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Patricia

Can I just say you were spot on with the Williams family. I got Doris William Bell's birth certificate and yes, my g.g. grandmother WAS her mother!! It's given me a few more addresses to look for.

I did get Rosina and Thomas Davies marriage certificate too. I'm really not sure if it is her. It states her father was a William John Bell. Rosina's father was John Bell (dec'd) but her brother was a William John. Maybe a little 'stretching of the truth' happened and she put her brothers name on for some strange reason. I don't know.

I shall keep looking.
Many thanks

Patricia! What you have found looks promising! Thank you so much, I'll look into that one too.

Sadly, Rosina Bell who married Davies in Pontypridd wasn't my g.g. grandmother. Alas, she seems to have disappeared of the face of the earth........

Can I just say this is a fantastic site and thank you for your replies. You have given me ideas of where to search. Rosina was my great grandmother and yes Paula W, you have the right family. William Alfred Bell my grandfather does not appear on the 1901 census (could have been hidden as he was illegitimate). I found out from a distant cousin from this site (who I didn't know I had) that Rosina married and went on to have two more children. That is probably why she had to give my grandfather up for adoption. I know all about her family, father, mother, grandparents and siblings but unfortunately through my distant cousin, neither of us know what happened to Rosina. He heard through his family she married and may have gone to live in Wales but he doesn't know who she married. I have found one Rosina in Wales in the 1911 census but I'm not sure it is her. I'll have to find the marriage certificate to make sure. Thanks for all her help and I'll keep searching!

All below is very speculative, so can we have any more information, please?

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Marriages Mar 1912
xxx Bell Rosina E Davies Pontypridd 11a 718
xxx Davies Thomas R Bell Pontypridd 11a 718
Jenkins Myra Tarr Pontypridd 11a 718
Tarr Edward S Jenkins Pontypridd 11a 718

(If above is correct marriage, she should still be under Bell in 1911, but I cannot see her)

Rosina E Davies
Death Registration Month/Year: 1950
Age at death (estimated): 73
Registration district: Bristol Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b Page: 135

Births Sep 1912
Davies Robert I Bell Pontypridd 11a 1246

1911
WILLIAMS, George Head Married M 65 1846 Invalid Formerly Coal Miner Bristol St George
WILLIAMS, Sarah Ann Wife Married 19 years F 49 1862 Hover Somerset Wellington
WILLIAMS, Ada Mary Daughter Single F 18 1893 Stitcher Bristol St George
WILLIAMS, Lily Daughter Single F 16 1895 Packer Bristol St George
WILLIAMS, John Son M 10 1901 School Bristol St George
BELL, Doris William Adopted Daughter F 2 1909 Bristol St George
RG number: RG14 Piece: 14975 Reference: RG14PN14975 RG78PN905 RD319 SD5 ED29 SN69
Registration District: Bristol Sub District: St George Enumeration District: 29 Parish: Bristol
Address: 31 Plummers Hill St George County: Gloucestershire

any idea where Robert & Doris were born?

Which one is your grandfather ?:
Births Mar 1900
Bell Arthur James Bristol 6a 139

Births Jun 1900
BELL Archibald Clifford Bristol 6a 147

Births Sep 1900
Bell Alfred William Bristol 6a 78

Births Dec 1900
Bell William Alfred Bristol 6a 176
Bell William Arthur Bristol 6a 181

Thank-you

1901 puzzled as no young child in the family
Name: Reina Bell
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Charlotte Bell
Gender: Female
Where born: Bristol

Civil parish: Bristol
Ecclesiastical parish: St Lawrence
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Bristol
Sub-registration district: St George
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 75
Household Members: Name Age
Charlotte Bell 56
Elizabeth Ann Bell 28
Reina Bell 24

Have you got this 1881

Charlotte L. BELL Head W Female 36 Bristol Laundress
Alice M. BELL Daur Female 11 Bristol
Elizth.A. BELL Daur Female 9 Bristol
William J. BELL Son Male 7 Bristol
Alfred L.H. BELL Son Male 6 Bristol
Rosina E. BELL Daur Female 4 Bristol


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Source Information:
Dwelling 18 Windsor Ter
Census Place Westbury On Trym, Gloucester, England
Family History Library Film 1341604
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2503 / 46
Page Number 34

Have you looked on this site to see if anyone has the names in their tree
Good luck,
Liz