JOHN BELL WAS INJURED IN A CANE ACCIDENT -so we are told- on the Tweed. By 1892 the land at Condong is no longer in his name and John becomes known only as the INVALID MR BELL. The Bells then move to LAURIETON and Granny lives there till her death on Nov 5 1935.
THE CHILDREN OF JOHN AND MARY ANN BELL :
| NAME | DOB | PLACE OF BIRTH |
| JAMES | 1879 | TWEED RIVER |
| NORMAN | 1881 | TWEED RIVER |
| ANNE MCLEOD | 1883 | TWEED RIVER |
| JANET | 1885 | TWEED RIVER |
| LESLIE DONALD RAYMOND | 1887 | TWEED RIVER |
| MARY HENRIETTA | 1890 | MURWILLUMBAH |
| ROY MCNEIL | 1895 | LAURIETON |
| WILHELMINA ELIZABETH | 1897 | LAURIETON |
| WILLIAM ALLEN | 1898 | LAURIETON |
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LINKS TO THE BELLS IN LAURIETON.
SON OF JOHN AND MARY ANN BELL ( GRANNY).
ROY MCNEIL BELL.
Regimental number
1785
Religion
Presbyterian
Occupation
Baker
Address
Laurieton PO, Laurieton, New South Wales
Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation
20
Next of kin
Father, John Bell, Laurieton, New South Wales
Enlistment date
14 March 1916
Rank on enlistment
Private
Unit name
34th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number
23/51/2
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 4 September 1916
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LAURIETON IN THE 1890s
Marshalls of Laurieton – A Family Who Gave More Than Most for King and Country http://www.alchin.info/volume5/volume5_007_sawyers_east_indoa_docks_descendants_william_alchin.html
On 5th November 1891, James STACE who was 67, died in the De Frains Timber Mill at Laurieton. Twelve (12) years later, Mary also passed away with the couple buried at Laurieton Cemetery.
http://www.whatismyname.zoomshare.com/2.html
Sussex to New South Wales:
– the Fairhall Family
http://www.fairhall.id.au/families/web/p391.htm
John Flynn http://www.midcoast.com.au/~rotohous/john.htm
WAUCHOPE PUBLIC SCHOOL http://www.bebo.com/Blog.jsp?MemberId=4044601510
Granny Bell was my great grandmother, my mother was Rosa Jean Bell ( maiden name ) who was the Daughter of James Bell, the son of Mary Ann Bell ( Granny ), His Father, my great grandfather, was John William Bell, Grannies maiden name was McNeil, I was present at the dedication to her, at the Laurieton Cemetery some years back now. Granny was a legend in her Lifetime, and still is, long after her death, I only wish I had known her, but I wasn’t born until 1942.
Hello Alan. Thank you for your contact. So, your grandfather was the older brother of my grandafther, William Allan. I recently spent some years in Tumbulgum on the Tweed where they had land. My mother, Joyce, and my sister were at the dedication too but I was not. I was born in 1949.
I would also like to make contact with you,. My email is nellibell49@gmail.com. Yours, Lynne.