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[[File:BEll.jpg|500px|thumb|right|''Alexander Bell.''  The Herald, 29 Aug 1896.]]<!--     Type the introduction, without inserting any headings.    -->
==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.<ref>See http://bih.ballarat.edu.au/index.php/Ballarat</ref>


He was Chairman of the  [[Ballarat Woollen Mill]] from 1871 to 1887,<ref>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html  accessed 15 March 2013.</ref> 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.<ref>Reference: McCallum, M. (1916) ''Ballarat District Citizens and Sports''</ref>


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)]]<ref>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</ref> married Sophia Williamson (c1829-1908)<ref>born c1829; died 1908; buried 01/08/1908 [[Ballaarat New Cemetery]] Area Private B, Section 10, Grave 4</ref>

--.--2 [[Alexander Bell (c1851-1931)]]<ref>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</ref> married<ref>02/04/1874 home of bride's parents by Rev. William Henderson</ref> Jessie Scott (c1854-1946)<ref>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</ref>

--.--.--3 Mary Bell (1875-?)<ref>born 1875 Victoria, Australia Reg#6897</ref>

--.--.--3 Alexander Bell (1877-?)<ref>born 1877 Victoria, Australia Reg#12944</ref>

--.--.--3 Sophia Bell (1879-?)<ref>born 1879 Victoria, Australia Reg#20776</ref>

--.--.--3 Jessie Bell (1881-?)<ref>born 1881 Victoria, Australia Reg#21037</ref>

--.--.--3 John Scott Bell (1883-1931)<ref>born 1883 Victoria, Australia Reg#13836; died 1931; buried 06/08/1931 [[Ballaarat Old Cemetery]], Area D, Section 1, Row 2, Grave 7</ref>

--.--.--3 Christina Bell (1885-?)<ref>born 1885 Victoria, Australia Reg#7564</ref>

--.--.--3 Margaret Bell (1887-?)<ref>born 1887 Victoria, Australia Reg#429</ref>

--.--.--3 Bavaridge Flora Bell (1890-?)<ref>born 1890 Victoria, Australia Reg#548</ref>

--.--.--3 Lillian Bell (1892-?)<ref>born 1892 Victoria, Australia Reg#9995</ref>

--.--.--3 James Bell (1895-?)<ref>born 1895 Victoria, Australia Reg#537</ref>

--.--2 John Cameron Bell married<ref>06/02/1909 Richmond, Victoria, Australia by Rev. Andrew Hardie</ref> Isabella Fyffe Crawford

--.--2 Matthew Williams Bell (1860-1933)<ref>born 1860 Victoria, Australia Reg#15887; died 1933; buried 14/11/1933 [[Ballaarat Old Cemetery]], Area South Border, Grave 36</ref>

--.--2 James Whitelaw Bell (1865-1944)<ref>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</ref>

--.--2 David Walker Bell (1870-1946)<ref>born 1879 Victoria, Australia Reg#5193; died 1946 Victoria, Australia Reg#20731</ref>

==See also==
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[[Ballarat Woollen Mill]] 

[[Ballarat Woollen Mills Avenue of Honour]]

[[Phoenix Foundry]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further Reading==


==External links==

http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=898

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--C.K.Gervasoni 13:08, 23 August 2011 (EST);--[[User:Sallyanne Doyle|Sallyanne Doyle]] 20:08, 3 February 2013 (EST);--[[User:Sallyanne Doyle|Sallyanne Doyle]] 13:07, 3 February 2013 (EST);--[[User:No1historychick|Beth Kicinski]] 10:14, 30 October 2016 (AEDT)