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Record #16161
Name :
: George BELL (1883 - )


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1883

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
:
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Apr 1894
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sarnia

Placement Family
: Berry
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
NotesSent to Canada aged 11 by Kensington Union with Rev Wallace on 28 March 1894

with George H Berry, Berryton, Ontario

George has a model home and Mrs B is very kind to him, and he appreciates it by helping Mrs B around the house, being a good cook he usually gets breakfast. He has learned to milk the cows and drive the horses

August 7 1895

George has been in good health and grown a lot since last visited, as fond of his home as ever. Mr Berry is pleased with the progress he has made with his work and at school in the winter. Receiving $2.00 a month. Goes to church and Sunday school
regularly.

below is a letter sent by George to Rev Wallace found in the Union Records, not dated though.

Rev Wallace, Marchmont Home, Belleville

Dear Sir, I hope you spent your Christmas happy and joyfully and I was very ? you sent me that present the second day before Christmas and they were very nice. Many thanks to you and Mrs Wallace for remembering me and I hope that your New year will be very nice and I was to ?? Mr Berry ? Mother for my dinner. I had goose and currant pie and it was very nice. I had candy and orange and I had three Christmas boxes and I have been going to school since Mr Grey was here to see me. He gave me a very nice Jack Knife and some very nice books and I hope you and Mrs Wallace are well. We are going to have an entertainment and New years tree in the M.E? Church on New Years Night. I have a part in it. I wish you could be here and see us all. I have not found out where my brother is yet. We have no snow here yet. I don't no very much about the winters in Canada. I saw one of the boys that came from England with me at the Lyndhurst Fair,

From George Bell, Berryton, Ontario

June 22 1896

George and Mr Berry were away from home when I called but I had a good account of G from Mrs Berry. He is healthy and growing big and stout. Attended school last winter and got on very well. Is in the 3rd book. Mr and Mrs B are still pleased with him. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-04-07 08:23:13 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-05-15 21:39:19 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
21610 BELL, A.1882ENG,     Apr 1910 : Corsican CAN Unknown  
21611 BELL, A.1874ENG,     Jun 1889 : Vancouver CAN Barnardos  
21612 BELL, A.1890ENG,     Jun 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
21613 BELL, A.J.1903ENG,     Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
21614 BELL, A.W.1864ENG,     Aug 1882 : Lake WWnnipeg CAN Unknown  
21615 BELL, Adam1889ENG,     Apr 1903 : Tunisian CAN Middlemore  
21644 BELL, Agnes1886ENG,     Jun 1889 : Siberian CAN Quarriers  
21645 BELL, Agnes1889ENG,     Mar 1904 : Ionian CAN Unknown  
21646 BELL, Agnes1902ENG,     Jun 1912 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
21647 BELL, Agnes1908ENG,     Feb 1927 : Letitia CAN Unknown  
21648 BELL, Albert1910ENG,     May 1925 : Regina CAN Salvation Army  
21649 BELL, Albert George1888ENG,     Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
21650 BELL, Alec1893ENG,     Jun 1911 : Empress of Ireland CAN Labourers & Domestics  
8097 BELL, Alexander1911SCT,    , Edinburgh Apr 1927 : Athenia CAN Quarriers  
10494 BELL, Alexander1907SCT, BEW, Duns Apr 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Quarriers  
21652 BELL, Alexander1895ENG,     May 1901 : Dominion CAN Louisa Birt  
21653 BELL, Alexander1912ENG,     Jul 1927 : Montcalm CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
21655 BELL, Alexander1870ENG,     Jun 1883 : Canadian CAN Unknown  
7892 BELL, Alfred 1916ENG,    , Dumfries May 1931 : Athenia CAN Cossar (George Carter)  
21700 BELL, Alfred1882ENG,     May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
25559 BELL, Alice1898ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
26950 BELL, Alice1930ENG, NBL, Newcastle T. Nov 1938 : Themistocles AUS Fairbridge Homes  
7368 BELL, Ann Clementine1902ENG, DUR, Gateshead Mar 1914 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
15504 BELL, Arthur1905ENG,     Mar 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
4114 BELL, Beatrice1889SCT, RFW, Paisley Jun 1893 : Carthaginian CAN Quarriers  
22841 BELL, Charles1885ENG,     Apr 1894 : Sarnia CAN Barnardos  
17196 BELL, Connie1892ENG,     Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN MacPherson Homes  
24912 BELL, David1899 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
26247 BELL, Doreen1924ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
15602 BELL, Doris1908ENG,     Mar 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
12377 BELL, Dorothy1911ENG,     Jun 1920 : Scotian CAN Barnardos  
9251 BELL, Elizabeth1895ENG,     Oct 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
5706 BELL, Florence1885ENG,     Aug 1897 : Vancouver CAN Barnardos  
16161 BELL, George1883ENG,     Apr 1894 : Sarnia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
17200 BELL, George1891ENG,     Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN MacPherson Homes  
4106 BELL, George Edward1898ENG, NTT, Kimberley Mar 1913 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home Robert Fletcher  
22103 BELL, George William1896ENG,     Oct 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26483 BELL, H W C1891ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26248 BELL, Harriet1923ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
13432 BELL, Harry1876ENG,     Sep 1887 : Nipigon CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
22749 BELL, Harry George1892ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
8098 BELL, Henry1912CAN,     Apr 1927 : Athenia CAN Quarriers  
8951 BELL, Herbert 1909ENG, LAN, Manchester May 1925 : Montclare CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
15625 BELL, Hilda1898ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
17338 BELL, James1899ENG,     Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
23567 BELL, James1909ENG,     May 1924 : Demosthenes AUS Barnardos  
4115 BELL, Jane1877SCT, RFW, Paisley Jun 1893 : Carthaginian CAN Quarriers  
22591 BELL, Jane1898ENG,     Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4113 BELL, Jessie1883SCT, RFW, Paisley Jun 1892 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
23895 BELL, John1910ENG,     May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
27388 BELL, John George ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Jan 1949 : Ormonde AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27389 BELL, Joyce1938ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Jan 1949 : Ormonde AUS Fairbridge Homes  
4428 BELL, Kathleen Louisa1922ENG, STS, West Bromich Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
3015 BELL, Mabel1892ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
22514 BELL, Mary1907ENG,     May 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
27306 BELL, Mary Rose1932ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Jul 1939 : Orama AUS Fairbridge Homes  
3016 BELL, Maud1895ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
7829 BELL, Mina1863ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
23684 BELL, Nellie1902ENG,     May 1914 : Virginian CAN MacPherson Homes  
10495 BELL, Nelson1907IRL, ANT, Belfast Oct 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
10921 BELL, Norman1896ENG,     Oct 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
27390 BELL, Rosalind Barbara1937ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Jan 1949 : Ormonde AUS Fairbridge Homes  
6841 BELL, Samuel1863SCT,     Jul 1875 : Waldensian CAN MacPherson Homes  
6963 BELL, Sarah1863ENG,     Aug 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
26949 BELL, Sidney1926ENG, NBL, Newcastle T. Nov 1938 : Themistocles AUS Fairbridge Homes  
11347 BELL, Thomas 1885ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
10496 BELL, Thomas M1906ENG,    , Glasgow Apr 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Quarriers  
18909 BELL, Thomas W1887ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
27084 BELL, Vernon1919ENG, MDX, Brentford Jun 1929 : Largs Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
9283 BELL, W H1901ENG,     Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
23896 BELL, Walter1907ENG,     May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
14344 BELL, William1891ENG,     Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
22171 BELL, William1892ENG,     Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
27402 BELL, William1932ENG,     Jan 1949 : Ormonde AUS Big Brother Movement  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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