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Grace Mildred Austin¹

• Father*: David Stanley Austin b. 15 Aug 1867, d. 30 Aug 1938
• Mother*: Mary S. Shaw b. 14 Aug 1867, d. 7 Jul 1932

• Birth*: 6 April 1905; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Austin: a daughter, born April 6, 1905, to Mrs. D. S. Austin" from The Trentonian, April 13, 1905, seen on microfilm at The Trenton Public Library, July 20, 2002.
  Date per Burial. Per Burial of father, D. S. Austin.
• Marriage*: after 1925; Northumberland Co., Ontario; Principal=Lyle Eugene Leavitt
• Death*: 1990; Ontario; Per Burial
• Burial*: 1990; Stockdale Cemetery, Stockdale, Ontario; Cemetery Transcription: See Exhibit: Leavitt; Lyle Eugene; 1906 - 1963; Grace Mildred; Austin; 1905 1990 (Stockdale Cemetery, June 8, 2002)

• Married Name: after 1925; Leavitt
• Note*: 4 January 1947; Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; " ... Mr. A. G. Austin and Mrs. Leavitt are nephew and niece of the deceased ... " from death notice of Mowat Austin.

Lyle Eugene Leavitt¹

• Birth*: 1906; Ontario; Date per Burial. Per Burial of D. S. Austin, father-in-law.
• Marriage*: after 1925; Northumberland Co., Ontario; Principal=Grace Mildred Austin
• Death*: 1963; Ontario; Per Burial.
• Burial*: 1963; Stockdale Cemetery, Stockdale, Ontario; Cemetery Transcription: See Exhibit: Leavitt; Lyle Eugene; 1906 - 1963; Grace Mildred; Austin; 1905 1990 (Stockdale Cemetery, June 8, 2002)

Allan Guy "Jack" Austin

• Father*: David Stanley Austin b. 15 Aug 1867, d. 30 Aug 1938
• Mother*: Mary S. Shaw b. 14 Aug 1867, d. 7 Jul 1932

• Birth*: 16 September 1894; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.: Name: Allan Austin; Born: Sept. 16, 1894; Parents: David Stanley Austin & Mary S. Shaw; Occ.: Le???maker??; Inf.: D. S. Austin, Wooler; Reg'd.: Oct 25, 1894; Dr. Oliver; Reg'r.: T. R. Garratt (Murray Twp., Northumberland Co.)
  Location per marriage reg'n. Per Burial. per Burial of father, D. S. Austin.¹
• Marriage*: 1 September 1915; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Allan Guy Austin; Age: 21; Res. & born: Wooler; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Telephone; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: David Stanley Austin & Maria Sheppard Shaw; Bride: Leona Muriel Bell; Age: 18; Res. & Born: Murray Twp.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: William Henry Bell & Edith Estella McColl; Witnesses: Maynard Sharpe, Wooler & Margaret Terrill, Belleville; Signatures: Allan Guy Austin & Leona Muriel Bell; Date: Sept. 1, 1915; Place: Murray Twp.; Performed by: W. E. Honey, Wooler, Meth.; Reg'd.: at Trenton, Aug 19, 1915, Walter Gainforth, Deputy Assessor; Principal=Leona Muriel Bell²
• Death*: 22 August 1972; Queensway Memorial Hospital, Toronto, Ontario; "Nature Photographer A. G. Austin Dies - Allan Guy (Jack) Austin, Wooler, died early Tuesday morning, the result of a heart attack, while visiting friends in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Austin visited the Canadian National Exhibition over the weekend. He was 78. Mr. Austin suffered a previous heart attack last year. Because of the attach he suffered Monday night he was taken to the Queensway Memorial Hospital, Toronto where he died early Tuesday Morning. In recent years Mr. Austin was better known for his interest in photography, particularly his photographs of birds, many of which he exhibited around the country and at the Town and Country Camera Club. His interest in wildlife occupied much of his spare time. Before his retirement he owned and operated the Murray Brighton Telephone Comany with his office part of his home in Wooler. This company was founded by his father D. F. Austin and was later taken over by Jack Austin as he was more formerly known. Later his son, Carl, also helped to operate the company. In recent years the company was purchased by Bell Canada who now operates the telephones in that area. He was a member of the United Church, Wooler, and a member of the Frankford Lodge of Freemasons. He is survived by his wife, the former Leona Bell and a sister, Mrs. Grace Leavitt, Wooler. In his early days, Mr. Austin formed an orchestra which he called the Austin Arcadians, in which he played the drums and his wife the piano. Mr. Austin is resting at the Jones-Rowe Funeral Home, Frankford and the service will be held at the funeral home on Friday at 2 p.m. with interment at the Stockdale Cemetery." from The Trentonian, August 23, 1972, pg. 1, seen on microfilm at The Trenton Public Library, June 21, 2002
  "Allan Guy "Jack" Austin: Wooler - Allan Guy "Jack" Austin, Wooler, died at the Queenway General Hospital, Toronto on Tuesday, Ausut 22 at the age of 77. Born in Wooler, Mr. Austin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Stanley Austin. He is survived by his wife, the former Leona Bell. Mr. Austin, who died suddenly, was a lifelong resident of Wooler. He was the father of two daughters, Mrs. Edith Anderson, Ottawa, and Mrs. Russell Wilkins (Roma), Renfrew, and of one son, Karl, Weslemkoon Lake. Mr. Austin also was grandfather of Mrs. M. Brearley (Dianne), White Lake, Ont., Judy, Peter, Timothy, Mark and Janice Wilkins, Renfrew and Guy Austin, Munchwier, Germany. He was the brother of Mrs. L. Leavitt (Grace), R. R. 1, Wooler. A retired owner of the Austin Telephone Company, 1911, to 1956, service Wooler, Frankford and Batawa area. Mr. Austin received his education in Wooler and at the Picton Collegiate Insitute. He was a member of the Wooler United Church and also of the Ontario Naturalists, the Federation of International Photographic Arts, the Toronto Guild Camera Club, past president of the Trenton Town and Country Camera Club, past president of the CPAC and past master of Frank Lodge AF and AM127. A Masonic Lodge service was held at the Jones-Rowe Funeral Home, Frankford, on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. under the auspices of the Frank Lodge. More than 600 people visited the funeral home to pay their respects to Mr. Austin. Funeral services were held on Friday, August 25 from the Jones-Rowe Funeral Home, Frankford at 2 p.m. The interment took place on the Stockdale Cemetery, Rev. Douglas Miller of Wooler, assisted by Rev. Alfred Poulter, Belleville, officiated. Honourary pallbearers were Nobel Crosby, Alden Arthur, Raymond Rowe, Rdward Maund, Henry McColl, Lloyd Dorland and Ralph Knox. Casket bearers were Douglas Steenberg, Neil Sanders, William Beggs, Arthur Dorland, Charles Puddiphatt and James Scott." from The Trentonian, August 30, 1972, pg. 10, sen on microfilm at The Trenton Public Library, June 21, 2002
  Per burial.
• Burial*: 25 August 1972; Stockdale Cemetery, Stockdale, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Cemetery Transcription: See Exhibit: A. G. "Jack" Austin; born Sep 16 1894; Died: Aug 23 1972 (Stockdale Cemetery, June 8, 2002)
  CEMSearch: Name: Allan Guy "Jack" Austin; Born: 1894-09-16; Died: 1972-08-22; Notes: S/O D. S. Austin, H/O Leona McColl (b1897) (local history author), F/O Edith Anderson (b 1917), Karl Austin (b 1921), Roma Wilkins (b 1924), Mason s; Buried: Stockdale Cemetery; Other name: Leona Mccoll Austin (Bell) (1897-1994)
  CEMSearch: Name: A. G. "Jack" Austin; Born: 1894-09-16; Died: 1972-08-22; Age: 77y 11m 6d; Buried: Stockdale Cemetery; No other names.

• Census*: April 1901; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 6 at 1901 Census: see David S. Austin³
• Occupation*: from 1911 to 1956; Austin Telephone Company, Wooler, Ontario; " ... A retired owner of the Austin Telephone Company, 1911 to 1956, serving the Wooler, Frankford and Batawa area. ... " from death notice
• Residence: 27 January 1915; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Samuel Clayton Mccoll and Aleta Fay Casement.⁴
• Residence*: 1 September 1915; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per marriage reg'n.
• Note*: 4 January 1947; Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; " ... Mr. A. G. Austin and Mrs. Leavitt are nephew and niece of the deceased ... " from death notice of Mowat Austin.

Eliza Janetta Buck^1,2

• Father*: James Buck b. 1837, d. 13 Apr 1888
• Mother*: Mariam Holland b. 16 Mar 1844, d. 1 Apr 1933

• Birth*: 19 August 1869; Minden Twp., Haliburton Twp., Ontario; Date Aug 19 186? & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1871 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date 1869 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Per Marriage Reg'n. Date Jan 15 1869 & location Minden, Victoria Co. per family tree of Myrna246 on ancestry.ca, Aug 3 2018.^3,4,2,5
• Marriage*: 23 February 1886; Fenelon Twp., Fenelon Falls, Victoria Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Alex Austin; Age: 23; Res.: Minden; Born: Brighton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Willet Austin & Esther Holland; Bride: Janetta Buck; Age: 17; Res. & Born: Minden; Status: spinster; Parents: James Buck & Mariam Holland; Witnesses: George Jewell & Alice Wise, both of Fenelon Falls; Date: Feb 23, 1886; Place: Fenelon Falls; Rel.: Meth. & Ep.; Performed by: W. McGregor (Fenelon Twp., Victoria Co.); Principal=Alexander Potter Austin⁶
• Death*: 20 June 1934; Fern Glen, Parry Sound, Parry Sound Dist., Ontario; per family tree of Myrna246 on ancestry.ca, Aug 3 2018.⁵
• Burial*: 23 June 1934; Minden Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton Co., Ontario; CEMSearch: Name: Jennetta Austin; Born - ; Died: - ; Notes: W/O Alex Austin, M/O Glen H. Austin; buried: Minden Cemetery; Other names: Alex Austin, Glen H. Austin

• Census: April 1871; Minden Twp., North Peterborough Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1871 Census: see James Buck²
• Married Name: 23 February 1886; Austin⁶
• Residence*: 23 February 1886; MInden Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; Residence per marriage reg'n.
• Census*: April 1891; Minden Twp., Victoria North Co., Ontario; Age 20 at 1891 Census: see Alex Austin⁷
• Census: April 1901; Parry Sound, Muskoka & Parry Sound Dist., Ontario; Age 32 at 1901 Census: see Alex Austin⁴

Glen Harold Austin^1,2

• Father*: Alexander Potter Austin b. 26 May 1859, d. 1934
• Mother*: Eliza Janetta Buck b. 19 Aug 1869, d. 20 Jun 1934

• Birth*: 31 August 1885; Minden Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; Per Burial. Date Aug 31 1885 or 1886, Minden per family tree of Myrna246 on ancestry.ca, Aug 3 2018.²
• Death*: 25 March 1886; Minden Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; Date mar 25 1886 per CemSearch. Date Mar 25 1886 or 1887, Minden per family tree of Myrna246 on ancestry.ca, Aug 3 2018.^2,3
• Burial*: 27 March 1886; Minden Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton Co., Ontario; CEMSearch: Name: Glen H. Austin; Born: - ; Died: 1886-03-25; Age: 10m 25d; Notes: S/O Alex & Jennetta Austin; Buried: Minden Cemetery, Village of Minden, Haliburton Co., Sec 5 Row 05 Plot 26; Other names: Alex Austing, Jennetta Austin

Alma Florence Kelleth¹

• Father*: Douglas Kelleth b. b 1850
• Mother*: Nancy ? b. b 1850

• Birth*: 1874; MInden Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; Per marriage reg'n. Per Burial.
• Marriage*: 4 October 1893; Dysart Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Harry Austin; Age: 25; Res.: Minden; Born: Haliburton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Franklin & Ellen Austin; Bride: Alma Kelleth; Age: 19; Res.: Haliburton; born: Minden; Status: spinster; Parents: Douglas? & Nancy Kelleth; Witnesses: Walter Austin & Laura Kelleth, Haliburton; Date: Oct 4, 1893; Place: Haliburton; Rel.: Meth.; Performed by: W. G. Hudgins; Principal=Harris Johnson "Harry" Austin²
• Death*: 1966; Haliburton Co., Ontario; Per Burial.
• Burial*: 1966; Evergreen Cemetery, Dysart Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; CEMSearch: Name: Alma Florence Austin; born: 1874; Died: 1966; Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Sec A4, Row 02, Plot 02; Other names: Earl Austin (1911-1913), Harris Johnson Austin (1867-1937), Jean E. Austin (Melville) (1915-1975)

Earl Austin

• Father*: Harris Johnson "Harry" Austin b. 1868, d. 1937
• Mother*: Alma Florence Kelleth b. 1874, d. 1966

• Birth*: 14 January 1913; Dysart Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; Date per Death Reg'n. Per Burial.
• Death*: 1 February 1913; Dysart Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.: Name: Earl Austin; Died: Feb 1, 1913; Age: 18days; Res.: Haliburton; Parents: Harry Austin, Haliburton; Inf.: W. E. Austin; Cause: convulsions; Dr. E. S. Baker; Rel.: Meth.; Reg'd.: Feb 2, 1913
  Per Burial.¹
• Burial*: 3 February 1913; Evergreen Cemetery, Dysart Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; CEMSearch: Name: Earl Austin; Born: 1911; died: 1913; Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Sec A4, Row 02, Plot 04; Other names: Alma Florence Austin (1874-1966), Harris Johnson Austin (1867-1937), Jean E. Austin (Melville) (1915-1975)

Jean E. Melville

• Birth*: 1915; Per Burial.
• Marriage*: after 1940; Principal=Earl Austin
• Death*: 1975; Per Burial.
• Burial*: 1975; Evergreen Cemetery, Dysart Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario; CEMSearch: Name: Jean E. Austin; Maiden: Melville; Born: 1915; Died: 1975; Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Sec A4, Row 02, Plot 03; Other names: Alma Florence Austin (1874-1966), Earl Austin (1911-1913), Harris Johnson Austin (1867-1937)

Leeta Taylor¹

• Father*: Joseph Taylor b. 1852
• Mother*: Eva Dora Darling b. 1859, d. 1928

• Birth*: September 1878; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1879 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Sept 1873? & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date 1878 per marriage reg'n. Per Burial.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: 13 October 1897; Methodist Parsonage, Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Mowat Austin; Age: 22; Res. & born: Brighton Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Lewis Thorpe Austin & Charlotte Plumpton; Bride: Lecta Taylor; Age: 19; Res. & Born: Cramahe Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Joseph Taylor & Eva Darling; Witnesses: L. A. Austin, Brighton Twp. & Laura McKenna, Campbellford; Date: Oct 13, 1897; Place: Methodist Parsonage, Brighton Village; Rel.; Meth; Performed by: Rev. C. W. Watch; Reg'd.: Oct 14, 1897
  "Married: Austin-Taylor; On October 15, at the parsonage, by Rev. C. W. Watch, Mr. Mowat Austin of Brighton Township to Miss Leeta Taylor of Cramahe Twonship." from index of Brighton Ensign, October 15, 1897, seen on microfilm at Trenton Public Library, May 28, 2002; Principal=Mowat A. Austin⁵
• Death*: 9 January 1953; Toronto, Ontario; "Deaths: Austin - At Toronto, on Friday, January 9, 1953, ... Leeta Austin, late of 33 Emerson Ave., wife of the late Mowat Austin and dear mother of Gerald, Detroit; Mare (Mrs. Frank Sargeant), Toronto and Jean (Mrs. Thomas Dick), Richmond Hill .... interment at McPhail's on Monday ... "
  Per Burial.
• Burial*: 12 January 1953; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Cemetery Transcription: See Exhibit: Mowat Austin; 1875 - 1947; Leeta His Wife; 1878 - 1953 (McPhail's Cemetery, June 8, 2002)
  CEMSearch: Name: Leeta Austin; Born: 1878; Died: 1953; Notes: Wife of Mowat Austin, Mother of Margery; Buried: McPhail's Cemetery; Other names: Mowat Austin (1875-1947)

• Residence*: 13 October 1897; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per marriage reg'n.
• Census*: June 1911; Brighton Twp., Hilton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1911 Census: see Mowat Austin²
• Census: 19 April 1921; Brighton Twp., Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 42 at 1921 Census: see Mowat Austin⁴

Leona Muriel Bell^1,2

• Father*: William Henry Bell b. 17 Dec 1877, d. 1951
• Mother*: Edith Estella McColl b. 23 Nov 1879, d. 19 Aug 1914

• Birth*: 31 January 1897; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Births: Name: Leona Muriel Bell; Born: Jan 31 1897; Parents: William H. Bell & Edith Estella McColl (Births, Murray Twp., seen at Cobourg Public Library, May 1, 2003)
  Location per death notice. Per Marriage Reg'n. Per Burial.³
• Marriage*: 1 September 1915; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.: Groom: Allan Guy Austin; Age: 21; Res. & born: Wooler; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Telephone; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: David Stanley Austin & Maria Sheppard Shaw; Bride: Leona Muriel Bell; Age: 18; Res. & Born: Murray Twp.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: William Henry Bell & Edith Estella McColl; Witnesses: Maynard Sharpe, Wooler & Margaret Terrill, Belleville; Signatures: Allan Guy Austin & Leona Muriel Bell; Date: Sept. 1, 1915; Place: Murray Twp.; Performed by: W. E. Honey, Wooler, Meth.; Reg'd.: at Trenton, Aug 19, 1915, Walter Gainforth, Deputy Assessor; Principal=Allan Guy "Jack" Austin⁴
• Death*: 16 May 1994; Hastings Manor, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario; "Leona Austin: Leona Muriel Austin, 97, of Belleville, died Monday, May 16, 1994, at her Hastings Manor home on Dundas Street West. born in Wooler, she is survived by sister Madeline Spiers of Trenton; children Edith (Mrs. R. Clapp) of Belleville, Karl and his wife Jean of Wooler, Roma (Mrs. R. Wilkins) of Renfrew; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Austin is predeceased by parents William and Edith Bell; husband Allan Guy (Jack) Austin; and siblings Lloyd, Nellie Carr, and Lillian Plumton. Mrs. Austin was a lifetime resident of Wooler. She was the owner of Austin Telephone Company; a member of Wooler United Church, at which seh became the first woman elder and served as president of the women's insitute and the ladies' aid; a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 55, Belleville; and a charter member of the White Shrine of Belleville, and the Telephone Pioneers, being the oldest Telepohone Pioneer in Canada. Mrs. Austin was also a collector of rare buttons, coins and stamps. Services were held Wednesday, May 19, 1994, at the Belleville Crematorium." originally from Trentionian, May 18, 1994; copied at Marilyn Adams Research Centre, Ameliasburgh, May 28, 2002.
  Per Burial.
• Burial*: 19 May 1994; Stockdale Cemetery, Stockdale, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Cemetery Transcription: See Exhibit; Leona M. Bell; Wife of A. G. Austin; Born Jan 31 1897; Died May 16 1994 (Stockdale Cemetery, June 8, 2002)
  CEMSearch: Name: Leona McColl Austin; Maiden: Bell; Born: 1897-01-31; Died: 1994-05-16; Notes: D/O William & Edith Bell, W/O A. G.Austin, Sis/O Madeline Spiers, Lillian Plumpton, Nellie Carr and Floyd Bell; Buried: Stockdale Cemetery; Other names: Allan Guy "Jack" Austin (1894-1972)

• Census*: 31 March 1901; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1901 Census: see William Henry Bell⁵
• Census: 2 June 1911; Murray Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 14 at 1911 Census: see William Bell²
• Residence: 27 January 1915; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Samuel Clayton Mccoll and Aleta Fay Casement.⁶
• Residence*: 1 September 1915; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per marriage reg'n.
• Married Name: 1 September 1915; Austin
• Residence: 23 November 1937; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Norman L. Phillips & Ivy Matilda Smith.⁶

William Henry Bell¹

• Father*: David Thomas Bell b. 1853
• Mother*: Eustacia Steenburgh b. 5 Aug 1859, d. 1951

• Birth*: 17 December 1877; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1880 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date Dec 1876 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Dec 17 1877 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1867 & location Murray per marr. reg'n. Date 1879 per marriage reg'n. - Hilda Manners. Per Burial of daughter, Leona.^2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: 4 December 1896; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#005237: Groom: Wm. H. Bell; Age: 19; Res. & Born: Murray; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Thomas Bell & Astatia Steenburgh; Bride: Edith E. McColl; Age: 18; Res. & Born: Murray; Status: spinster; Parents: Nicholas McColl & Matina Rush; Wit.: Nicholas McColl, Wooler & Cassie M. Horton, Trenton; Date: Dec 4 1896; Place: Trenton; Rel.: Meth.; Performed by: Rev. G. Horton; Reg'r.: G. H. Gordon (Ontario Marriage Registration, #005237-1896, ancestry.com); Principal=Edith Estella McColl⁶
• Marriage*: 26 January 1916; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015725: Groom: William Henry Bell; Age: 36; Res.: Murray Twp.; Status: widower; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Thomas Bell & Eustatia Steenburgh; Bride: Hilda May Foster Manners; Age: 21?; Res.: Murray Twp.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Anglican; Parents: John ? Manners & May Marshall; Wit.: Maay Dollard, Frankford & ?John Adams?, Wooler; Date: Jan 26 1916; Place: Murray Twp.; Performed by: ?A. E. Sowey?, Wooler; Sworn: Wooler, Jan 25 1916; Reg'r.: Wm. Little, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #015725-1916, ancestry.ca)
  
  
  "From my grandmother's autobiography "All Things Are Possible" : "Back at my family home Dad [William Henry Bell] had married Hilda Manners in 1916. She was an English girl who had been a chocolate dipper in Detroit. She met Dad when visiting her parents in lower Wooler.... My half sister Madeline was born in 1918." " - per email from Dianne Brearley, Feb 22, 2004.; Principal=Hilda V. M. Manners^7,8
• Death*: 1951; Northumberland Co., Ontario; " .. Mr. William Henry Bell .. " In Memorium, 1951, Wooler Pastoral Charge, Rev. W. G. Fletcher (Tweedsmuir Histories, Reel 1, I-184)⁹
• Burial*: 1951; Wooler Friend's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) B; William H. Bell; 1877 - 1951; His Wife; Hilda V. M. Manners; 1895 - 1857? (Wooler Friends Cemetery, Brighton Twp.)¹⁰

• Census: April 1881; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1881 Census: see Thomas Bell¹¹
• Census*: 31 March 1901; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 24 at 1901 Census: Bell, william H., 24, b. Ont. Dec 17 1877, Irish, General Merchant, Meth., married; Edith E., 22, b. Nov 23 1879, married; Leona Muriel, 4, b. Jan 31 1897; Lloyd N., 1, b. May 6 1899¹²
• Census: 2 June 1911; Conc 3 Lot 18, Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Agfe 34 at 1911 Census: Bell, William, 34, b. Ont. Dec 1876, Irish, Meth., merchant, married; Edith, 32, b. Ont. Nov 1878, Scot., Meth., married; Lloyd, 12, b. Ont. May 1899, son; Leona, 14, b. Ont. Jan 1897, dau.; Nella, 9, b. Ont. Oct 1901, dau.; Lillian, 6, b. Ont. May 1905, dau. (1911 Census: Murray Twp., Northumberland East Co., dist. 101, sub-dist. 24 - 3 (101-14), pg. 2, line 23 - Conc 3, Lot 18 - ancestry.ca)⁴
• Residence*: 26 January 1916; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Murray Twp. per marriage reg'n. - Hilda Manners.³
• Census: 2 June 1921; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 41 at 1921 Census: Bell, William, 41, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Dutch, Meth., general merchant, married; Hilda, 24, b. England, p.b. England, immig. 1917, Eng., Meth., married; Loyd, 21, b. Ont., p.b. Ont., Dutch, Meth., merchant in father's store, son, single; Nellie, 19; Lillian, 16; Madeline, 2 (1921 Census: Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 107, sub-dist. 34, pg. 2, line 13 - ancestry.ca)⁵

Edith Estella McColl^1,2

• Father*: Nicholas D. McColl b. 17 Apr 1846, d. 15 Jun 1924
• Mother*: Matura Jane Rusk b. 25 May 1846, d. 1890

• Birth*: 23 November 1879; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Nov 1878 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Nov 23 1879 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1878 & location Murray per marr. reg'n. Per Burial of daughter Leona.^3,4,2
• Marriage*: 4 December 1896; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#005237: Groom: Wm. H. Bell; Age: 19; Res. & Born: Murray; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Thomas Bell & Astatia Steenburgh; Bride: Edith E. McColl; Age: 18; Res. & Born: Murray; Status: spinster; Parents: Nicholas McColl & Matina Rush; Wit.: Nicholas McColl, Wooler & Cassie M. Horton, Trenton; Date: Dec 4 1896; Place: Trenton; Rel.: Meth.; Performed by: Rev. G. Horton; Reg'r.: G. H. Gordon (Ontario Marriage Registration, #005237-1896, ancestry.com); Principal=William Henry Bell⁵
• Death*: 19 August 1914; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#023022: Name: Edit Bell; Date: Aug 19 1914; Age: 35; Res.: Murray; Status: married; Parents: Nicholas McColl, b. Murray & Miss Rusk; Cause: heart failure; Phys.: Dr. Anderson; Inf.: S. McColl, Wooler; Reg'd.: Aug 21 1914; Reg'r.: Wm. Little (Ontario Death Registration, #023022-1914, ancestry.com)
  per The McColl Clan: Scotland to Canada, by Leona M. Austin.⁶

• Married Name: 4 December 1896; Bell⁵
• Census*: 31 March 1901; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 22 at 1901 Census: see William Henry Bell⁷
• Census: 2 June 1911; Murray Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 32 at 1911 Census: see William Bell²

Madeline Bell

• Father*: William Henry Bell b. 17 Dec 1877, d. 1951
• Mother*: Hilda V. M. Manners b. 1895, d. 1957

• Birth*: 1918; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1919 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date 1918 - per email from Dianne Brearley, Feb 22, 2004. Per Burial of sister Leona.^1,2
• Marriage*: after 1940; per email from Dianne Brearley, Feb 22, 2004.; Principal=Locky Spiers¹

• Census*: 2 June 1921; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1921 Census: see William Bell²
• Married Name: after 1940; Spiers
• Residence*: 16 May 1994; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Per death notice of sister, Leona (Bell) Austin.

Locky Spiers^1,2

• Birth*: circa 1900; per email from Dianne Brearley, Feb 22, 2004.²
• Marriage*: after 1940; per email from Dianne Brearley, Feb 22, 2004.; Principal=Madeline Bell²

Lillian Eustatia Bell^1,2,3

• Father*: William Henry Bell b. 17 Dec 1877, d. 1951
• Mother*: Edith Estella McColl b. 23 Nov 1879, d. 19 Aug 1914

• Birth*: 31 May 1905; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Late Birth Reg'n.#501305: Name: Lillian Eustatia Bell; Date: May 31 1905; Place: Murray Twp.; Parents: William Henry Bell, 27, b. Ont., store keeper, Murray Twp. & Edith Estella McColl, 26, b. Ont., Murray Twp.; Phys.: George Wade, Wooler; Inf.: Lillian Eustatia PLumton, Frankford; Reg'd.: Jun 18 1952; Reg'r.: J. C. Wrayford, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #501305-1952, ancestry.ca) Date 1905 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date 1905 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. per The McColl Clan: Scotland to Canada, by Leona M. Austin.^4,3,5
• Marriage*: after 1930; per The McColl Clan: Scotland to Canada, by Leona M. Austin.; Principal=Raymond Plumton
• Death*: before 16 May 1994; Predeceased her sister, Leona, per death notice of same.

• Census: 2 June 1911; Murray Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 6 at 1911 Census: see William Bell³
• Census: 2 June 1921; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1921 Census: see William Bell⁵
• Census*: 29 August 1923; Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Joseph A. Carr & Nellie May Bell.⁶

Raymond Plumton¹

• Father*: James Horace Plumton b. 5 Dec 1867, d. 28 Dec 1934
• Mother*: Margaret "Maggie" Montgomery b. 15 Dec 1866, d. 29 Jun 1930

• Birth*: 12 September 1900; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Sep 12 1900 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census.
  per The McColl Clan: Scotland to Canada, by Leona M. Austin.²
• Marriage*: after 1930; per The McColl Clan: Scotland to Canada, by Leona M. Austin.; Principal=Lillian Eustatia Bell

• Census*: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 6 months at 1901 Census: see James H. Plumton²
• Residence*: 12 May 1915; Brighton Twp., Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Grant Perry Clark & Jessie M. E. Gummer.³
• Note*: 1923; Orland Bantams, Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "The Orland Bantams who played in a Northumberland County League with Campbellford, Warkworth, Brighton & Colborne Teams. Front Row: (L to R) Roy Plumton, Ed Houlihan, Lex Morgan, Ray Plumpton, Ambrose Houlihan; Back row: (L to R) Harry Belford, Bill Horsley, Lyall (Benny) Way, Frank Moran. Picture made available by Mrs. Mona Allen (Team was sponsored by W. J. Latimer)" from The Tweedsmuir Histories of Codrington, copied from microfilm at The Metro Toronto Reference Library, Nov. 2007.
• Census: 29 August 1923; Codrington, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Joseph A. Carr & Nellie May Bell.³

Nellie May "Nella" Bell^1,2,3,4,5

• Father*: William Henry Bell b. 17 Dec 1877, d. 1951
• Mother*: Edith Estella McColl b. 23 Nov 1879, d. 19 Aug 1914

• Birth*: 1901; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1902 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date 1902 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date 1902 & location Murray Twp. per marr. reg'n. Date 1901 per The McColl Clan: Scotland to Canada, by Leona M. Austin.^3,4,5
• Marriage*: 29 August 1923; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#017001: Groom: Joseph A. Carr; Age: 30; Res.: Wooler; Born: Cramahe; Status: widower; Occ.: Electrician; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: D. Carr & ?Fanny Bound; Bride: Nellie May Bell; Age: 21; Res.: Wooler; Born: Murray Twp.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: W. H. Bell & Edith McColl; Wit.: Ray Plumpton, Codrington & Lillian Bell, Wooler; Date: Aug 28 1923; Place: Wooler; Performed by: John r. Bick, Wooler, Meth.; Sworn: Wooler, Aug 28 1923; Reg'r.: E. M. Wessels, Wooler (Ontario Marriage Registration, #017001-1923, ancestry.com); Principal=Joseph A. Carr³
• Death*: 1989; Ontario; Date 1989 per Burial. Predeceased her sister, Leona, per death notice of same, May 16 1994.⁶
• Burial*: 1989; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; CEMSearch: Name: Nellie M. Carr; Maiden: Bell; Born: 1901; Died: 1989; Notes: Second wife of Joseph A. Carr; Buried: McPhail's Cemetery; Other names: Evelyn Richards (1920-1922), Joseph A. Carr (1891-1969), Mary L. Carr (Richards) (1893-1920)
  Memorial: (see Exhibit) Joseph A. Carr; 1891-1969; His Wife; Nellie M. Bell; 1901- 1989 (McPhail's Cemetery, May 1, 2003)⁶

• Census*: 2 June 1911; Murray Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1911 Census: see William Bell⁴
• Census: 2 June 1921; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 19 at 1921 Census: see William Bell⁵
• Married Name: 29 August 1923; Carr³
• Residence*: 29 August 1923; Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Wooler per marr. reg'n.³

Joseph A. Carr^1,2,3

• Father*: Darius Carr b. 1856, d. 9 Nov 1896
• Mother*: Metura Bound b. 1862, d. 3 Apr 1941

• Birth*: 5 June 1893; Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1891 per Burial. Date Jun 5 1893 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1893 & location Cramaeh Twp. per marr. reg'n, - Nellie May Bell. Date per Burial of wife Mary L. (Richards) Carr.^2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: 15 March 1916; Brighton Twp,., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#015748: Groom: Joseph A. Carr; Age: 22; Res. & Born: Cramahe; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Darius Carr & Matura Bound; Bride: Mary Lillian Richards; Age: 21; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: Alfred D. Richards & Jane Cooney; Wit.: Harry Carr, Morganston & Edith Van Blaricom, Codrington; Date: Mar 15 1916; Place: Orland; Performed by: R. T. Richards, Thamsburg, Meth.; Sworn: Campbellford, Marh 14 1916 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #015748-1916, ancestry.com); Principal=Mary Lillian Richards⁶
• Marriage*: 29 August 1923; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#017001: Groom: Joseph A. Carr; Age: 30; Res.: Wooler; Born: Cramahe; Status: widower; Occ.: Electrician; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: D. Carr & ?Fanny Bound; Bride: Nellie May Bell; Age: 21; Res.: Wooler; Born: Murray Twp.; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth.; Parents: W. H. Bell & Edith McColl; Wit.: Ray Plumpton, Codrington & Lillian Bell, Wooler; Date: Aug 28 1923; Place: Wooler; Performed by: John r. Bick, Wooler, Meth.; Sworn: Wooler, Aug 28 1923; Reg'r.: E. M. Wessels, Wooler (Ontario Marriage Registration, #017001-1923, ancestry.com); Principal=Nellie May "Nella" Bell⁵
• Death*: 1969; Ontario; Date 1969 per Memorial.^2,4
• Burial*: 1969; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Joseph A. Carr; 1891-1969; His Wife; Nellie M. Bell; 1901- 1989 (McPhail's Cemetery, May 1, 2003)
  Memorial: (See Exhibit) In Loving Memory of; Joseph A. Carr; 1891-1969; Mary L. Richards; Wife of Joseph A. Carr; 1893-1920 (McPhail's Cemetery, May 1, 2003)
  CEMSearch: Name: Joseph A. Carr; Born: 1891; Died: 1969; Notes: Husband of (1) Mary L. Richards and (2) Nellie M. Bell; Buried: McPhail's Cemetery; Other names: Evelyn Richards (1920-1922), Mary L. Carr (Richards) (1893-1920), Nellie M. Carr (Bell) (1901-1989)^4,2

• Census*: April 1901; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1901 Census: see Joseph Carr (step-father)³
• Residence*: 11 February 1920; 38 Muriel Ave., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his wife Mary Lillian (Richards) Carr.⁷
• Residence: 29 August 1923; Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Wooler per marr. reg'n.⁵
• Residence: circa 1930; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Joseph Carr appears in The Latimer Photos taken by Hugh Latimer during the late 1920s and early 1930s at his father's General Store in Orland. (Latimer Photos, Codrington Public Library)⁸

Lloyd Nicholas Bell^1,2,3,4

• Father*: William Henry Bell b. 17 Dec 1877, d. 1951
• Mother*: Edith Estella McColl b. 23 Nov 1879, d. 19 Aug 1914

• Birth*: 6 May 1899; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1900 & location Ont. per 1921 Census. Date 1899 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date May 6 1899 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Per Burial of sister Leona.^4,3,5
• Marriage*: 8 February 1927; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; per family tree of kashina on ancestry.ca, Mar 22 2024.; Principal=Lillian Calder²
• Death*: before 16 May 1994; Predeceased his sister, Leona, per death notice of same. Name is Lloyd?

• Census*: 31 March 1901; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 1 at 1901 Census: see William Henry Bell⁶
• Census: 2 June 1911; Murray Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 12 at 1911 Census: see William Bell³
• Census: 2 June 1921; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 21 at 1921 Census: see William Bell⁴
• Residence*: 1972; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "17 Bell, Lloyd, merchant, Wooler" & "18 Bell, Lillian - Wooler" Canada Voters Lists, 1972, Northumberland Co., Murray Twp., pg 172 of 361, ancestry.ca.⁷

Margery Eva Austin^1,2,3

• Father*: Mowat A. Austin b. Jun 1876, d. 4 Jan 1947
• Mother*: Leeta Taylor b. Sep 1878, d. 9 Jan 1953

• Birth*: January 1906; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date & location per Death Reg'n. Per Burial of father, Mowat Austin.
• Death*: 21 March 1906; Conc 8 Lot 29, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.: Name: Margorie Eva Austin; Died: March 21, 1906; Age: 10 weeks; Place: Conc 8, Lot 29, Brighton Twp.; Inf.: Mowat Austin, Brighton Twp.; Cause: malnutrition; Reg'r.: C. C. Armstrong; Rel.: Meth.; Reg'd.: Mar 24 1906⁴
• Burial*: 23 March 1906; McPhail Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) Margery; Infant dau of; Mowat & Leeta; Autsin; Died March 21 1906; Aged 2 Mo. (McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp.)
  Cemetery Transcription: See Exhibit: Margery; Infant Daughter of; Mowat & Leeta; Austin; Died March 21 1906; Aged 2 mo. (McPhail's Cemetery, June 8, 2002)^3,5