Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.
John B. Bell

John B. Bell

Male 1826 - 1910  (84 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John B. BellJohn B. Bell was born 26 Jul 1826, Lockerbie, , Dumfries, Scotland; died 29 Jul 1910, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95932213
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27566
    • Immigration: 1842, , Canada
    • Residence: 1848, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carriage Maker
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1864, Northumberland St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carriage and wagon maker
    • Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wagonmaker
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
    • Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waggonmaker
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    John married Mary Abigail Parsons 19 Sep 1848, , Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 13 Apr 1831, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Dec 1917, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jane Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born CALC 4 Feb 1849, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 4 Nov 1878, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Agnes Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1850, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 4. Mary Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Sep 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died 28 Apr 1875, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Jessie M. Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jan 1856, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Oct 1906; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 6. Dr. George Parsons Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Aug 1859, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 7. John H. Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born CALC 21 Dec 1861, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1887, Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 8. Helen "Ellen" Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jul 1864, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Apr 1950, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA.
    8. 9. James E. Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1865; died 23 Aug 1867; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. 10. Margaret "Maggie" Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Mar 1870, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. 11. William Bell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1872, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    John — Mary. Mary was born 13 Mar 1830, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jane Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born CALC 4 Feb 1849, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 4 Nov 1878, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Jane Hall
    • Name: Jeanette Bell
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138619
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1867, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

    Notes:

    Died, In Ayr, on Monday, 4th November, at 2 o'clock, A.M., Jane Bell, Wife of John R. Hall. Aged 29 Years, 9 Months and 19 Days. The Funeral Will take place on Wednesday, the 6th instant, at 1 o'clock, P.M., from her husband's residence to the place of interment, Ayr Cemetery. Ayr, Nov. 4th, 1878. Transcript Print, Paris


    Waterloo Historical Society Death Notices Collection - photocopies

    Jane married John Robert Hall 13 Sep 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of Robert Hall and Margaret Gladstone) was born 14 Aug 1844, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Dec 1917, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Robert Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1867, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jan 1939, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; was buried , South Hadley Falls Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
    2. 13. William Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1869, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 14. Ernest Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1871, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 15. George Ernest "Ernest" Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Mar 1872, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1957; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 16. Deber Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born May 1874, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 17. John George Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Jul 1874, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1929, Mahtomedi, Washington, Minnesota, United States; was buried , Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.

  2. 3.  Agnes Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 1850, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-251669
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian


  3. 4.  Mary Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 11 Sep 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died 28 Apr 1875, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-251670P
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.

    Notes:

    Died, In Ayr, on the 28th of April, 1875, at 5.30 A.M., Mary Bell, Third daughter of Mr. John Bell, Aged 21 Years, 7 Months and 17 Days. The Funeral Will take place on Friday, the 30th instant, at 1 o'clock, P.M., from my residence to the place of interment, Stanley Street Burying Ground, Ayr. Yours truly, John Bell. Ayr, April 28th, 1875.


    Waterloo Historical Society Death Notices Collection - photocopies


  4. 5.  Jessie M. Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 2 Jan 1856, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Oct 1906; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263023931
    • Name: Jessie M. Johnston
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-87952
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
    • Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Clerk
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

    Notes:

    In Memoriam Died On Friday, October 5th, 1906, Jessie Bell Wife of John Johnston, in her 51st year. Funeral Will take place on Tuesday, October 9th, at 2 o'clock p.m. from the residence of her husband, Hamilton Street, Preston, to the Cedar Creek Cemetery. Preston, October 6th, 1906.

    Funeral Card

    Jessie married John A. Johnston 7 Sep 1881, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of John Johnston and Isabella Heastie, son of John Johnston and Isabella Hastie) was born 11 Dec 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Feb 1933, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  5. 6.  Dr. George Parsons BellDr. George Parsons Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 1 Aug 1859, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-116923
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
    • Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Teacher
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

    Notes:

    George Parsons Bell was a school teacher before receiving his medical degree from New York's Bellvue Hospital Medical College in 1886.He was an allopathic doctor who practiced in Buffalo, NY, Pittsburgh, PA, Chicopee, MA and Tigerton, WI before moving permanently to Kansas. He spent the rest of his life in Kansas, operating a homeopathic hospital and raising, with his wife Mary Bowman Reid Bell, his family of four daughters and one son. He is supposedly buried in Exeter, Tulare County, California though his grave has not yet been located.

    Find A Grave 2015


  6. 7.  John H. Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born CALC 21 Dec 1861, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1887, Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-312415
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
    • Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waggonmaker
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

    John married Lizzie Murray 16 Dec 1885, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lizzie was born 1863, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  7. 8.  Helen "Ellen" Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 15 Jul 1864, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Apr 1950, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA.

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    • Name: Helen "Ellen" Doig
    • Name: Helen "Ellen" Rose
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-116943
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

    Helen married Francis Rose 3 Jun 1885, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Francis (son of D. Rose and Abagail German) was born 1853; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Helen married James R. Doig 20 May 1903, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. James was born 1854, Niagara, Welland Co., Ontario; died Bef 1950. [Group Sheet]


  8. 9.  James E. Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 1865; died 23 Aug 1867; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-339018


  9. 10.  Margaret "Maggie" Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 29 Mar 1870, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Maggie Bell
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-312417
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian


  10. 11.  William Bell Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 1872, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-116955
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian



Generation: 3

  1. 12.  Robert Hall Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jane2, 1.John1) was born 1867, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jan 1939, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; was buried , South Hadley Falls Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138627
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Death of Robert Hall

    The death occurred in the hospital at Holyoke, Mass., on Tuesday Jan, 3rd, of Robert Hall. Deceased was born in Ayr, being the eldest son of the late John R. and Jane Hall, who at that time lived in the residence now occupied by Miss M. Kyle. He left here when 18 years of age. His last visit to Ayr was three years ago, when he called on a number of his old schoolmates, among them being A. G. Watson, J. W. Watson, Jas. G. Pair, the Hendersons and others.

    Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Harvey, and five daughters, all of Massachusetts, and one brother, John George Hall of Minnesota.

    The funeral took place from his late home in South Hadley Falls, Mass., on Friday afternoon, Jan. 6th.

    Ayr News Jan 12 1939 pg 1


  2. 13.  William Hall Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jane2, 1.John1) was born 1869, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102261


  3. 14.  Ernest Hall Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jane2, 1.John1) was born 1871, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102262


  4. 15.  George Ernest "Ernest" Hall Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jane2, 1.John1) was born 26 Mar 1872, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1957; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65332
    • Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Driver Express

    George — Georgina. Georgina was born 4 Jun 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 18. Marjorie Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Aug 1898, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    George married Georgina Anna Fisher 26 Dec 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Georgina (daughter of James Fisher and Caroline Bernhart) was born 4 Jun 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1940; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  5. 16.  Deber Hall Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jane2, 1.John1) was born May 1874, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65337
    • Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Freight Clerk
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Pacific Railway Auditor
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican


  6. 17.  John George Hall Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jane2, 1.John1) was born 11 Jul 1874, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1929, Mahtomedi, Washington, Minnesota, United States; was buried , Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138634
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Former Resident

    The death occurred at his home in Mahtomedi, Minn., on Friday of John George Hall, a native of this village. He was a son of the late John R. Hall and Jane Bell and lived here during the early years of his life, where he received his education.

    He was a half-brother of Mrs. M. J. Bonner and Miss Mary E. Hall.

    Mr. Hall visited here on several occasions, the last time being three years ago.


    The Ayr News Aug 4 1949 pg 1



Generation: 4

  1. 18.  Marjorie Hall Descendancy chart to this point (15.George3, 2.Jane2, 1.John1) was born 29 Aug 1898, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65334