Alexander Bell (c1851-1931)
History
Alexander Bell was born about 1851 in Dumfermline, Scotland to Alexander Bell (c1825-1908) and Sophia nee Williamson (c1829-1908).
He in Victoria in 1855 and was educated at Carisbrook. Bell ran a grocery business in Ballarat South for many years before retiring from that business to establish an auction and share broking firm. Bell was a member of the Stock Exchange since 1892, and a member of the City Council from 1891 to 1899 and 1910, serving as mayor from 1896-7.[1]
He was Chairman of the Ballarat Woollen Mill from 1871 to 1887,[2] visiting England in the company's interest in 1914.
He was a director of the Phoenix Foundry in 1905 and 1906.
Bell was the director of the Britannia Gold Mining Company and the Ballarat Land Mortgage Company.
He was also Chairman of the Horse Tramway Co., President of the Queen statue committee, and a member of the Burns and Moore statue committee.
Bell was Worshipful Master of the Yarrowee Masonic Lodge from 1908 to 1909.[3]
Alexander Bell died 27 March 1931 in Ballarat. He is buried in the Ballaarat New Cemetery (Area Private F, Section 3, Row 1, Grave 18).
Legacy
Alexander Bell was a founding member of the Old Colonists' Club Ballarat.
Family
Alexander Bell married Christina Cameron
--1 Alexander Bell (c1825-1908)[4] married Sophia Williamson (c1829-1908)[5]
--.--2 Alexander Bell (c1851-1931)[6] married[7] Jessie Scott (c1854-1946)[8]
--.--.--3 Mary Bell (1875-?)[9]
--.--.--3 Alexander Bell (1877-?)[10]
--.--.--3 Sophia Bell (1879-?)[11]
--.--.--3 Jessie Bell (1881-?)[12]
--.--.--3 John Scott Bell (1883-1931)[13]
--.--.--3 Christina Bell (1885-?)[14]
--.--.--3 Margaret Bell (1887-?)[15]
--.--.--3 Bavaridge Flora Bell (1890-?)[16]
--.--.--3 Lillian Bell (1892-?)[17]
--.--.--3 James Bell (1895-?)[18]
--.--2 John Cameron Bell married[19] Isabella Fyffe Crawford
--.--2 Matthew Williams Bell (1860-1933)[20]
--.--2 James Whitelaw Bell (1865-1944)[21]
--.--2 David Walker Bell (1870-1946)[22]
See also
Ballarat Woollen Mills Avenue of Honour
Notes
References
- ↑ See http://bih.ballarat.edu.au/index.php/Ballarat
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.
- ↑ Reference: McCallum, M. (1916) Ballarat District Citizens and Sports
- ↑ born c1825; died 22/07/1908 Albert Street, Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia Reg#11674; buried 24/07/1908 Ballaarat New Cemetery Area Private B, Section 10, Grave 41
- ↑ born c1829; died 1908; buried 01/08/1908 Ballaarat New Cemetery Area Private B, Section 10, Grave 4
- ↑ born c1851 Fifeshire, Scotland; died 27/03/1931 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Reg#185; buried 27/03/1931 Ballaarat New Cemetery, Area Private F, Section 3, Row 1, Grave 18
- ↑ 02/04/1874 home of bride's parents by Rev. William Henderson
- ↑ eldest daughter of John Scott and Mary UNKNOWN (?-1899) born c1854; died 1946; buried 03/08/1946 Ballaarat New Cemetery, Area Private F, Section 3, Row 1, Grave 18
- ↑ born 1875 Victoria, Australia Reg#6897
- ↑ born 1877 Victoria, Australia Reg#12944
- ↑ born 1879 Victoria, Australia Reg#20776
- ↑ born 1881 Victoria, Australia Reg#21037
- ↑ born 1883 Victoria, Australia Reg#13836; died 1931; buried 06/08/1931 Ballaarat Old Cemetery, Area D, Section 1, Row 2, Grave 7
- ↑ born 1885 Victoria, Australia Reg#7564
- ↑ born 1887 Victoria, Australia Reg#429
- ↑ born 1890 Victoria, Australia Reg#548
- ↑ born 1892 Victoria, Australia Reg#9995
- ↑ born 1895 Victoria, Australia Reg#537
- ↑ 06/02/1909 Richmond, Victoria, Australia by Rev. Andrew Hardie
- ↑ born 1860 Victoria, Australia Reg#15887; died 1933; buried 14/11/1933 Ballaarat Old Cemetery, Area South Border, Grave 36
- ↑ born 1865 Victoria, Australia Reg#20908; died 1944 Victoria, Australia Reg#16178; buried 28/02/1944 Ballaarat Old Cemetery, Area Avenue, Row 1, Grave 3
- ↑ born 1879 Victoria, Australia Reg#5193; died 1946 Victoria, Australia Reg#20731
Further Reading
External links
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=898
--C.K.Gervasoni 13:08, 23 August 2011 (EST);--Sallyanne Doyle 20:08, 3 February 2013 (EST);--Sallyanne Doyle 13:07, 3 February 2013 (EST);--Beth Kicinski 10:14, 30 October 2016 (AEDT)