Herman Bell

30 December 1879–7 March 1962 (Age 82)
Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands

The Life Summary of Herman

When Herman Bell was born on 30 December 1879, in Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands, his father, Hendrick Bell, was 30 and his mother, Rinskje Vanderwerf, was 29. He married Abigail Arilla Taylor on 7 January 1908, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1930 and Farr West Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 7 March 1962, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herman Bell
1879–1962
Abigail Arilla Taylor
1885–1922
Marriage: 7 January 1908
Henry Maynard Bell
1909–1998
Josiah Taylor Bell
1911–1990
Lester Leroy Bell
1912–1992
Arrilla Rinskje Bell
1914–2004
Thelma Cleone Bell
1917–1985
Herman William Bell
1922–1955

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 January 1908Weber, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 2
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1890
    Age 11
    Death by suicide of van Gogh.
    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
    Age 22
    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Isabel
    Beller
    Bells
    Bellman

    Sources (61)

    • Herman Bell in entry for Bell, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
    • Herman Bell, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Herman Bell, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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