John Bell

- 1885

• Name	John Bell
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Mar 1885
  Person ID	I2239	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2019

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Morrow,   d. 1887, Heywood, VIC, Australia
  Married	1 Apr 1823	Magheraculmoney, Fermanagh, Ireland   [1]
  Notes	Both from Rosscolban which is right next door to Crevinish On Tithe Applotment there is a Widow Morrow listed in Rosscolban and a Hugh & John Bell listed in Clareview Rosscolban includes current day town of Kesh Headstone John Bell (1787-1885) and Eliza Morrow (1793-1887) and their descendants who lie buried here. John and Eliza with their children arrived in the Port Phillip district on 22 Oct 1841 aboard the "Catherine Jamieson". They settled on Mt Eckersley, thereafter knwn locally as Bell's Hill, located 3km north-east of this cemetery.
  Children	1. Christopher Bell,   b. 1816, Fermanagh, Ireland ,   d. 1 Jun 1895, Heywood, VIC, Australia  (Age 79 years)   2. Elizabeth Bell,   b. 1821, Fermanagh, Ireland   3. George Bell,   b. 1820,   d. 8 May 1903, Portland, VIC, Australia  (Age 83 years)   4. Anne Bell,   b. 1822,   d. 14 Jul 1909, Hamilton, VIC, Australia  (Age 87 years)   5. John BELL,   b. 1826,   d. 1874, Heywood, VIC, Australia  (Age 48 years)   6. Hugh Bell,   b. 1828, Fermanagh, Ireland   7. James Bell,   b. 1828, Fermanagh, Ireland   8. William Bell,   b. 1831, Fermanagh, Ireland
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954) Tuesday December 2 1941 Page 4 ONE HUNDRED YEARS AT HEYWOOD Record of the Bell Family By "L.B." in the Hamilton "Spectator" In the year 1841 John Bell, of Scottish parentage, with his wife and family of six sons and two daughters, left his property in County Fermanagh in the north of Ireland, and re-crossed the North Channel to his native shore. After a short reunion with relatives and friends in Scotland, John Bell and his family set sail from Leith, in the sailing ship "Catherine Jamieson," to seek adventure and achievement in the exploitation of the soil of a strange new land. At South Africa, the ship's stores were replenished, and the "Catherine Jamieson" continued on and entered Australian waters after a voyage of five months. John Bell Settles at Mt. Eckersley. It was on May 29, 1841, that the "Catherin Jamieson" put out from Leith and in November of the same year John Bell settled on the Mt. Eckersley holding. In addition to this he had acquired a ten mile square lease of land from the then New South Wales Government. Incidentally, this holding was the second property in the Western District to be held under licence. Officially titled Mt. Eckersley, "Bell's Hill" was at that time covered in rough forest in contrast with its now stark outline which creates a gigantic monument to the achievement of the pioneering family in whose honour it bears its local name.

  
  

• Sources

  [S956] Marriage Magheraculmoney, Fermanagh, Ireland (Ardess Church) 1 Apr 1823 John Bell & Elizabeth Morrow.