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Is anyone researching the family of John Wilkinson Bell b. 188 Keswick, Sarah Ethel Tunstall b. 1890 Whitehaven, m. 1910 Waberthwaite Cumberland. We are also interested in any information on their daughters Esther Merionwen, Violet and Lilian.
Thankyou, Claire

These are the only 2 matching births that I see on FreeBMD:

Births Jun 1912 (>99%)
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Bell Esther M Tunstall Festiniog 11b 680

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Births Jun 1914 (>99%)
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Bell Violet C Tunstall Festiniog 11b 663

Esther Meirionwen Brown
in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Esther Meirionwen Brown
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1912
Date of Registration: Dec 1997
Age at Death: 85
Registration district: Selby
Inferred County: Yorkshire
Register Number: 27B
District and Subdistrict: 6561
Entry Number: 191


Esther M Bell (or Lowes)
in the England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Esther M Bell
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1947
Registration district: Selby
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Spouse: Brown
Volume Number: 2c
Page Number: 1909


Albert S Brown
in the England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Albert S Brown
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1947
Registration district: Selby
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Spouse: Esther M Lowes Or Bell
Volume Number: 2c
Page Number: 1909


Marriages Jun 1935 (>99%)
Bell Esther M Lowes Brampton 10b 1227
Lowes Thomas W Bell Brampton 10b 1227

Esther M Brown (Lowes) on the 1939 Register

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Bell Household (2 People) Brookside House , Haltwhistle R.D., Northumberland, England
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Esther M Brown (Lowes) 27 Apr 1912 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 252 2
John W Bell 28 Aug 1888 Male Roadstone Quarry Worker Widowed 252 1

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Death of Esther's first husband - how sad, married less than a year:

Deaths Mar 1936 (>99%)
Lowes Thomas W 77 Penrith 10b 678

Violet C Bell
in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Violet C Bell
Birth Date: abt 1915
Date of Registration: Mar 1918
Age at Death: 3
Registration district: Festiniog
Inferred County: Merionethshire
Volume: 11b
Page: 480

Sarah E L Tunstall
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Sarah E L Tunstall
Age: 10
Estimated birth year: abt 1891
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Solomon Tunstall
Mother: Mary E Tunstall
Birth Place: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Civil Parish: Whitehaven
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Whitehaven
County/Island: Cumberland
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Whitehaven
Sub-registration district: Whitehaven
ED, institution, or vessel: 01
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Piece: 4891
Folio: 26
Page Number: 39
Household schedule number: 246
Household Members:
Name Age
Solomon Tunstall 40
Mary E Tunstall 37
Mary A Tunstall 14
Sarah E L Tunstall 10
Elizabeth C Tunstall 4
Moses Cherry 34 - boarder
Mary J Chisholme - servant

John Wilkinson Bell
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: John Wilkinson Bell
Probate Date: 8 Jul 1958
Registry: Carlisle
Death Date: 9 Jun 1958
Death Place: Torquay


John Wilkinson Bell of 15 Marnham Road, Babbacombe, Torquay died 9th June 1958 at Torbay Hospital, Devon. Probate (save and except settled land) Carlisle 8 July to Albert Ernest Ostle, retired wheelwright. Effects: £1111 4s 3d

Just a possibility for Lilian ??

Births Sep 1910 (>99%)
BELL Lilian Carlisle 10b 586

(Except she's not with John & Sarah Ethel in 1911. NO, forget that birth.)

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
76, New Town, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Solomon Tunstall Head Married Male 40 1861 Freestone Quaryman & Publican Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
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Mary E Tunstall Wife Married Female 37 1864 - Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
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Mary A Tunstall Daughter Single Female 14 1887 - Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
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Sarah E L Tunstall Daughter Single Female 10 1891 - Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
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Elizabeth C Tunstall Daughter Single Female 4 1897 - Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
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Moses Cherry Boarder Single Male 34 1867 Loco Fireman Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
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Mary J Chisholme Servant Single Female 22 1879 General Servant (Domestic) Scotland

Marriages Dec 1881 (>99%)
CASS Elizabeth Cockermouth 10b 830
JOHNSTON Richard Cockermouth 10b 830
REDHEAD Mary Elizabeth Cockermouth 10b 830
Tunstall Solomon Cockermouth 10b 830

Thankyou to all for the information, the death in Torbay and probate are of particular interest. Why was he in Torquay??
Mysterious but extremely interesting

Nice time of year to be on holiday?

Yes, possibly on his jollies, and why not!

He had a Torquay address, so chances are he had retired to Devon. Warmer weather, seaside . . . .


I wonder if Albert Ernest Ostle had time to sort out John's estate before his own death later the same year?

Albert Ernest Ostle
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Albert Ernest Ostle
Probate Date: 21 Apr 1959
Registry: Carlisle
Death Date: 26 Dec 1958
Death Place: Cumberland, England

Administration to George Ostle, steelworker, and Albert Ernest Ostle, railway worker. Effects £1274 13s 9d