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Personal Details of Robert Johnstone Bell

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Buried:	02/05/1887

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Birth

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Burial Register

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Memorial Details

	Headstone: In Memory of / William son of / Robert and Mary Bell / who died 22nd. June, 1862 / aged 11years. / Also of / Elizabeth Barbara, their daughter, / who died 31st. March 1869 / aged 4 years & 6 months. / Also of their three sons / Robert Johnstone / who died 27th April 1887 / aged 29 years, / Alfred, / who died 18th. Jany. 1890 / aged 27 years, / James / who died 23rd. March, 1891 / aged 35 years. / Also of Mary, the beloved wife of / Robert Bell / who fell asleep March 3rd. 1906 / in the 84th. year of her age. / Robert Bell / who died on January 30th. 1915 / in the 89th year of his age. //

Name on Memorial	ROBERT JOHNSTONE BELL
Date of death	27/04/1887
Age	29
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone.
Construction Material	Sandstone Engraved
Condition of memorial	Very good but two patches of blistering of face obliterating MI. Lichen cover on sides of MI
Pattison Location Code	P(D)7
Recorder's Notes	Robert Bell was born in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He married in 1850 Mary, daughter of William Chubb, Hairdresser of Speen who took in Mary's cousin, Henry Gore, later to become the famous Victorian painter, when his father died. Robert & Mary first lived in Luton, Beds. where they had their eldest child William & where his occupation was as a Tea Dealer like his brother James. By 1861 they had moved to 1, Cheap St, Newbury and they were running a Drapery. He soon moved to 31, Cheap St (next to Plenty's Marine Engineering), & carried on in his trade as Draper & Tailor until he retired by 1911. In his later years, after his wife died, Robert moved to 5, Craven St (now Road) by 1911 where he died. The couple had 6 sons and a daughter with two dying in their childhood and 3 boys dying as young men (see below). Only Walter Henry, Architect & Surveyor, & John McNay Bell, Draper, outlived him. Other Bell relatives, William Chubb and Henry Gore are all buried in NRC. Their granddaughter, Elsie, daughter of Walter, is buried in the neighbouring grave, P(D)8 after a tragic death. Sources: NRC Bur Recd; Ancestry records.
Others named on memorial
WILLIAM BELL
ELIZABETH BARBARA BELL
ALFRED BELL
JAMES BELL
MARY BELL

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Robert Johnstone Bell
Date of burial	02/05/1887
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Private Grave
By whom buried	Reverend E Hamilton
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 031
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for Robert Johnstone Bell
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Newspaper Cuttings

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Robert Johnstone Bell

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	05/05/1887
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	BELL: April 27 at 31 Cheap-street, Newbury, Robert Johnstone Bell, aged 29 years. Buried Newbury Cemetary May 2 1887
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

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