All entries for the birth/maiden name BELL held within the Gravestone Photographic Resource

All entries for the maiden name BELL

full namebirth yearburial yearagerelationshipcemeterylocation
Ada Elizabeth Davies nee Bell
1915
199580daughter of Alfred BellSt MichaelCoxwold
Yorkshire
England
Agnes Cynthia Spencer nee Bell
1925
199873daughter of Henrietta BellSt Mary (part 2)Heworth
Durham
England
Agnes Mona Holmes nee Bell19502009
59
first name on the monumentLawn (part 1)Hemmant
Queensland
Australia
Alice Marjorie Robson nee Bell
1908
200395daughter of Henry BellSt Mary the VirginHorton
Northumberland
England
Anita Bridge nee Bell 2011 daughter of Jane BellMunicipalLynesack
Durham
England
Ann Elizabeth Lazenby nee Bell18521887
35
first name on the monumentBlock A-B EastCleethorpes
Lincolnshire
England
Anna Rhoda Kowalski nee Bell
1909
199485first name on the monumentNewSymington
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Anne Lacey nee Bell
1861
193473daughter of Maria BellBaptistHoughton
Cambridgeshire
England
Anne De La Combe Mccrea nee Bell relationship not known of Nicholas Peter DobreeCandie (area 5)St Peter Port
Guernsey
Guernsey
Anne Dunlop Crawford nee Bell daughter of Eliza BellSt John and St Cuthbert (joint)Edinburgh
Lothian
Scotland
Annette nee Bell daughter of Gladys May BellWodonga (Anglican)Wodonga
Victoria
Australia
Annie Whigham nee Bell
1896
197781mother of Robert WhighamMunicipal M-TWest Calder
West Lothian
Scotland
Annie Dixon nee Bell1883196380wife of Edward DixonSt MaryThornthwaite
Cumberland
England
Annie Elizabeth Patricia Julian nee Bell19192000
81
first name on the monumentAll SaintsPrebbleton
Canterbury
New Zealand
Audrey Joyce Hortin nee Bell19312014
83
first name on the monumentTinghaTingha
New South Wales
Australia
Augusta Ada Stockdale nee Bell1836192993sister of Maria Margaret BellGrove Road (Section A-B)Harrogate
Yorkshire
England
Barbara Howson nee Bell1814187864daughter of Thomas BellSt AndrewDacre
Cumberland
England
Bertha Hollowday nee Bell1892197886wife of Howard HollowdaySt MargaretHabrough
Lincolnshire
England
Betsy Mclauchlan nee Bell 1961 daughter of Andrew R BellWest (section F)St Andrews
Fife
Scotland
Cath Raabe nee Bell mother-in-law of Ellen Amelia PeatlingLawn (part 3)Cohuna
Victoria
Australia
Catherine Calder nee Bell husband of James Cleland CalderSections U-ZBWest Calder
West Lothian
Scotland
Catherine McKenzie nee Bell1841191574wife of Malcolm McKenzieSt JohnBallachulish
Argyll
Scotland
Catherine Ellen Browning nee Bell relationship not known of David Harold PearceKoondrookKoondrook
Victoria
Australia
Catherine L MacKenzie nee Bell
1901
199291mother of KoondrookKoondrook
Victoria
Australia
Catherine L MacKenzie nee Bell
1901
199291mother of Victor L BellHigh BlantyreBlantyre
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Catherine L MacKenzie nee Bell
1901
199291mother of High BlantyreBlantyre
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Catherine Louise Robson nee Bell
1971
200534first name on the monumentGeneralPaterson
New South Wales
Australia
Charlotte Kenyon nee Bell
1844
189652daughter of Charlotte BellSt PeterHalliwell
Lancashire
England
Charlotte Kenyon nee Bell
1844
189652relationship not given of Charlotte BellSt PeterHalliwell
Lancashire
England
Christina Graham nee Bell
1809
187263mother of Adam GrahamOldSymington
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Constance Pearl Douglas nee Bell18961979
83
first name on the monumentAnglicanWairau Valley
Marlborough
New Zealand
Diane nee Bell daughter of Gladys May BellWodonga (Anglican)Wodonga
Victoria
Australia
Dorothy Davison nee Bell
1843
187936daughter of James BellSt Mary the VirginHorton
Northumberland
England
Eliza Nener nee Bell
1871
195685mother of Gladys NenerSecond PublicTaradale
Victoria
Australia
Eliza Bullock nee Bell
1872
189624first name on the monumentSt GilesColby
Norfolk
England
Elizabeth Montgomery nee Bell
1829
190273wife of Alexander MontgomeryOld ParishGladsmuir
East Lothian
Scotland
Elizabeth Cooke nee Bell
1898
198284first name on the monumentLawn (part 2)Cohuna
Victoria
Australia
Elizabeth Pennycook nee Bell 1972 daughter of George BellWest (section L)St Andrews
Fife
Scotland
Elizabeth Hobbs nee Bell
1810
186454daughter of Thomas BellGrangetownSunderland
Durham
England
Elizabeth Hardy nee Bell
1744
180157wife of William HardySt Mary the VirginClifton
Nottinghamshire
England
Elizabeth Tweedie nee Bell1883196784first name on the monumentKirk of Calder (section 2)Mid Calder
Lothian
Scotland
Elizabeth Storey nee Bell
1823
188966daughter of Hugh BellSt MichaelHeighington
Durham
England
Elizabeth High nee Bell
1764
184177church record of All SaintsShipdham
Norfolk
England
Elizabeth Ann Long nee Bell
1884
191127daughter of Robert BellSt AndrewStanley
Durham
England
Elizabeth Bell Symonds nee Bell18491889
40
daughter of Elizabeth S BellDean 2aEdinburgh
Lothian
Scotland
Ellen Day nee Bell
1904
199187wife of William John DayPathoPatho
Victoria
Australia
Ellen Hipwell nee Bell 1969 relationship not known of John BellMaryborough (part 3)Maryborough
Queensland
Australia
Ellen Buck nee Bell daughter of James BellHoly TrinityDacre Banks
Yorkshire
England
Ellen Isabel Jane Diss nee Bell19061996
90
wife of Wilfred Joseph Robert DissSecond PublicTaradale
Victoria
Australia
Elsie Grace Priaulx nee Bell18721948
76
relationship not known of Joshua PriaulxCandie (area 7)St Peter Port
Guernsey
Guernsey
Emily Grace Cavey nee Bell relationship not known of Candie (area 2 records only)St Peter Port
Guernsey
Guernsey
Emma Jane Ware nee Bell
1857
192972first name on the monumentKoondrookKoondrook
Victoria
Australia
Ethel Linda Powell nee Bell
1923
198865daughter of Florence BellSt John the DivineStillington
Durham
England
Ethel Margaret Blenkinsop nee Bell
1883
194158daughter of Margaret Ann BellSt NicholasGosforth
Northumberland
England
Eunice Mary Bridge nee Bell19181996
78
relationship not given of Arthur BellMethodistWoodside
South Australia
Australia
Euphemia Macvie nee Bell
1821
188362wife of William MacvieMunicipalWilsontown
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Fannie Isabel Henning nee Bell mother of Fredricka Isobel Athelie LawrencePublicGisborne
Victoria
Australia
Fanny Horne nee Bell mother of Marjorie Florence ReddanPathoPatho
Victoria
Australia
Flora Beatrice Gower nee Bell 1940 daughter of I C F BellWaikumeteAuckland
Auckland
New Zealand
Florence Augusta Graeme nee Bell18581940
82
wife of Frederick James GraemeCandie (area 4)St Peter Port
Guernsey
Guernsey
Florence Ethel Underwood nee Bell19051905
0
first name on the monumentPathoPatho
Victoria
Australia
Frances Lucas nee Bell mother of Gladys Rosmond Nora LucasPioneer Memorial GatesKerang
Victoria
Australia
Frances Ann Sharpley nee Bell
1854
191864first name on the monumentStonefall (area 10)Harrogate
Yorkshire
England
Helen Hampton nee Bell
1847
193083wife of David HamptonParishDunnichen
Angus
Scotland
Henrietta Dobree Lacy nee Bell
1857
188730relationship not known of George WhitchurchCandie (area 9)St Peter Port
Guernsey
Guernsey
Henrietta Le Marchant Brock nee Bell
1774
186692first name on the monumentCandie (area 9)St Peter Port
Guernsey
Guernsey
Isabella Trotter nee Bell
1833
190976daughter of Jane BellSt Mary the VirginHorton
Northumberland
England
Isabella Adams nee Bell 1946 wife of Edward Adam AdamsLondon Necropolis (south plots 77-84)Brookwood
Surrey
England
Isabella Wilde nee Bell
1910
197262first name on the monumentWestHamilton
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Jane Pringle nee Bell 1928 daughter of Joshua BellChurch Bank (part 1)Wallsend
Northumberland
England
Jane James nee Bell
1850
190151relationship not given of Charlotte BellSt PeterHalliwell
Lancashire
England
Jane Sutherland nee Bell mother of William Steven SutherlandLawn (part 2)Cohuna
Victoria
Australia
Jane Foxton nee Bell
1774
185783daughter of Ralph BellSt Mary the VirginLeake
Yorkshire
England
Jane Jackson Sutherland nee Bell father of Charles SutherlandLawn (part 2)Cohuna
Victoria
Australia
Jane Jackson Sutherland nee Bell
1861
193271wife of William Stewart SutherlandLawn (part 2)Cohuna
Victoria
Australia
Jane Jackson Sutherland nee Bell mother of Donald Bell SutherlandLawn (part 2)Cohuna
Victoria
Australia
Jane Jackson Sutherland nee Bell mother-in-law of David Edward KervinLawn (part 2)Cohuna
Victoria
Australia
Jane Jackson Sutherland nee Bell father of James Jackson SutherlandLawn (part 2)Cohuna
Victoria
Australia
Jane Marie Wickman nee Bell
1841
191473wife of Charles Frederick WickmanPublicMacedon
Victoria
Australia
Janelle Ruth Boughen nee Bell19522011
59
first name on the monumentSt Johns LutheranCoolana
Queensland
Australia
Janet Hastie nee Bell
1863
190643wife of James HastieOldSymington
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Janet Kerr nee Bell
1878
194769first name on the monumentMunicipal M-TWest Calder
West Lothian
Scotland
Janet Dewar Lowe nee Bell1894198894first name on the monumentNewKilmadock
Perthshire
Scotland
Jean Mary Barge nee Bell
1895
197883wife of William Henry BargeLawnCohuna
Victoria
Australia
Jean Mary Barge nee Bell mother of William Leslie BargeLawn (part 3)Cohuna
Victoria
Australia
Jeanie Callan nee Bell
1900
198080first name on the monumentParishLibberton
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Jeannie Dennis nee Bell
1912
193119daughter of Charles BellHigh BlantyreBlantyre
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Jemima Liddell Yule nee Bell
1792
182028wife of George YuleNew CaltonEdinburgh
Lothian
Scotland
Jennifer nee Bell daughter of Gladys May BellWodonga (Anglican)Wodonga
Victoria
Australia
Julia Harriet Dobree nee Bell18591939
80
daughter of Blanche Henrietta BellCandie (area 10)St Peter Port
Guernsey
Guernsey
Karin Hallmark nee Bell1930 wife of William Troy HallmarkMount ProspectBlampeid
Victoria
Australia
Kate Moody nee Bell 1921 daughter of Maria BellBaptistHoughton
Cambridgeshire
England
Kate Weatherhead nee Bell
1881
195877daughter of William Britus BellOxbridge AStockton-on-Tees
Durham
England
Kathleen Condon nee Bell
1894
195662mother of John Thomas CondonEllerslieEllerslie
Victoria
Australia
Lily Watson nee Bell
1877
192346daughter of Isaac BellOxbridge BStockton-on-Tees
Durham
England
Lucy Sutcliffe nee Bell1912199280daughter of Edward BellSt AndrewGargrave
Yorkshire
England
Lucy Cadman nee Bell daughter of Henry BellBarnsleyBarnsley
Yorkshire
England
Margaet Jane Houseman nee Bell
1913
200087wife of Wilfred Lewis HousemanMunicipal Section C3Pateley Bridge
Yorkshire
England
Margaret Maccallum nee Bell1837188043relationship not known of Andrew BellWangarattaWangaratta
Victoria
Australia
Margaret White nee Bell1949198940first name on the monumentSt BarnabasSetmurthy
Cumberland
England
Margaret Crabb nee Bell daughter of Andrew BellWangarattaWangaratta
Victoria
Australia
Margaret Macphail nee Bell1861193574wife of Duncan MacphailPennyfuirOban
Argyll
Scotland
Margaret Gibson nee Bell
1813
186653daughter of Ann BellSt Mary the VirginHorton
Northumberland
England
Margaret Crabb nee Bell wife of John CrabbWangarattaWangaratta
Victoria
Australia
Marian Robey Bates nee Bell mother of Angela Mary HudspithSt Mary the VirginHorton
Northumberland
England
Marianne Smith nee Bell 1921 relationship not given of John BellOldSymington
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Marion Lapsley nee Bell18991972
73
son of Robert R BellWestHamilton
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Marion Adelaide Gillies nee Bell18951990
95
wife of John GilliesBlackwoodBlackwood
Victoria
Australia
Mary De Sausmarez nee Bell relationship not known of Albert George DobsonCandie (area 5)St Peter Port
Guernsey
Guernsey
Mary Southern nee Bell mother of William SouthernLawnCohuna
Victoria
Australia
Mary Wilson nee Bell
1897
197881wife of Robert WilsonMunicipal M-TWest Calder
West Lothian
Scotland
Mary Garner nee Bell
1832
190169first name on the monumentWidnes (section 8U)Widnes
Lancashire
England
Mary Gaze nee Bell
1802
183937daughter of Mary BellSt GeorgeRollesby
Norfolk
England
Mary Stewart nee Bell
1878
194769wife of Peter StewartNewKilmadock
Perthshire
Scotland
Mary A. Durrant nee Bell18271893
66
first name on the monumentSt MaryAntingham
Norfolk
England
Mary Ann Pullerton nee Bell
1829
188556daughter of Thomas BellGrangetownSunderland
Durham
England
Mary Ann Leyden nee Bell
1870
191747first name on the monumentSunburySunbury
Victoria
Australia
Mary Ann Ivy Nicholas Onley nee Bell
1890
196171first name on the monumentTongalaTongala
Victoria
Australia
Mary Bell Gilchrist nee Bell 1859 first name on the monumentSt CuthbertDalmeny
West Lothian
Scotland
Mary Jane Owen nee Bell
1830
191585daughter of Dandeson Coates BellDean 2hEdinburgh
Lothian
Scotland
Mary Winifred Mathison nee Bell19141996
82
wife of Edwin Waring MathisonSt Andrew and St PeterLongham
Norfolk
England
Maud Dickinson nee Bell
1899
197475first name on the monumentPathoPatho
Victoria
Australia
Minnie Deakin nee Bell18871952
65
wife of Harold DeakinDisidentesRosario
Santa Fe
Argentina
Murray Hallmark nee Bell son of William Troy HallmarkMount ProspectBlampeid
Victoria
Australia
Olive Murdoch nee Bell19061996
90
wife of Alexander William MurdochElphinstoneElphinstone
Victoria
Australia
Olive Murdoch nee Bell mother of Janet Weir MurdochElphinstoneElphinstone
Victoria
Australia
Phyllis Shirley Ezzy nee Bell19342016
82
relationship not known of Alan Raymond EzzyBaptist and CongregationalWallsend
New South Wales
Australia
Rebecca Knight nee Bell
1901
196261wife of Alfred Thomas KnightMunicipal (part 2)Arnside
Westmorland
England
Robert Norman nee Bell
1895
19027first name on the monumentAll SaintsCrathorne
Yorkshire
England
Ruby Smith nee Bell
1915
199782wife of William C SmithNewKilmadock
Perthshire
Scotland
Sandra nee Bell daughter of Gladys May BellWodonga (Anglican)Wodonga
Victoria
Australia
Sarah Close nee Bell1857193376daughter of Martha BellSt MargaretWythop
Cumberland
England
Sarah Raichman nee Bell1875193863relationship not given of Salomon RaichmanPt2Bagneux
Hauts-de-Seine
France
Sarah White nee Bell
1862
188725first name on the monumentHoly TrinitySwallow
Lincolnshire
England
Sarah Jane Lister nee Bell
1854
194389daughter of John BellMunicipal Section C5Pateley Bridge
Yorkshire
England
Sheila Fleming nee Bell 1993 daughter of Christina F BellNewSymington
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Sophie Young nee Bell mother of Sophie Agnes YoungCandie (area 1)St Peter Port
Guernsey
Guernsey
Susannah Willis nee Bell
1849
191667daughter of James BellSt Mary the VirginHorton
Northumberland
England
Teresa Helen Ann Fuller nee Bell19501996
46
first name on the monumentSt John the BaptistHarrietsham
Kent
England
Thelma Blanche Jennings nee Bell 1966 first name on the monumentMount ProspectBlampeid
Victoria
Australia
Thelma May Turnbull nee Bell
1917
200588first name on the monumentLawntonNorth Pine
Queensland
Australia
Theresa Readman nee Bell daughter of Eliza BellStonefall (area 11)Harrogate
Yorkshire
England
Theresa Doreen Howard nee Bell19361991
55
first name on the monumentSt Peter and St PaulStainton
Yorkshire
England
Violet Sara Cecilia Hamilton Freeland nee Bell
1894
196369wife of Kenneth Francis FreelandAmesbury (area B)Amesbury
Wiltshire
England
Vivian Janet Sproat nee Bell18921972
80
relationship not known of John Mckiddy SproatBritishLlavallol
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Wendy Daffy nee Bell daughter of Joy Belle BellPublicGisborne
Victoria
Australia
Wendy Ellen Mc Auliffe nee Bell19352014
79
relationship not known of William Michael Mc AuliffeWittaWitta
Queensland
Australia
Winnifred Thomson nee Bell 1926 daughter of Jane Caroline BellDean 2jEdinburgh
Lothian
Scotland

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This page contains a list of all the entries for the maiden name BELL that are held within the Gravestone Photographic Resource online database. It is quite likely that there are also entries available for alternative spellings of this name. It is very easy for you to check to see if there are any alternative spellings: you just need to look at the page that shows all the names listed under the starting letter (B in this case) of the maiden name you are interested in.

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The same person may appear many times in the above list. This is because a person can easily be listed on many different monuments. For instance, a person could be listed on their own grave as well as on the gravestone monuments of their children and their spouse. Occasionally names will be duplicated because the monument has in error been photographed and indexed twice.

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All comment / feedback / help requests within the Gravestone Photographic Resource for the name BELL

BELL/ELLIS family
This is a very good resource when you have no idea where your ancestors are buried. Thank you
entry submitted by ELLIS on: 09/02/2010 11:53 GMT ........ contact this person

George BELL
Thank you for the photograph of the Bell family. It has proved to be a useful Family History resource especially providing information re the infant Sam Bell.
entry submitted by Barbara Lennon on: 25/08/2011 10:23 GMT ........ contact this person

Ann Bell
Once again thank you for your quick response to my request and the relevant enhanced image
entry submitted by Carol Stanners on: 02/04/2019 05:51 GMT ........ contact this person

Feedback
Thank you very much for the email link to the gravestone image. I can confirm I have received this.
entry submitted by Susan Bridgwater on: 06/11/2018 10:37 GMT ........ contact this person

Robert Bell from Wishaw
Many thanks for the link to the photographic image and the fast response! I will be recommending this website to members of scotfamtree.org.uk Thanks again
entry submitted by Evelyn McCulloch on: 15/01/2012 03:30 GMT ........ contact this person

relationship of unknown person
GPR Grave No 28662 (image no 1010611) Ada Annie Parsons first husband was William Bell. They were my great grandparents.
entry submitted by Jan Trude on: 26/03/2013 04:11 GMT ........ contact this person

Very Good Resource
Thank you for providing this resource for researching family gravestones. I did find an ancestor, which was very rewarding. Others in the Bell family haven't been found yet, but I'll keep looking. Thank you again!
entry submitted by Robert H. Mclaughlin on: 21/03/2018 06:00 GMT ........ contact this person

The Bell Family
Thank you for sending me the photos of William Bells grave stone. It has helped my search for my relatives in England. Thank you
entry submitted by Stephen Bell on: 08/08/2013 03:05 GMT ........ contact this person

Excellent!
The information I requested was kindly sent within a couple of hours of my enquiry. I was very impressed. Many thanks
entry submitted by MMH on: 03/03/2014 11:54 GMT ........ contact this person

William Bell of Blanchland NBL
Ann Bell on gravestone is William's 2nd wife not his daughter-in-law and Thomas is their son. Robert is William and Hannah's son.
entry submitted by Carol Knight on: 29/03/2014 07:20 GMT ........ contact this person

John Bell
What a great site. I knew which graveyard John Bell and my grandmother Phyllis were buried but we thought the grave had been lost over time. Thanks for providing this info - much appreciated.
entry submitted by Martyn Bell on: 18/11/2014 10:38 GMT ........ contact this person

thank you
This is the first time I have seen anything relating to my grandfather. Thank you so much.
entry submitted by g bell on: 04/12/2015 11:16 GMT ........ contact this person

Interesting Find
I came upon this site whilst doing a general search for information and found it to be very useful. During my search I uncovered further family information which I found particularly interesting. Great work!!
entry submitted by Janet on: 29/01/2016 04:45 GMT ........ contact this person

MI for John Royal Bell and wives
Thank you very much for this photo which is useful confirmation of what I had told and/or been able to work out. If the information is of any use to you Joan nee Harper was John Royal Bell's first wife and Beatrice Mary nee Hargraves was his second wife. He was my great-uncle on my mother's side.
entry submitted by Robert Simpson on: 19/06/2016 02:22 GMT ........ contact this person

Sincere thank you fr photographs
Thank you Charles for providing such a valuable service to people around the globe. I never thought for a moment I would be able to get photos of Robert Bell (1797) and other Bell family members grave monuments at The Old Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery, Whorlton, Yorkshire, England... you truly have made me a very happy little family history researcher. Thanks a million from Western Australia. Happy 2017 to you Charles and your family.
entry submitted by Judy Bibby on: 09/01/2017 05:12 GMT ........ contact this person

Bell, Rowe, Healey, Sealey, Waddingham, Grainger, Shewan, Pollock, and related
I received an excellent photo of the headstone for Lucy Rowe nee Bell (8 Dec 1887 - 18 Mar 1995), thank you for that. This line of Bells were around Daylesford in the late 1800s and 1900s. I have a fair amount of info on them, including ancestors & descendants (but very few photos) and am happy to share.
entry submitted by Kevin Healey on: 23/03/2017 10:32 GMT ........ contact this person

Thank you
Many thanks for providing the photo of William Bell and family.
entry submitted by Ruth on: 28/03/2017 08:24 GMT ........ contact this person

Thank you
Excellent photographs of grave of William Bell. Don't yet know whether he is my wife's ancestor but he lived at the correct place so it is likely that he is. Many thanks.
entry submitted by C SWAN on: 10/07/2017 10:32 GMT ........ contact this person

Thanks .St Michael's Alnwick gravestones
Thanks for the photo of graves in St.Michael's Alnwick of both Bell and Turnbull gravestones.
entry submitted by Bernadette on: 12/07/2017 03:19 GMT ........ contact this person

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