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PricklyHolly........

Wow that was an interesting read! I have more names to add to Frederick's siblings and the twist of the marriage of his sister and wife to the same man! Thankyou

This is interesting.........

Frederick's Sister Mahala.........



England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Mahala Bell Name: Mahala Bell
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1851
Registration District: Malling
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 5
Page: 395



1861 England Census
about Mahala Bell Name: Mahala Bell
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Josiah Bell
Mother's Name: Ann Bell
Gender: Female
Where born: Mereworth, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Mereworth
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View Image

Registration District: Malling
Sub-registration District: East Peckham
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 5
Piece: 485
Folio: 153
Page Number: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Josiah Bell 52
Ann Bell 52
Josiah Bell 24
James Bell 23
Ann Bell 20
Mercy Bell 17
Robert Bell 12
Mahala Bell 9
George Bell 7
Fredrick Bell 4

In the 1871 census, Josiah and Ann are residing at 6 Butchers Lane.

Mahala is a servant at 5 Butchers Lane and her married Brother Josiah is at 3 Butchers Lane.


Mahala's marriage......

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
about Mahala Bell Name: Mahala Bell
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1880
Registration District: Malling
Inferred County: Kent
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 667
Records on Page: Name
Mahala Bell
John Henry Diprose


1881 England Census
about Mahala Diprose Name: Mahala Diprose
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relationship to Head: Wife
Spouse: John H. Diprose
Gender: Female
Where born: Mereworth, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Cranbrook
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address: Stone Street
Marital Status: Married
Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration District: Cranbrook
Sub-registration District: Cranbrook
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 937
Folio: 35
Page Number: 16
Household Members: Name Age
John H. Diprose 22 .....Cranbrook Kent.
Mahala Diprose 28


England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
about Mahala Diprose Name: Mahala Diprose
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1898
Age at Death: 46
Registration District: Maidstone
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 400

Sooo........John Henry Diprose went on to marry his wife's Brother's wife.......Emma Bell nee Parks.


Marriages Dec 1898 (>99%)
Bell Emma Malling 2a 1321
Diprose John Henry Malling 2a 1321

Josiah's wife Ann was born in East Farleigh, Kent.........


Kent Banns Transcription
Groom First Name: Josiah
Groom Last Name: Bell
Groom Parish:
Groom Status:
Banns Day: 4
Banns Month: Dec
Year: 1831
Place: East Farleigh
County: Kent
Bride First: Ann
Bride Last Name: Bell
Bride Parish:
Bride Status:
Notes:
Record Source: East Farleigh banns 1754-1840
Record set: Kent Banns
Category: Life events (BMDs)



Kent Marriages Transcription
Groom First Name: Josiah
Groom Last Name: Bell
Groom Age:
Groom Residence:
Day Of Marriage: 29
Month Of Marriage: Jan
Year: 1832
Bride First: Ann
Bride Last Name: Bell
Bride Age:
Bride Residence:
Place: East Farleigh County: Kent


Their children's baptism's can be found on FamilySearch.

After speaking to my dad I have managed to confirm some details with all your help. My Ann (Annie) was born in 1884 in Mereworth. Her parents were Frederick Bell and Emma Parks. They married in 1883. Frederick's parents were Josiah and Anna. I have found a Picture of Annie outside the grocers shop in Vauxhall. Annie died on 28th April 1972. My dad still has all the legal documents regarding her will. Many thanks to all of you who helped me XX

Household transcription
1911 census

Person: BELL, Frederick
Address: Kent Street Mereworth Maidstone East

DIPROSE, John Head Married M 52 1859 General Labourer Cranbrook Kent VIEW
DIPROSE, Emma Wife Married12 years F 48 1863 Mereworth East Peckham VIEW
BELL, Frederick Boarder Single M 23 1888 Farm Labourer Mereworth East Peckham VIEW
PARKS, William Boarder Single M 38 1873 Farm Labourer East Peckham VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 3991
Reference: RG14PN3991 RG78PN152 RD48 SD2 ED10 SN129
Registration District: Malling
Sub District: Wrotham
Enumeration District: 10
Parish: Mereworth
Address: Kent Street Mereworth Maidstone East
County: Kent

Mercy who appears on the 1891 census......

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
about Mercy Emma Bell Name: Mercy Emma Bell
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 6 Jun 1886
Christening Place: Mereworth, Kent, England
Father's Name: Frederick Bell
Mother's Name: Emma


Household transcription
1911 census

Person: BELL, Mercy Emma
Address: Silverlands Aben: Road Epsom

GIFFARD, Arthur Head Married M 47 1864 Secretary Of Public Company Middlesex Hampton VIEW
GIFFARD, Amy Beatrice Wife Married17 years F 37 1874 Devon Highseck VIEW
TIMMS, Mabel Sarah Servnat Single F 28 1883 Surrey Clapham VIEW
BELL, Mercy Emma Servnat Single F 24 1887 Kent Mereworth VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 2962
Reference: RG14PN2962 RG78PN102 RD31 SD2 ED15 SN109
Registration District: Epsom
Sub District: Epsom
Enumeration District: 15
Parish: Epsom
Address: Silverlands Aben: Road Epsom
County: Surrey


1901 England Census
about Mercy E Bell Name: Mercy E Bell
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Merworth, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Bexhill
Ecclesiastical parish: St Barnabas
Town: Bexhill
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration District: Battle
Sub-registration District: Bexhill
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 206
Piece: 874
Folio: 149
Page Number: 42
Household Members: Name Age
Percy H Woodward 27
Florence O Woodward 30
John M Woodward Under 1 Month
Mercy E Bell 14

Well, It looks like this is the birth reg:

Births Mar 1884
Bell Ann Malling 2a 632

as I have found this baptism:


Anne Bell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Anne Bell
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 06 Jan 1884 *****
Birthplace: Mereworth, Kent, England
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Frederick Bell
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Emma Bell
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01161-5
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1866562
Reference ID: p. 71, No. 568

Dea Xxx

Wow!! Its going to take me a while to go through all of this!!. I got Annie's fathers name from a marriage record. If it is right that is. 1d 591 last quarter of 1902 Lambeth.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 about Frederick Bell
Name: Frederick Bell
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1883
Registration District: Malling
Inferred County: Kent
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 800
Records on Page:
Name
Frederick Bell
Emma Parks******************************

On one of the census there is a William Parks with the family as a boarder when Emma was married to John Diprose.

This is the marriage for Frederick and Emma :

Marriages Jun 1883
Bell Frederick Malling 2a 800
Parks Emma Malling 2a 800

I have found them both on 1881 - unmarried and no sign of Annie !!

I do NOT believe she was born by then and am sure that her birth will be one of these:

Births Dec 1883
Bell Annie Malling 2a 609

Births Mar 1884
Bell Ann Malling 2a 632

Perhaps Ann(ie) lied on her marriage cert to Albert Jenner because he was so much older than her and also she, being under the age of 21, would probably need parental consent to marry??

I note that both of the witnesses were from 'his' side !

Dea x

His death.


England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about Frederick Bell
Name: Frederick Bell
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857***************
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1897
Age at Death: 40**************************
Registration District: Malling
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 345

If it is that one here he is with his parents.


1871 England Census about Frederick Bell
Name: Frederick Bell
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Josiah Bell
Mother's Name: Ann Bell
Gender: Male
Where born: Mereworth, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Mereworth
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Malling
Sub-registration District: East Peckham
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household Schedule Number: 5
Piece: 918
Folio: 53
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Josiah Bell 62
Ann Bell 62
Ann Bell 30
Robert Bell 22
George Bell 17
Frederick Bell 14

Looks like Frederick had died and Emma has remarried:

1901 census transcription details for: Kent Street, Mereworth
Print Close

National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG13
Piece: 744
Folio: 147
Page: 12
Reg. District: Malling
Sub District: Wrotham
Parish: Mereworth
Enum. District: 16
Ecclesiastical District: Mereworth St Lawrence
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Kent Street, Mereworth
County: Kent
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
DIPROSE, John H Head Married M 42 1859 Bricklayer
Cranbrook, Kent
DIPROSE, Emma Wife Married F 36 1865
East Peckham, Kent
BELL, Frederick Son Single M 13 1888
Mereworth, Kent
BELL, Emily Daughter Single F 12 1889 Scholar
Mereworth, Kent
PARKS, William Boarder Single M 30 1871 Agr Labourer
East Peckham, Kent

Dea x

There is an Annie Bell here with a father named Frederick but age is a bit out and the father is a Fruit grower??

1891 England Census about Ann Bell
Name: Ann Bell
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Mereworth, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Mereworth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
Town: Mereworth
County/Island: Kent
Country: England


Registration District: Malling
Sub-registration District: East Peckham
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 670
Folio: 119
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Anna Bell 82
Frederick Bell 34 - small farmer (Fruit grower)
Emma Bell 27
Ann Bell 50
Ann Bell 7
Mercy Bell 4
Frederick Bell 3
Emily Bell 2



Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 670; Folio: 119; Page: 4; GSU Roll: 6095780.

Dea x

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Charles H Jenner
Name: Charles H Jenner
Mother's Maiden Name: Bell***************************
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1915
Registration District: Malling
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1471

1871 England Census
about William S Marsh Jr Name: William S Marsh Jr
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Marsh
Gender: Male
Where born: Ripple, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Ripple
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Eastry
Sub-registration District: Deal
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household Schedule Number: 46
Piece: 1005
Folio: 61
Page Number: 9
Household Members: Name Age
William S Marsh 27
Mary Marsh 29
Elizabeth Cosens 73 (Servant)


1891 England Census
about Wm S Wdden Marsh Name: Wm S Wdden Marsh
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Marsh
Gender: Male
Where born: Ripple, London, England

Civil Parish: Ripple
Ecclesiastical parish: Ripple
Town: Ripple
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration District: Eastry
Sub-registration District: Deal
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 739
Folio: 128
Page Number: 10
Household Members: Name Age
Wm S Wdden Marsh 47......William Slodden Marsh on the image.
Mary Marsh 50
Emily A Turner 39
Lovell Marsh 14
Susan Gimber 17
William Tagg 50
William Laming 42
Alfred Gardener 20
William Ash 16



Marriages Dec 1869 (>99%)

Easther Mary Lambeth 1d 680
Hunter Mary Lambeth 1d 680
MARSH William Slodden Lambeth 1d 680

Prickly I can't either. Just seems a bit strange that if the servant one is our Annie she was working for a Fredrica.

I can't see an Annie Bell with Father Frederick on any census.

It might be worth researching the Marsh's to see if there is a "Bell" connection.

???
Births Dec 1879 (>99%)
Bell Annie Elizabeth Greenwich 1d 1032

???

1881 England Census
about Annie Bell Name: Annie Bell
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relationship to Head: Boarder
Gender: Female
Where born: Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Ripple
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address: Winkland Oaks
Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration District: Eastry
Sub-registration District: Deal
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 999
Folio: 61
Page Number: 1
Household Members: Name Age
W. S. Marsh 37
Mary Marsh 39
Annie Bell 4
Charlotte Kember 20
George Bailey 20
John Laming 17
Edwin Couchman 15
Thomas Ratcliffe 14