E George Bell

Brief Life History of E George

When E George Bell was born on 24 June 1881, in Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States, his father, John Thomas Bell, was 25 and his mother, Lucy Ann Wardle, was 21. He married Laretta Cooper on 1 January 1904, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States for about 4 years. He died on 27 April 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

E George Bell
1881–1915
Laretta Cooper
1885–1911
Marriage: 1 January 1904
Veldon LaDrue Bell
1904–1972

Sources (14)

  • George Bell in household of Hyrum S Cooper, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mr. George Bell, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • George Bell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

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1886

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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Name Meaning

English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .

English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).

English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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