Can't find mom & dad .....

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Dennis
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Can't find mom & dad .....

Post by Dennis » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:47 am

Hello :)


I have a Sarah Sevile Bell born c1835 She married William Richardson in 1857 and died in 1867, all of this in Annan, Dumfries.

On both her MC & DC her parents are listed as Andrew Bell & Sarah Sevile. On her MC both parents are listed as deceased.

I can neither hide nor hair of the parents births, marriage or deaths.

dennis
Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
Places of Interest: Dunbarney, Forfar, East London (S.Africa)
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CatrionaL
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Location: Scottish Borders

Post by CatrionaL » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:20 am

Hullo there Dennis

There is an extracted IGI entry for Andrew BELL and Sarah SAVILL; married 20th May 1830 in Almondsbury, Yorkshire.

Could this be your couple?

Just had a look at the IGI entry for the birth of a Sarah BELL and found the following
Father: ANDREW BELLS
Mother: SARAH COILLE

Spouse: WILLIAM RICHARDSON
Marriage: 11 DEC 1857 Annan, Dumfries, Scotland

Worth looking into, don't you think?

All the best
Catriona
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isobelc
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Post by isobelc » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:38 pm

Hi Dennis,

The 1851 census for Dumfries shows a Sarah S Bell, aged 15, living with Jon Irving, Landed Proprietor aged 50 and his wife Elizabeth aged 55 at Sandhills, Annan. She is decribed as his niece and her place of birth is England.

Jonathan Irving was still at Sandhills in 1881. Sarah Bell's widower, William Richardson and three of their chidren were living there with him. Entry below;

Dwelling: Sandhills
Census Place: Annan, Dumfries, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0224045 GRO Ref Volume 812 EnumDist 5 Page 11
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Jonathan IRVING W 84 M Annan, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Income From Land & Houses
William RICHARDSON W 45 M Hoddam, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel: Nephew
Occ: Farmer (Of 60 Acres Arable)
John RICHARDSON U 22 M Annan, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel: Nephew
Occ: Joiner
James J. RICHARDSON U 20 M Annan, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel: Nephew
Occ: Farmers Son
Elizabeth RICHARDSON U 18 F Annan, Dumfries, Scotland
Rel: Niece
Occ: Farmers Daughter

Jonathan Irving died at Sandhills on 26th May 1881, aged 84. He was the son of James Irving, Corn Miller and Margaret Burnett (says Birrel on his christening entry in IGI). He was the widower of Elizabeth Johnstone.The informant of the death was William Richardson, nephew.

Can't see how Sarah Bell fits in as Jonathan's niece, but the English birthplace does fit with the Yorkshire marriage that Catriona found. I think it is more likely that Jonathan is related to Andrew Bell than Sarah Savill, but could be wrong. It is possible that the family link is through Elizabeth Johnstone (Jonathan's wife) but can't find any more information on her.

Hope this helps a bit,
Isobel (Edinburgh)
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