Bell and Hewitt
michael kenefick
I need a little help. My 3rd great grand father Ralph Bell, DOB 1833 in
England and wife Jane Hewitt, DOB 1835 in England have a Thomas Bell, DOB
February 28, 1860 in England listed as other on the US 1880 Census records found
on http://www.familysearch.org/ . One relative thought maybe Thomas may be a
son of Ralph from a previous marriage. I am wondering if he might be a nephew
or cousin!? Does any one have this lineage in their tree? Known children Annie
born in England May 10, 1863, Jennie born about 1864 in USA, Minnie born 1867
USA, Robert born March 1869 USA, Renie born 1873 USA and Alford born March 1876
USA.
Based on my searches of FreeBMD they appear to have not married in
England!? But 1st known child was shown to be born in England. Hopefully they
were wed prior to her conception 8>) I know many of you are better at searching
that site. Can some find any reference to Ralph / Jane on the BDM site!
Thanks for any input.
Michael Kenefick Jr.
Redhead
"michael kenefick" <kene...@copper.net> wrote in message
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Michael,
www.familysearch.org has this marriage :
Ralph Bell and Jane Hewitt married 14.11.1857, All Saints, Newcastle upon
Tyne, Northumberland, England (M156065). There is also a Thomas Bell on
FreeBMD - born March quarter 1860, Northumberland, volume 10b, page 209 ....
maybe this is your Thomas?
Fiona
George Bell
marriage in question are:
NAS 14/11/1857 (B) Ralph (X) Bell (23), bat., Smith of Ouseburn, son of
Thomas Bell (dec.), Pitman = Jane Hewitt (22), sp., of Ouseburn, dg of
Robert Hewitt (dec.), Labourer. Wit. Mary Ann Hewitt, William Wilson.
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George Bell
>www.familysearch.org has this marriage :
>
>Ralph Bell and Jane Hewitt married 14.11.1857, All Saints, Newcastle upon
>Tyne, Northumberland, England (M156065). There is also a Thomas Bell on
>FreeBMD - born March quarter 1860, Northumberland, volume 10b, page 209 ....
>maybe this is your Thomas?
>
>Fiona
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michael kenefick
Once again some wonderful SKS. Many thanks. These appear to be my
relatives. I need to verify a few things please. (B) = ???, (X) = unreadable
middle name?, Bat. = baptism, sp. = ???, Dg = daughter.
Is Smith of Ouseburn a church, person, area, road or something completely
different?
Pitman Wife of Thomas? Mother of Jane?
Michael Kenefick
cecilia
>[...]. (B) = ???, (X) = unreadable
>middle name?, Bat. = baptism, sp. = ???, Dg = daughter.
>Is Smith of Ouseburn a church, person, area, road or something completely
>different?
>Pitman Wife of Thomas? Mother of Jane?
>George Bell wrote:
>> [...] NAS 14/11/1857 (B) Ralph (X) Bell (23), bat., Smith of Ouseburn, son of Thomas
>> Bell (dec.), Pitman = Jane Hewitt (22), sp., of Ouseburn, dg of
>> Robert Hewitt (dec.), Labourer. Wit. Mary Ann Hewitt, William Wilson. [..]
(B) Banns were called before the marriage
(X) his mark? (If I'm correct, he could not sign his name,
but made a cross)
Bat Batchelor
sp. spinster
dg daughter
Smith of Ouseburn
Ralph Bell was a smith (occupation)
living at Ouseburn (place)
Pitman Thomas Bell was a pitman (occupation)
George Bell
for your information, the extract used my standard for copying out data.
(B) at the beginning of an entry = Banns (L) would signify the marriage
took place by licence.
(X) between the names of bride, groom, witnesses is used to indicate the
person made their mark - no (X) means they signed the register.
bat. = bachelor.
sp = spinster.
(dec.) = deceased.
(W) after a name = widow(er) - sometimes combined with age.
(m) after a name = minor (under-age, not yet 21 years old) - or the age
will be noted if in the register.
dg. = daughter. Perhaps I should write 'dau.' instead!
The rest can be deduced from the standard form of the register entry.
Now you'll be able to make sense of all the entries on the microfiche!
There's thousands of Bell entries covering the whole of Newcastle
1813-1861 XMBs (baptisms, marriages and burials), including civil,
private and parish church burial grounds.
George Bell
Eve McLaughlin
<kene...@copper.net> writes
>Hello,
>
> Once again some wonderful SKS. Many thanks. These appear to be my
>relatives. I need to verify a few things please. (B) = ???, (X) = unreadable
>middle name?, Bat. = baptism, sp. = ???, Dg = daughter.
do it,
B - by banns?
X means signs a mark, often an X, sometimes a single letter of the name,
or an invented 'logo'
Bat = batchelor )how could it be baptised in the position it is in?)
sp - spinster, unmarried woman
Dg - daughter
>
>Is Smith of Ouseburn a church, person, area, road or something completely
>different?
>Pitman Wife of Thomas? Mother of Jane?
When you have used a few written transcriptions, all these will become
familiar, but meanwhile, read advice at the GENUKI site to help
familiarise you with what to expect.
--
Eve McLaughlin
Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society
Brian Pears
>Is Smith of Ouseburn a church, person, area, road or something
>completely
>different?
A blacksmith living at Ouseburn - an area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
near the mouth of the Ouse Burn, a tributary of the River Tyne.
--
Brian Pears
Gateshead, UK