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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: meganbutel on Sunday 02 February 20 01:24 GMT (UK)
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I have a collection of photographs from Colonel Arthur S Bell which were sent to my grandfather by him after WW2. They must have become friends as both were in New Guinea during WW2. I don't particularly need them and would love to return them to his family if possible. I did contact a lady via FamilySearch who had put his details on the site but she is a distant relative and wasn't interested in the photos.
My limited results on Google tell me that he fought in both WW1 and WW2. One photo shows him with two friends from WW1 that I know of - Major General Henry G. Nutton (or Nulton) and Alex Campbell.
Colonel Bell was in the 29th Division.
Colonel Bell also fought in WW2 and was in New Guinea in the Pacific. He became a Sherriff and a Prison Warden after WW2. He was in Union County, Elizabeth, New Jersey in the early 1950s. The address on the envelope gives an address of Paul's Cross Roads, Essex County, Virginia.
If I can't find a relative - do you think the US National Archives would be interested in the photographs at all ?
Grateful for any advice.
Kind regards
Megan
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FIND A GRAVE
Col Arthur S Bell 9 September 1894 - 5 February 1983
burial - Oakwood Cemetery. Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200118080
Burnice Marie White - 1897 -1968
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200118100/burnice-marie-white
Sandra
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Virginia Death Record - Arthur Samuel Bell - Birth Date 9 Sep 1894 - 5 February 1983 Tappahannock, Essex, Virginia - aged 88 years.
Father Henry Clay Bell - Mother Alexna Caroline Moody - Spouse Burnice Marie Bell
Military Status yes - Retd Col - US Army/.
Father Henry Clay Bell - Richmond Times - 08 Oct 1937, Fri Page 24
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43462455/henry_clay_bell_8_october_1937/
07 Nov 1945, Wed Page 12
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43462330/lt_col_arthur_s_bell/
The Times Despatch - 12 Jan 1962, Fri Page 2
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43462552/fire_damages_home_of_col_and_mrs_arthur/
Sandra
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1920 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJFF-9DT
1930 census Hanes Avenue Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia.
Arther S Bell 34
Bernice M Bell 32
Dorothy M Bell 12 Virginia L Bell 9
Shirley M Bell 7 Arthur S Bell 0
Joel W White 62 father-in-law
Virginia L White 57 mother-in-law
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CCFK-X3Z
1940 census Ward 1, Woodbridge, Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey,
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4T4-NWM
Sandra
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Thanks Sandra - so he and Bernice did have children - I guess given their ages in 1930 they are not likely to still be alive - however there may be grandchildren. Will hope that someone might know of them or they stumble across this further down the track.
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 - Son - Arthur S Bell Jnr - 7 July 1929 Richmond Virginia - 8 November 2001 - father Arthur S Bell Mother Burnice M White
SSDI - Arthur S. Bell 7 Jul 1929 - 8 November 2001 Last Residence 78155, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas. Issued before 1951 New Jersey.
Sandra
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Dorothy Ardell Bell
Dorothy Ardell Midgley - Dorothy Midgley - 8 May 1918 Richmond Virginia - May 1992
Father Arthur S Bell - Mother Burnice M White
Sandra
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SSDI - Dorothy A. Midgley - Birth Date 8 May 1918 - May 1992
Last Residence: 22560, Tappahannock, Essex, Virginia.
Issued before 1951 New Jersey
Sandra
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SSDI -Shirley B. Robinson - Birth Date 13 Oct 1922 - 3 August 2011
Last Residence: 18707, Mountain Top, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Last Benefit: 33853, Lake Wales, Polk, Florida
Isssued Virginia before 1951
FIND A GRAVE
Burial - Evergreen Cemetery Brooklyn, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108434557
Sandra
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Obituary for Shirley Bell/Robinson - The Times Leader Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
05 Aug 2011, Fri Page 8
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43461004/obituary_for_shirley_b_august/
Sandra
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This might help locate a son "J" born 28 March 1934 -
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ1X-7L3T
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJZL-5TBF
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY3-979S
pm sent with more info.
Sandra
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Thanks Sandra - Saw your personal message but I think I stuffed up the response. Will investigate further.
Megan
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Received ok. Thank you.
Sandra
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Hey Megan!
I know it is a bit old, but just came across your post regarding the photos from Col. Arthur S. Bell. He was my paternal grandfather. If you still have the photos, I would love to have them.
Bill