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John Thomas Bell 1908 – 1980 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Feb 1908

Birth Location: Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota, United States

Death Date: 25 Jun 1980

Death Location: Riverside County, California, USA

Father: Fred Bell

Mother: Daisy Davis

Spouse(s): Dorothy Bell)

Children(s):

Born in 1908 in Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota, United States, John Thomas Bell was the child of Fred Armstrong Bell and Daisy Dean Davis. In time, John Thomas Bell married Dorothy A (wife of John T. Bell). John Thomas Bell died in Riverside County, California, USA in 1980.

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Parents

Fred Bell
1881 – 1918
Birth Location: Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois USA
FB
Daisy Davis
1885 – 1976
Birth Location: Coles Station, Coles Co., Illinois USA
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Spouses(s)

Dorothy Bell)
1913 –
Birth Location: Illinois
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Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 18 Feb 1908
    Event Place: Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota, United States
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, California Death Index, 1940-1997, Social Security Death Index, Web: South Dakota, Find A Grave Index, 1861-2011, Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_1012; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 103-2907, Number: 336-05-8293; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951, Date: 1980-06-25, Year: 1910; Census Place: Bates, Hand, South Dakota; Roll: T624_1481; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0209; FHL microfilm: 1375494

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Bates, Hand, South Dakota
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Bates, Hand, South Dakota; Roll: T624_1481; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0209; FHL microfilm: 1375494

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_1012; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 103-2907

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 01 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_1012; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 103-2907

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 Jun 1980
    Event Place: Riverside County, California, USA
    Record Source: California Death Index, 1940-1997, Social Security Death Index, Web: South Dakota, Find A Grave Index, 1861-2011, Number: 336-05-8293; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951, Date: 1980-06-25

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hand County, South Dakota, USA
    Record Source: Web: South Dakota, Find A Grave Index, 1861-2011
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