« Reply #91 on: Thursday 04 August 05 10:56 BST (UK) »
Looks like thats John's family. As I noticed on IGI that some of his sisters were christened in Knarsdale, where John states he was born in 1881.
Jane Bell - 8 Aug 1845
Jane Bell - 21 Aug 1846
Margaret Bell - 19 Mar 1848
Holly
If these are John's (Philip's daughter Margaret's husband so no Bell confusion) that would give a marriage date for (father) John and Barbara before 1845.
Barbara must have died between 1861 and 71:
1871 Hartleyburn, Halton Lea Gate
John Bell widower 53 coal miner
Mary Ann dau 18 general servant
John son 13 coal miner all born Haltwhistle
TOLHURST - Hastings OSBORN - East Sussex
GOLDSACK - Hastings & Kent
HAINES - IOW, Portsmouth ALEXANDRE - Guernsey
CLARKE - Portsmouth BREEDON - Portsmouth, Nottinghamshire
HORNBY, KING, WILKENS, GOODAIR - all London
GRAHAM - Portsmouth, briefly Canada, Fife
MCINTOCH, STEWART, DUNSYRE, SIM, BONAR, RUSSELL, TRAIL - Fife
HUGHES - Glamorgan, Herefordshire NICHOLAS - Breconshire
ROSE, KEMP, SEAGER, SIMS, KNEE, BOX - Wiltshire