Bell, Grocer, Fruiterer, Hull

[robrose]

Hi
Searching for the parents of HENRY SENIOR BELL b 1881 Sculcoates

I believe he was a grocer / fruiterer and lived at 76 Northumberland Avenue (1918)

There is a suggestion that his father was George Henry Bell, mother Lucy A Lowe (or Mary A Senior)

He had a brother George Senior Bell

Would anyone know of any kind of fruiterer / grocer register for Hull aroung this time ?

Regards

Rob
 

[Isobelruss]

1881
RG11 4757/162/41

1 Wilkinson Terrace,Sculcoates

George H Bell 28 oil miller b Hull
Lucy A 27 wife b ditto
Walter 6 son b ditto
George S 6mths son b ditto

there was also Lucy 2 dau b ditto in Hull Infirmary as a patient

[Isobelruss]

1891
RG12 3927/8/9
51 Lincoln Street,Sculcoates,Kingston upon Hull

George H Bell 38 widower oil miller b Hull
Walter 16 son saw mill labourer b ditto
Lucy 12 dau scholar b ditto
Henry 9 son ditto b ditto
George 2 son b ditto

They must have had 2 Georges

[Isobelruss]

1901
RG13 4490/59/17
56 Westmoreland Street,Sculcoates.Town

George Hy 48 widower labourer tramways b Hull
Walter 26 son oil miller b ditto
Lucy 22 dau housemaid/domestic b ditto
Henry 19 son bricklayer b ditto
John 16 son labourer painters b ditto
Sarah E 13 dau b ditto
John 12 son b ditto

[robrose]

Thanks Isobel
The census info confirms what I have found - I think the George & Henry Bell in the census have the middle name Senior

The story is;
Amy Green married James Attwood in Hull.
They had 5 children (surnames Attwood)
Amy then 'runs away' with Henry Bell (known as Harry) and is found in Salford, 1911
Amy takes 2 of her children to Salford (they call themselves Bell)
in the meantime her husband James Attwood is in Hull with the 2 remaining / living children

while in Salford Amy / Harry Bell have 4 more children (2 sets of twins all died at birth)

Amy / Harry return to Hull (1913 ish) where they have 3 more children - Leonard Bell (my grandad), Marion ATTWOOD Bell & Morton ATTWOOD Bell !(certs state Harry Bell as father)

1923 - Amy marries Captain William Richards in Cardiff - 2 of her sons Sydney Attwood & Leonard Bell live with her in Cardiff. 1 remaining son James Attwood stays in Hull

Never found a death for her first husband, she never divorced him, never married Henry Bell.
On all birth certs, father is always Harry Bell, grocer / fruiterer
According to Leonard Bell's marriage cert, (1936 Cardiff) his father was GEORGE Bell - merchant - deceased ?

Rob