Frontiersmen and settlers
Subtitle: the Bells in Scotland, Ireland, and Canada
By: William C. Wonders.
Publisher: Trafford
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Victoria, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Bell family.; Canada -- Genealogy.; Scotland -- Genealogy.; Ireland -- Genealogy.
Genres: Genealogy.
Description: William Joseph Bell (1803-1855) was born in Ireland, son of William Bell and Ann Huston. He married Margaret Jane McElwain (1806-1897) in 1827. She was the daughter of Mathew Elwain and Elizabeth Fitzgerald. William and his family immigrated to Ontario ca. 1832. William is first documented in Monaghan Township, Ontario in 1835. Descendants lived in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and elsewhere.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-342) and index.