Frances Bell
1877 - 1960 (82 years)
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Name Frances Bell [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Born 20 May 1877 Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Gender Female Baptism 8 Jul 1877 Northumberland, England [5] Residence 1881 Wark, Northumberland, England [2] Relation to Head of House: Daughter Residence 1891 Prospect Place, Bellingham, Bellingham, Northumberland, England [3] Relation to Head of House: Daughter Immigration Between 1901 and 1904 Northumberland to Ontario Residence 1901 Wark, Wark, Northumberland, England [8] Relation to Head of House: Servant Arrival 1902 [9] Arrival 1903 [1, 7] Residence 1911 Kent West, Ontario [1] Residence 1 Jun 1921 Tilbury East Tp, Tilbury East Township, Kent, Ontario, Canada [7] Religion: Methodist; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Farmer Residence 1931 Kent, Ontario, Canada [9] Religion: United Ch; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Janitor Died 7 Apr 1960 Chatham, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada [6] Buried Merlin, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada [6] Person ID I617 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father Luke Bell, b. 23 Apr 1854, Houxtey Bankhead, Leehall, Bellingham, Northumberland, England , d. 28 May 1926, Skipton, Yorkshire, England (Age 72 years) Relationship natural Mother Annie Dawson, b. 4 Nov 1856, Whiteley Shield, West Allendale, Northumberland, England , d. 30 Jun 1937, Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Married Oct 1875 Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom [11] Married 13 Nov 1876 Chollerton, Northumberland, England [12] Family ID F235 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Job Tasker, b. 3 Jan 1857, Lot 3, Merlin Village, Tilbury East, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 11 Jan 1920, Lot 3, Merlin Village, Tilbury East, Kent County, Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years) Married 31 Aug 1904 Tilbury East Township, Kent County, Ontario Children 1. Lawrence Randolph Tasker, b. 5 Jan 1906, Merlin Village, Tilbury East, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 13 Oct 1951, Merlin, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 45 years) [natural]2. Kenneth Glenwright Tasker, b. 20 Jun 1910, Merlin Village, Tilbury East, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 27 Jul 1952, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 42 years) [natural]3. Linda Winnifred Isobel Tasker, b. 1 Oct 1912, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 2013, Oakville, Halton, Ontario, Canada (Age 100 years) [natural]4. Nancy Madolin Tasker, b. 23 Aug 1914, Merlin Village, Tilbury East, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. Abt 1987 (Age 72 years) [natural]5. Esther Hilda Tasker, b. 10 Apr 1918, Merlin Village, Tilbury East, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Apr 2005, Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years) [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F5174 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - An old photo indicates that, Frances lived in Seattle, England, near Yorkshire. Another photo indicates they lived "12 miles from Hexham Abbey" on a farm they called "Whitley Shield". Whitley Shield appears to have been in or near Allendale which is about 12 miles southwest of Hexham.
Sometime between 1891 and 1901 Frances' birth family moved to Yorkshire, but Frances either returned to Northumberland or never went with her family to Yorkshire. In the 1901 census Luke, Annie and Emma are found in Fearby, Yorkshire while Frances is found working as a domestic servant back in Northumberland.
Frances, her sister Jean, and her mother Anne, all immigrated to Canada sometime after the death of her father Luke. According Frances' daughter, Win, Frances was an adventure seeker who had always been eager to come to the New World, but her father Luke had no interest in emigrating. So almost immediately after Luke's death Frances and her sister Jean immigrated to Canada. I believe their mother Anne followed after.
A memorial stained glass window for Frances was placed in Merlin United Church.
- An old photo indicates that, Frances lived in Seattle, England, near Yorkshire. Another photo indicates they lived "12 miles from Hexham Abbey" on a farm they called "Whitley Shield". Whitley Shield appears to have been in or near Allendale which is about 12 miles southwest of Hexham.
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Sources - [S61] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Kenneth G Tasker - [S4] 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG11; Piece: 5112; Folio: 89; Page: 8; GSU roll: 1342234.
- [S5] 1891 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 4252; Folio: 35; Page: 4; GSU roll: 6099362.
- [S42] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 114.
- [S161] England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), The National Archives (United Kingdom); Kew, Surrey, England; Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non Parochial Registers Commission of 1857, and other registers and church records in the Protectorates of Africa and Asia; Class Num.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211916270/frances-tasker - [S44] 1921 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 66; Census Place: Tilbury East Township, Kent, Ontario; Page Number: 5.
- [S11] 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 4830; Folio: 68; Page: 5.
- [S46] 1931 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2023;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27273; Census Place: Kent, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: 3.
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- [S61] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.