Brief Life History of Helen Edwenia
When Helen Edwenia Bell was born on 14 March 1933, in Howard, Maryland, United States, her father, John Wesley Bell, was 58 and her mother, Ada Wise, was 39. She lived in United States in 1949 and Clarksville, Howard, Maryland, United States in 1950. She died on 15 September 2003, in Columbia, Howard, Maryland, United States, at the age of 70.
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Sources (5)
- Helen E Bell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Helen Edwenia Bell - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Helen Edwenia Bell Burgess
- Helen E Burgess, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Parents and Siblings
1874–1956 Male
1893–1996 Female
Siblings (11)
1913–1999 Male
1914–1954 Male
1915–1985 Female
1917–2006 Female
1919–2014 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 2
1935 · The Social Security Act
Age 2
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
Age 22
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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