Bell family photographs
The Bell family consisted of Charles Henry Bell, son of Stephen and Susan Bell, and his wife Mary Tyrrell, daughter of Lewis and Alice Tyrrell. Charles Henry Bell and Mary Tyrrell were married by the Rev. Thomas Bone in St. Catharines on 9 August 1894.
The family had eight children: Delbert Otto, Edna Beatrice, Lewis Tyrrell, Gertrude, Bessie Jane, Charles Henry, Richard Nelson, and William Willoughby.
The Bell family was living in Erie, Pennsylvania between 1895 and 1897 when Delbert and Edna were born. But by 1899, the family had returned to St. Catharines.
Son Richard Nelson is the father of our donor, Rick Bell. He married Iris Sloman on 22 May 1938.
These photographs represent some of the family and their memories.
Charles Henry Bell and Mary Tyrrell Bell
Mary Tyrrell Bell loving holds her grandson Rick Bell, ca. 1950
Charles Henry Bell stands in front of the family home at 81 Geneva Street, St. Catharines
Children and grandchildren of Charles and Mary Bell
Son Delbert Otto Bell, b. 7 November 1895
Daughter Bessie Jane Bell Jones Parker, b. 26 November 1902
Daughter Edna Bell Johnson, daughter of Charles Henry Bell and Mary Tyrrell Bell
Son Richard Nelson Bell, b. 1911
Grandson William Bell Jr., son of William Willoughby Bell
Robert Bell, son of Lewis Tyrrell Bell
A family visit on a summer day
Mary Tyrrell Bell sits in her garden on a beautiful summer day circa 1940
Son Richard Bell and wife Iris join Mary Bell in the garden.
Richard and Iris Bell in the garden of his mother, Mary Tyrrell Bell
Bell family members visit with Mary Tyrrell Bell
Unknown Bell family members prepare to say farewell.
More family visits
Harry Talbot, Iris Bell, Mary Bell and Richard Bell gather in the garden at the Bell family home on Prospect Street in 1955
In the background you can see the Prince of Wales School on Facer Street.
Emma Talbot, Iris Sloman Bell, Mary Tyrrell Bell and Richard Bell pose for this family photo on Prospect Street, St. Catharines
Bell family matriach, Mary Tyrrell Bell, centre, with daughter Bessie Bell Parker on the right and Bessie's husband J.W. Parker on the left, in Cleveland, Ohio
A Christmas visit, ca. 1950 by Bessie Bell Parker and her husband J.W. Parker to mother Mary Tyrrell Bell