Eugene Francis Bell

Brief Life History of Eugene Francis

When Eugene Francis Bell was born on 25 January 1907, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Alfred James Bell, was 38 and his mother, Samantha Evaline Shurtliff, was 32. He married Helen White on 25 October 1933, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 10 January 1990, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eugene Francis Bell
1907–1990
Helen White
1909–1986
Marriage: 25 October 1933
Robert Eugene Bell
1934–2016
Allen Douglas Bell
1939–2017

Sources (24)

  • Eugene F Bell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Eugene Francis Bell, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Eugene Francis Bell, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1916 · The Logan Library

The Logan Library was created to serve the fifty thousand citizens of Logan with the access of over two hundred thousand items for children, teens, students, and adults to check out and learn from. The library also provides several programs that are popular with the community. The library moved to its current location in 2009 and reached a milestone in items checked out in 2012, at over 1 million.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

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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Story Highlight

Bells Confectionery: A Multigenerational Business for Alfred James Bell and several of his Children

Bells Confectionery was originally owned by Alfred James Bell and run by him and two of his sons: Eugene and Marion. He later traded it to his son Alfred Mervill Bell for a farm. Mervill and his wife …

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