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Personal data John William Bell 

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Household of John William Bell

He is married to Julia Ann Purcell.

They got married Dec 05 1858, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Helen Margaret Bell  1861-1913 
  2. James Fraser Bell  1865-1954
  3. Alfred Maxwell Bell  1871-1935 
  4. Francis Wilmot Bell  1872-1955
  5. Edward Stewart Bell  1875-????
  6. Fredrick S Bell  1876-1881
  7. Annie Rose Bell  1882-1940


Notes about John William Bell

John taught school. He became interested in municipal politics and was elected to the Camden Twp. council, serving as Reeve for 7 years. He was later the Warden of Lennox & Addington Co. in 1879. He contested 5 federal elections, winning a seat in 1882, 1887, 1896, and 1900. He was defeated in 1891. A member of the Orange Lodge, he was elected President of the Orange Triennial Council in New York in 1900. An extimated 3,000 people attended his funeral in July, 1901, including former Canadian Prime Minister Sir MacKenzie Bowell, and the Hon. C. Wallace, former Minister of Customs. Over 600 registered Orangemen took part in the procession.

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    Sources

    1. Library and Archives of Canada, Gov of Canada
      1881 census Dist.of Addington #118
    2. Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, Roll: .
      Birth date: abt 1838
      Birth place: Camden
      Death date: 5 Jul 1901
      Death place: Lennox and Addington
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      Residence place: Ontario, Canada
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