When Mary Frances Bell was born on 25 December 1848, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, John Watson Bell Sr, was 43 and her mother, Ann Fish, was 36. She married William James Baldwin on 1 April 1865, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 22 May 1873, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 24, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, Utah, United States
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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