Helen Edwenia Bell

Female14 March 1933–15 September 2003

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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Family Time Line

John Wesley Bell
1874–1956
Ada Wise
1893–1996
William Albert Bell
1913–1999
John Wesley Bell Jr
1914–1954
Dorothy Leolia Bell Jones
1915–1985
Mary Estella Bell
1917–2006
Sarah Frances Bell
1919–2014
James Claggett Bell
1921–1971
Laura Ann Bell
1923–1923
Gladys Marie Bell
1925–1971
Daniel Winslow Bell
1927–1970
Thomas Leroy Bell
1930–1982
Helen Edwenia Bell
1933–2003

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"

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World Events (8)

1935 · The FBI is Established

Age 2

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

1935 · The Social Security Act

Age 2

This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

Age 22

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

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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