‘The Six Gems’: children of
James Colquhoun Bell and grandchildren of Capt William Bell. Precisely which
children are shown in the group is at present open to conjecture.
Photo by W F Wallace &
Co, 88 Burdett Road , London
In 1891 James Colquhoun Bell
and family were living at 5, Lyndhurst
Street South Shields .
James Colquhoun Snr’s
birthplace is given as Cape Town and his
occupation as Marine Enameller (painting work done on ships so he was in the
right place at South Shields ). His wife Sarah
(nee Clark) was born in Blackfriars, London
Their two eldest sons,
William Caithness Bell and Alfred Douglas Bell were elsewhere for the 1891
Census. The children listed are James Colquhoun Bell Jnr, b 1880 in Aldgate,
London, Hester (Adelaide), b 1882, Henry (Job) b 1883, Ellen b 1884 (these
three all born at Mile End Old Town, London), Victor b 1886 at West Ham, and
Frederick, a year old, born in South Shields. The years of birth as given in
the Census entry are slightly out in some cases, e.g. Hester Adelaide was born
in August 1881.
Confusingly, there were three
James Colquhoun Bells: (1) Capt. William Bell’s 5th child and 2nd son, born in the Cape in 1847 and head of the household in the 1891 Census
mentioned above, (2) James Colquhoun Bell jnr born 1880 in Aldgate to James C and Sarah Bell and (3)
James Colquhoun Bell b 1890, son of William Caithness Bell.
Photo courtesy of James Colquhoun Bell Snr's descendant Gordon Brown.
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