgow, Scotland on Sept 10, 1922, on "holiday".
| 1923 | .......... |
Donald Douglas and Janetta Parker Douglas emigrated from Canada to Detroit, Michigan, in April, 1923.
On June 7, 1923, Thomas G. Parker and Janet Bell arrived back in Quebec, Canada, aboard the Cassandra. He indicated on the British Declaration of Passenger to Canada form that his address was 624 Ingersoll St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, and that he was a Canadian citizen. He also indicated that he had departed from Canada on Aug 31, 1922, that he had been on holiday and was visiting John Bell, nephew, 34 Wilton St. Glasgow (this was just down the street from where John Bell was living with his father in 1911).
624, Ingersoll St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2010
Janet Bell and Thomas Graham Parker emigrated to Detroit, Michigan, USA, They entered the USA from Canada on June 24, 1923.
Border
Crossings from Canada to the USA
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Description: This database contains an index of aliens and citizens crossing into the U.S. from Canada via various ports of entry along the U.S.-Canadian border between 1895 and 1956. The records contain information on name, age, birth date, birthplace, gender, ethnicity/nationality, names of individuals accompanied by, name of nearest relative or friend in former country, and name of nearest relative or friend at destination. |
From the List or
Manifest of Alien Passengers Applying for
Admission, Port of Detroit, Michigan
| 1930 | .......... |
1930
United States Federal Census - Detroit Michigan, USA
Janet Bell was living
with her husband Thomas and son Hugh
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1032; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 314.0. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Description: Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household’s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census. |
Reginald Robinson and Thomas Curto are "Roomers". Hugh Parker is a "Building Contractor".
1930
United States Federal Census - Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Janetta Parker & Donald
Douglas and their son Donald
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1074; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 992; Image: 593.0. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Description: Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household’s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census. |
Donald Douglas' occupation is "Building Contractor".
| 1931 | .......... |
Agnes Bell died of "cardiac disease" on May 14, 1931, in Wamphray, at the age of 82.
| 1942 | .......... |
Donald Douglas registered for the U.S. World War II Draft.
Donald Fraser Douglas
Ancestry.com Douglas Family Tree
| 1969 | .......... |
Donald Fraser Douglas died in Santa Barbara, California, in 1969, at the age of 78. Janetta Parker also died in Santa Barbara, California, in 1969, at the age of 78. - Ancestry.com Douglas Family Tree.
| 1978 | .......... |
Hugh Parker (Janet Bell Parker's son and Janetta's brother) died on Sept 9, 1978, in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 89. - Glenda Waugh
| 2000 | .......... |
Donald Hugh Douglas,
March 12, 1997, Cherry
Valley, California, USA
Donald Hugh Douglas (Janetta's son) died on June 7, 2000, in Colton, California, at the age of 75. - from Ancestry.com Douglas Family Tree Ed. Note: His grandmother was Janet Bell Parker. Mary Creighton Bell (my great-grandmother) was her sister.
Janet Bell Parker was a poet who published several poems about Wamphray
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dfsgal/Wamphray/index.htm
"On the green hillside
there's an acre bare,
Where the dead are laid to rest,
Oh peacefully sweet may they slumber there,
With the green sod on their breast."
Mary Creighton Bell & William Robert Hunter
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