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Re: Robert Alfred Bell
In Response To: Robert Alfred Bell ()

Hi Viv

I can only find the 3 daughters of Robert Alfred Bell b 1854 and Annie Crellin in the 1911 census:

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1911
15 Belmont Terrace, Circular Road, Douglas
Mary Jane Bagshaw 61 wid boarding house keeper b German
Francis Jane Bell niece 20 unm
Gertrude Bell niece 18 unm
Charlotte Annie Bell niece 15 unm
(3 nieces assisting at home b Douglas)
John Robert Carter boarder 22 unm hot water fitter b Preston Lancs

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I couldn't find either Robert Alfred Bell b 1854 or Robert Alfred Bell b 1887 in 1911 so decided to go back to basics and track RAB b 1854 through the censuses to see if any "Ancestry prompts" linked to the 1911 entry. None of the public Ancestry trees for this family shows all the census entries, so, although you've probably got all this already, here's what I copied from the IGI and censuses:

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name: Robert Alfred Bell
event: Marriage
event date: 14 Nov 1885
event place: Braddan, Isle of Man
gender: Male
death age:
marital status: Single
father: James Bell
mother:
spouse: Annie Crellin
spouse's marital status: Single
spouse's father: Robert Crellin
spouse's mother:
digital folder number: 004494794
image number: 00039

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name: Robert Alfred Bell
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 10 Sep 1854
baptism/christening place: SAINT MATHEWS,DOUGLAS,ISLE OF MAN,ENGLAND
birth date:
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: James Bell
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Margaret
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C03804-1
system origin: Isle_Of_Man-ODM
source film number: 106718
reference number:

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name: Frances Sarah Bell
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 29 Feb 1852
baptism/christening place: RAMSEY,ISLE OF MAN,ENGLAND
birth date:
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: James Bell
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Margaret
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C03827-1
system origin: Isle_Of_Man-ODM
source film number: 106741
reference number:

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1861
35 North Quay, Douglas

Ancestry's transcription:

Name Age
James Bell 39
Margt Bell 39
Frances Bell 9
Alfred Bell 6
Margt Howland 18
Ellenor Quark 20
Thomas Kay 32
John Howland 36

JB publican b Michael
MB 39 wife b Andreas
2 chn b Douglas
1 servant+3 visitors.

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name: James Bell
event: Marriage
event date: 18 May 1851
event place: Braddan, Isle of Man
gender: Male
death age:
marital status: Single
father: Simon Bell
mother:
spouse: Margt Howland
spouse's marital status: Single
spouse's father: William Howland
spouse's mother:
digital folder number: 004495151
image number: 00125

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1871
34 North Quay, Douglas

Ancestry's transcription:

Name Age
James Bell 48
Margaret Bell 48
Frances S Bell 19
Robert A Bell 17
Mary A Mylchreest 19

JB inn keeper b Michael
MB b Andreas
FSB dau b Ramsey
RAB farmer's apprentice b Douglas
MAM general servant b Douglas.

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1881
33 North Quay, Douglas

Ancestry's transcription:

Name Age
James Bell 54
Robert Shimmin 30
Frances S. Shimmin 28
Stanley B. Shimmin 10
Frances E. Shimmin 8
Thomas A. Shimmin 4
Margaret J. Shimmin 2
Robert A. Bell 27
Mary Ann Mylchreest 28
Ann Jane Keays 14

JB wid hotel keeper b Michael
RS son in law farmer b Foxdale
Frances S Shimmin dau b Ramsey
4 grandchildren b Douglas
RAB son unm farmer b Douglas
MAM+AJK dom servs b Douglas

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Robert Shimmin died and Frances S remarried John Brinkley

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1891
Cattle Market Inn, Heywood Place, Douglas

Ancestry's transcription:

Name Age
James Bell 70
John Binkley 30
William W Kay 23
Stanley B Shimmin 19
Frances E Kay 18
Margaret J Shimmin 12
James R Shimmin 10
Lizzie M Shimmin 7

JB 70 widr publican
JB 30 son in law widr dock labourer
JDK husband of granddaughter car driver
5 grandchildren
all b IOM

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1891
56 Finch Road, Douglas

Ancestry's transcription:

Name Age
Robert A Bell 34
Annie Bell 31
Robert A Bell 4
Francis J Bell 0

RB 34 general labourer
Frances J 6 months
all b Douglas

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1901
13 South Quay, Douglas

Ancestry's transcription:

Name Age
Robert Alf Bell 42
Annie Bell 40
Robert Alf Bell 14
Frances J Bell 11
Charlotte A Bell 5

RAB 42 coal carter
RAB 14 milk boy
all b Douglas

(Gertrude Bell niece age 8 was with her Aunt Jane Bagshaw at 19 Belmont Terrace, Douglas)

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Jean C