Bell family, Cambusnethan

[ScotFamTed]

Hi there, I'm researching the Bell family of Wishaw, in particular, John Bell c1821, ironfounder married to Margaret Hamilton c1844. If anyone else out there is researching this family, please get in touch.

Thank you

[Lodger]

Just to confirm what you suspected after seeing the gravestone photograph, John Bell is buried in the old Kirkhill ground next to the river Clyde. Here is the entry from the gravediggers Day Book -

JOHN BELL, house proprietor. Wishaw, aged 78 years, widower.
Parents - William Bell & Margaret Gourlie.
Interred in Clyde burial ground on 23rd November 1868.

Other entries for the Clyde burial ground that may be of interest to you -

ELIZABETH HAMILTON BELL, Wishaw, aged 65 years, unmarried.
Parents - William Bell & Helen Hamilton.
Interred 31st March 1914.

WILLIAM BELL, wood merchant, Wishaw, aged 55 years, married.
Parents - John Bell & Janet Morton.
Interred 3rd February 1872.

JESSIE BELL, Wishaw, aged 49 years, unmarried.
Parents - John Bell & Janet Morton.
Interred 10th June 1872.

JOHN MORTON BELL, Wishaw, aged 5 years.
Parents - John Bell & Margaret Hamilton.
Interred 1st December 1875.

There are a couple of entries for children of Thomas Bell & Jane Ferguson, ring any bells? 

Finally, an entry from the Day Book for the private burial ground at Cambusnethan, next to the municipal cemetery -

THE LEG OF ARCHIBALD BELL.
Parents - Archibald Bell & Martha Aitken.
Interred in plot No.6, 28th September 1870.

No mention of what happened to the rest of the unfortunate Archibald!

[ScotFamTed]

WOW!!! Thanks so much for this Lodger! These records are all from the Bell family that I'm researching! (apart from the unfortunate Archibald....... ) The names Hamilton/Morton/Gourlie as midde names run right through this family! Many thanks! Would you be able to furnish me with any details re: the 'gravediggers day book' where you found this info? Would I be able to buy a copy anywhere?

[Lodger]

Here's one I missed -

GEORGE BELL, overseer. Wishaw, aged 48 years, unmarried.
Parents - John Bell & Janet Morton.
Interred in the Clyde burial ground 15th April 1875.

[ScotFamTed]

Thanks again Lodger 

In answer to your question

There are a couple of entries for children of Thomas Bell & Jane Ferguson, ring any bells? 

Yes! Thomas is the son of John Bell & Janet Morton

[Lodger]

OK, two more, both buried at Kirkhill.

RACHEL BELL, Wishaw, aged 15 years.
Parents - Thomas Bell & Jane Ferguson.
Interred on 5th May 1876.

JOHN BELL, Main Street Wishaw, aged 49 years, unmarried.
Parents - Thomas Bell & Jane Ferguson.
Interred on 10th November 1913.