Rev. William Bell, M. A.

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Died:
"DIED.
At Perth on Sabbath morning, the 16th instant, the Rev. William Bell, A. M., the Minister of the First Presbyterian Church, in the seventy-eigth year of his age, and the fourty-first of his ministry. He was born at Airdrie, Scotland on the 20th May, 1780, educated for the Gospel Ministry, at the University of Glasgow, and ordained at Edinburgh, March 4th, 1817.
He had looked to Canada for some years as the scene of his future labors, and arriving at Perth as the Minister of the First Presbyterian Settlers, in June 1817, he entered at once on his public Ministry. Though he had many labors to go through and hardships to endure in a new country, he never repented the choice he had made.
He had the honor of being the first to preach the Gospel in Lanark, Ramsay, Beckwith, Smith's Falls, and other places, besides Perth; at all of which there are now flourishing congregations. It was his desire that his friends at a distance should be informed that he died in the firm faith of that glorious Gospel which he had with so much pleasure, preached to others, and in the unclouded hope and prospect of a glorious immortality beyond death and the grave. His last illness was merely the decline of nature; his increasing infirmities had compelled him to cease his public labours about three months ago; but he was confined to his room only two weeks, during which he suffered very little pain, and was uniformly calm and happy. His latter end was peace."

[Col. 2, Pg. 3; The Bathurst Courier; Friday, 21 Aug 1857; Vol. XXIII, No. 45]

Buried:
Inscription
Rev. William Bell M.A.
born 20 May 1780 - died 16 Aug 1857
Mary Black his wife
born 14 Nov. 1773 - died 18 April 1861
BELL

William married Mary Black on 13 Oct 1802 in Midlothianshire, Scotland. Mary (daughter of Andrew Black and Isabella Baird) was born on 14 Nov 1773 in Black Riggs, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in Apr 1861 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1861 in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
nscription
in memory
of the
Rev. Andrew Bell
formerly Minister
of the
Established Church of
Scotland
in the Township of
Toronto
who died Sept. 27 1856
aged 53 years & 22 dy's
"Remember the words of
the Lord Jesus how He said
Blessed are those servants
whom the Lord when he
cometh shall find watching."

Andrew married Christina Dalziel in 1832. Christina (daughter of John Dalziel and Ann Bell) was born on 16 Mar 1811 in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 12 Jul 1832 in Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Townline Church Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Eliza Ann Thomson on 23 Nov 1833 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada. Eliza (daughter of Edward William Thomson and Selina Lee) was born on 17 Mar 1816 in York County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Jun 1839 in Peel County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1839 in Moore's Cemetery, Mississauga, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _HASHTAG: Lanark Society Settler

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_HASHTAG:
Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

John married Margaret Wilson in 1831. Margaret (daughter of James Wilson and Margaret Baird) was born on 3 May 1813 in New Monkland, North Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 8 Nov 1898 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Inscription
William Bell
Junr
Died
Aug. 4, 1844
Aged 38 Y'rs
His Wife
Maria Miller
Died
Mar. 4, 1837.
Aged 28 Y'rs.

William married Maria Miller in 1831. Maria was born in 1809 in Lanark County, Canada West; died on 4 Mar 1837; was buried in 1837 in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Inscription
Robert Bell
born 16 Mar 1808 - died 2 April 1894
Emeline Sedate Jones his wife
born 29 Nov. 1810 - died 16 April 1858
Isabella their daughter
born 24 July 1841 - died 26 Sep 1889

Robert married Emeline Sedate Jones in 1839. Emeline (daughter of Josiah Jones) was born on 29 Nov 1810 in Williamsburgh, Stormont, Dundas and glengarry United Counties, Canada West; died in Apr 1858 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Canada West; was buried in 1858 in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
The only daughter of Rev. William Bell and Mary Black she was born January 6th, 1812 at Rothesay and baptized there February 25th. She was married to John Glass Malloch August 19th, 1835 by her father at First Presbyterian Church at Perth, Lanark Co. and died at Perth of a Liver Complaint January 29th, 1847.

Buried:
Inscription
Isabella Margaret Bell
wife of
John Glass Malloch
died January 29th 1847,
aged 35 years
Emeline
their daughter
died January 7th 1858,
aged 15 years
William B. Malloch
their son
died March 13th 1881,
aged 36 years.

Isabella married Judge John Glass Malloch in 1835. John (son of Edward Cruickshanks Malloch and Ann Barland) was born in 1806 in Scotland; died on 7 Dec 1873 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1873 in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eliza married William Wilson Wallace Wilkie in 1857. William (son of James Wilkie, Sr. and Janet Thompson) was born on 24 Aug 1830 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 15 Nov 1904 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
"Andrew Bell was born on December 21st, 1835, at Toronto [Toronto Twp., Peel County]. His father was the Reverend William [Andrew] Bell, a Presbyterian minister, and his mother [Eliza Ann] was the eldest daughter of the late Colonel E. [Edward] W. Thomson, of Toronto. Andrew Bell was educated at Queen's University, from which he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1853. ,,, In September 1858, Mr. Bell married Miss [Marianne] Rosamond, eldest daughter of James Rosamond. ... He died at his home 'The Maples,' in Almonte, on Tuesday, October 12th, 1912. ..." [Obituary of Andrew Bell C.E. (1835-1912); from: Pg. 78; Annual Report, Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, Toronto, 1913 ]

Andrew married Marianne Rosamond in Sep 1858 in Lanark County, Canada West. Marianne (daughter of James Rosamond and Margaret Wilson) was born on 24 Oct 1835 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 24 Aug 1927 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Born July 10, 1832 at Perth to William and Maria Bell and baptized August 19th, 1832 by the Rev, William Bell at First Presbyterian Church, Perth.
[First Presbyterian Church Register]

Died of Consumption
[1852 Census; Rev. William Bell; Perth, Lanark Co.; Ontario]

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Died:
She was the granddaughter of the Rev. Wm. Bell and Mary Black Bell.

Maria Bell married Archibald Campbell in Kingston, Ontario on March 3rd 1864.
____________

Campbell - At Perth, Ont., Dec. 4, 1915, in her 85th year, Marie Bell, widow of the late Archibald Campbell and mother of Archibald M. Campbell, of the Mining Geologist Dept., Ottawa. Funeral at Perth, Friday, Dec. 6th, at 2 p.m.

The Ottawa Citizen, 6 December 1918, page 4

Maria married Archibald Campbell in 1864. Archibald (son of Peter Campbell and Margaret Campbell) was born on 7 Feb 1827 in Drummond Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 15 Sep 1873 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 18 Sep 1873 in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married James Charles Poole in 1864. James (son of William Poole and Martha Condle) was born on 28 Nov 1826 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland; died on 22 Apr 1883 in Portsmouth, Kingston Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1883 in Prospect United Church Cemetery, Prospect, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Linda Bell
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Buried:
Inscription
in loving memory of
Rosalind Margaret
Bell, wife of
Frederick Colson,
of Ottawa, Canada.
died May 29, 1896.
aged 36 y'rs.

Rosalind married Frederick Colson on 9 Jun 1884 in Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada. Frederick was born on 23 Jul 1854 in Droxford, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 27 Mar 1924 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1924 in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Nellie Bell
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• _FSFTID: MCH7-3WT
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Buried:
Inscription
In Loving
Memory of
Helen Bell
Widow of
William
Gaherty
And of
John
Fitzwilliam
Stairs
1863 - 1963

Helen married William Gaherty in 1885. William was born on 16 Jan 1855 in New Liverpool, chaudiere-Appalaches Region, Quebec, Canada; died on 14 Jul 1890 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canadas; was buried in 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married John Fitzwilliam Stairs in 1895. John was born on 19 Jan 1848 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 26 Sep 1904 in Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1904 in Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: May Bell
• Name: Min Bell
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Died:
Born at Douglas per 1926 Passenger list from Southampton September 18th, 1926 arriving at Montreal aboard the "Ausonia" September 26th.

Married Charles Herbert Eastlake in the North Riding of Yorkshire (Whitby Reg. Dist.) the 4th quarter of 1898. November 28th, 1898 at Whitby [Perth Courier; 30 Dec 1898]
Contributor: Bruce Gordon (48010981)

Mary married Charles Herbert Eastlake on 28 Nov 1898 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England. Charles was born on 31 Dec 1867 in City of London, Greater London, England; died on 30 May 1953 in Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1953 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _STAT: Never Married

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• Name: Tom Bell
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• _FGRAVE: 97827437
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• _STAT: Never Married

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• Name: Mack Bell
• Name: Major James Mackintosh Bell
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Died:
March 31, 1934 Almonte Gazette

The funeral was held in Almonte on Monday afternoon, of Dr. James r Mackintosh Bell. He died at his home "Old Burnside" last Saturday morning following an illness of several months' duration. He was 57 years of age. The late Dr. Bell was born at St. Andrews, Que., on Dec. 23rd, 1877. He was a son of the late Andrew Bell and Marianne Rosamond. His parents removed to Almonte soon after Dr. Bell's birth and lived in the residence on Mitcheson street, lately purchased by T. A. Thompson, M.P. Dr. Bell's father was a well known civil engineer of the Ottawa Valley. His uncle Robert Bell, was for many years Dominion Geologist. Simplest rites characterized the funeral here Monday afternoon of Major James Mackintosh Bell, M.A., Ph.D? O.B.E., LL.D., world renowned geologist, explorer,' traveller, author, soldier and lecturer, who passed away at his home, "Old Burnside," Saturday morning in his 57th year, after a life of color, usefulness and service to his King and country and to his fellow men in Canada and in far off lands, Siberia, Russian Turkest&n, Australia, New Zealand and Manchuria.

War comrades attended but there was no firing party, and there was no funeral oration, just a brief service of marked dignity and beauty. Several hundreds, including more than a score of his most intimate friends from Ottawa, attended the service in St. Paul's Anglican church to pay their last tribute of respect to Major Bell as a man, who while he won undoubted fame for his brilliant woik in many fields, yet was always best known and most respected for his distinct charm of personality and his unusual capacity for making and keeping friends.

Old comrades of the 73rd Battalion, which Major Bell recruited, provided the' pallbearers and a guard of honor which stood smartly at attention as the cortege passed the Almonte war memorial enroute to the Auld Kirk cemetery where the casket was placed in a vault, pending interment in the Anglican cemetery later in the spring. The casket was flag-draped, emblematic of Major Bell's outstanding war services for which he was given the decoration of the Order of the British Empire. Many of the floral tributes, which were sent with a wealth of profusion despite the request of the family that flowers be omitted, were placed on the memorial.

The town flags were half-masted as a mark of respect to Major Bell as one of Almonte's most noted sons. While he travelled far throughout the world, his home has been here since his very early boyhood years. The streets of the town were practically deserted during the period of the service and later many citizens Stood with bowed heads as the cortege wended its way slowly through the streets to the cemetery. Major Bell was honorary president of the Almonte branch of the Canadian Legion; member of the Mississippi Lodge, A.P. and A.M., Almonte; president of the Ottawa branch of the League of Nations Society in Canada; second vice-president of the Canadian Geographical Society, and a past president of the General Alumni of . Queen's University.

Representatives of these and other organizations with which he was more or less closely associated during his lifetime were present a t the funeral. Church Service In charge of His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. J. C. Roper, archbishop of Ottawa and metropolitan of Ontario; Archdeacon D. T. Clayton of Perth; and Rev. J. J. Lowe, rector of St. Paul's, the service lasted just half an hour. Claude Thomson, St. Paul's organist, officiated a t the organ and W. H. Morton led the full choir. The hymns, favorites of the deceased, were "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" and "Unto the Hills Around Do I Lift Up My Eyes."

The responsive readings embraced the 90th and the 23rd Psalms. The Scripture . lesson was the usual one, the 16th Chapter of the 1st Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. The 'committal service was said in the church, followed by the recitation of the Lord's Prayer ill unison and the benediction by Syg Grace. As the flowers were carried from the church, the organist rendered "Days and Moments Quickly Playing" and then the Nunc Dimittis was chanted as the casket was borne from the church.

Resting on the casket were two sprays of Lilies-of-the-valley, from the family, and a cross of balsam, fashioned by the elder son. Chief Mourners Among the chief mourners were the widow Mrs. Bell, formerly Miss Vera Margaret Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Harold Beauchamp of Wellington, New Zealand; two sons, Andrew B. M. Bell, student a t Queen's University, and John M. M. Bell, at home; two sisters, Miss Alice Bell of Ottawa and Mrs. John F. Stairs of Montreal; Jeffrey Gaherty, Col. Gilbert' S. Stairs, K.C., and Denis Stairs, all of Montreal, nephews and Miss Margaret Stairs, Montreal, a niece.

The pallbearers were Allan Jackman, Donald- Taylor, Stanley M cLaren and James Scott, all of Almonte; and Major William Hooper and R obert Patchell, K.C., both of Carleton Place. Ottawa Friends Present Among the many friends and colleagues present from the Capital were the following: Dr. Charles Camsell, deputy minister of mines and president of the Canadian Geographical Society; Charles G. Cowan, chairman of the national executive of the League of Nations Society in Canada; Dr. Oscar D. Skelton, under secretary of state for external affairs; Senator H. H. Horsey, representing the General Alumni of Queen's University; Senator A. E, Fripp, K.C.; H. S. Southam; Capt. Fairfax Webber, representing the 73rd Battalion; Col. G. P. Murphy; J . Lorn McDougall; R. M. Gemmel, O. M. Biggar, K.C.; J. A. Wilson, controller of civil aviation; G. C. Monture, president of the Ottawa branch of the Queen's Alumni and secretary of the Ottawa branch of the National Council of Education; Col. H. C. Osborne; J. H. LeRougetel, first secretary of the British high commissioner; representing the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Ottawa branch were: Dr.' F. J.- Alcock, S. C. Ells, M. F. Goudge, Capt. H. E. Silver and Archibald Campbell and B. Stewart McKenzie. Among Others Present Among others attending from out of town were ? Duncan McArthur, professor of history, and E. L. Bruce, professor of geology, representing Queen's University; M. R. McFarlane, registrar of the pharmacy department, ? representing the University of Toronto; Bertram Winnett, president of the Queen's Alma Mater Society; Tandy Davoud, president of the Queen's University Student Body; :j Andre^ Dorfman, Toronto, managing director of Anglo Huronian, Ltd.;; D. A. Gillies, R. L. Gusselle and JR. A. Jeffrey, all of Arnprior; Mrs. John A. Stewart of Perth; members of Major Bell's mining staff; members of Almonte Town Council; the Board of Education, and representatives of other public and semi-public bodies; Members of the Conservative executive present were: the County President, A. G. Rosamond, W. H. Stafford, K.C., and Dr. A. A: Metcalfe, H. H. Cole and Jam es Moncur. while Dr. J. F., Dunn, an officer of the Liberal executive of the county, represented that political party. Floral Tributes Among those who sent floral tributes were the following: Rt. Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Borden, Dr. F. G. Banting, Toronto; Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, Philadelphia.

Family/Spouse: Vera Margaret Beauchamp. Vera was born in 1885 in New Zealand; died on 3 Feb 1974 in Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1974 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]