siblings

[bellauto]

hi my 3x great grandfather joseph bell born 1808 barrow upon humber parents joseph & ann but i cannot find any other siblings can anyone help ?
                thanks ted

[Geoff-E]

It does seem odd doesn't it, especially as the couple may have married as early as 1787.

This one wasn't far away http://freereg.rootsweb.com/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Baptisms&RecordID=5348248

Strange name ... it doesn't show as a surname in my marriage index

[bellauto]

hi the marriage must be the 1787 one has the brides surname hunter comes through into many family names but its a long time 21 years for the first child to be born ?
         regards ted

[Alan7636]

There are about 7 Barrow Upon Humber records for the name of Bell from 1775 to about 1812 where the fathers name is recorded as Joseph, but only the 1 where the mothers name is Ann, that of your Joseph on the 3rd October 1808.

I suppose it is possible that Joesph Senior was a widower when he married Ann and thy only had the 1 child, that of your Joseph.

 Barrow records on IGI do seem to be fairly comprehensive so it looks as if quite alot of work has been put into extracting the information.

Alan

[Geoff-E]

Joseph BELL marriages at Barrow

1765 Hannah WRESSEL
1787 Ann HUNTER
1796 Elizabeth NEWTON
1832 Elizabeth ROBINSON
1832 JB (wid) to Elizabeth SMITH

You'll find some burials at http://freereg.rootsweb.com/cgi/Search.pl

[bellauto]

hi joseph is down as a single man on the 1787 marriage to ann hunter  joseph is still alive in the 1851 census born in 1767 barrow on humber widower i believe the 1765 marriage is his parents  the 1832 marriage is of joseph born in 1808 is it possible all the barrow on humber records have not been transcibed ?
          thanks regards ted

[Alan7636]

The problem we have is that the surname Bell is  fairly common  around the Barrow area, I have 3 in my tree all residing in the area in the late 17th to mid 19th century.

I even found a monumental Inscription for a Joseph Bell age 55 died on the 16th August 1815 in the Holy Trinity Church in Barrow on Humber, not your guy thankfully if yours was still alive in 1851.

Alan