John Henry Bell (b. England 12/25/1832, d. 11/28/1920 Quebec) is my great-great grandfather. He emigrated either to the US or to Canada but I cannot find records. He married Harriet Elizabeth Bates (b. 1834, also England?) in Stewartstown, NH in 1857. He fought in the US Civil War, but seems to have lived primarily in Quebec (and permanently, after the war). I would be glad to find information about either John Henry Bell or his wife Harriet Bates- where in England they came from, and who their families were.
I have one source which claims (with no evidence) that Harriet Bates' mother was named Margaret Cairns. Otherwise I have nothing other than her birth and death dates (1/14/1834 - 2/29/1904)
Regarding John Henry Bell, I believe he had a brother named Henry Charles Bell (sometimes given as Charles Henry Bell, or H.C. Bell), b. ca. 1829, who also lived in Quebec after emigrating from England (although he got married in and lived for a time in Massachusetts first). Helpfully, Henry Charles listed his parents as John and Hannah Bell on a census. That is all the information I have regarding their parentage. I don't have a death date for Henry Charles Bell, nor can I find a grave for him.
