Frances Bell
1878 - Aft 1920 (> 43 years)
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Name Frances Bell [1] Born 1878 Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England 
[1] Gender Female Immigration Between 1901 and 1904 Northumberland to Ontario Arrival 1903 [1] Residence 1911 Kent West, Ontario [1] Died Aft 1920 Merlin Village, Tilbury East, Kent County, Ontario, Canada Person ID I915 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Luke Bell, b. Abt 23 Apr 1854, Houxtey Bankhead, Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England , d. Between 1901 and 1905, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 46 years) Relationship natural Mother Annie Dawson, b. 4 Nov 1856, Whiteley Shield, West Allendale, Northumberland, England , d. Aft 1905, Kent County, Ontario, Canada (Age > 50 years) Relationship natural Married 13 Nov 1876 Chollerton, Northumberland, England Family ID F258 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. 1950 (Age 43 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. Ester Hilda Tasker, b. 10 Apr 1918, Merlin Village, Tilbury East, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Apr 2005, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F4888 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 - [S21] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Kenneth G Tasker
- [S21] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.