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Francis Dillon Bell 1822 – 1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 08 Oct 1822

Birth Location: France

Death Date: 15 Jul 1898

Death Location: at his Shag Valley station, near Palmerston, Otago

Father: Edward BELL

Mother: Frances Matthews

Spouse(s): Margaret Hort

Children(s): Francis Bell, Albert Bell

According to available records, Francis Dillon Bell was born in 1822 in France, the child of Edward Matthew BELL and Frances Matthews. Following those early years, Francis Dillon Bell married Margaret Joachim Hort, and their family grew to include Francis Henry Dillon Bell and Albert Dillon Bell. In the later years of life, Francis Dillon Bell died in 1898 in at his Shag Valley station, near Palmerston, Otago.

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Parents

Edward BELL
1796 –
Birth Location: London, England.
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Frances Matthews
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Hort
– 1892
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Francis Bell
1851 – 1936
Birth Location: Nelson
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Albert Bell
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 08 Oct 1822
    Event Place: France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 15 Jul 1898
    Event Place: at his Shag Valley station, near Palmerston, Otago

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