Margaret BellAge: 201840–1861
- Name
- Margaret Bell
- Given names
- Margaret
- Surname
- Bell
- Married Name
- Margaret Wallis
| Birth | 13 September 1840 Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Note: Birth date estimated from comment in newspaper report of her death in 1861: "age 21 years" |
| Baptism | 11 October 1840 (Age 28 days) Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Baptism - Margaret Bell - 1840 |
| History | 1840 Note: Queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert, who becomes Prince Consort.<br />Penny post started.<br />S.F.B. Morse invents the telegraph.<br />Grammar Schools Act. |
| History | 1842 (Age 15 months) Note: Chartist Riots.<br />Copyright Act.<br />Potato Failure in Europe, starvation in Ireland. Corn Laws (which had kept up the price of grain) repealed. |
| History | 1849 (Age 8) Note: Gold discovered in California and Australia. |
| History | 1850 (Age 9) Note: Telegraph cable laid under English Channel. |
| History | 1851 (Age 10) Note: Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace). |
| History | 1853 (Age 12) Note: Crimean War. |
| History | 1855 (Age 14) Note: Livingston discovers Victoria Falls. |
| Marriage | Joseph Bell Wallis - View family 15 January 1857 (Age 16) Finniss, South Australia, Australia Address: Residence of William Bowman |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 27 April 1857 (Age 16) Finniss, South Australia, Australia
daughter -
Jane Bell Wallis
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| History | 1857 (Age 16) Note: The Mutiny (India). |
| History | 1858 (Age 17) Note: First Atlantic cable laid. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 14 May 1859 (Age 18) Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
daughter -
Mary Ann Bell Wallis
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| History | 1861 (Age 20) Note: Albert dies, Victoria retires into mourning.<br />American Civil War. |
| Death | 12 May 1861 (Age 20) Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia Coroners report - death of Margaret Bell Wallis - 1861 Liverpool Mercury - Report of Margaret Wallis' death in Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
John Bell
Death Yes |
| mother |
Ann Wylie
Death Yes |
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Marriage: Yes |
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| #1 herself |
Margaret Bell
Birth 13 September 1840 Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1861 (Age 20) Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia |
| Family with Joseph Bell Wallis - View family |
| husband |
Joseph Bell Wallis
Birth 28 December 1829 45 23 Bordeaux, France Death 13 December 1878 Age: 48 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia |
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11 years herself |
Margaret Bell
Birth 13 September 1840 Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Death 12 May 1861 (Age 20) Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia |
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Marriage: 15 January 1857 — Finniss, South Australia, Australia |
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3 months #1 daughter |
Jane Bell Wallis
Birth 27 April 1857 27 16 Finniss, South Australia, Australia Death 1906 (Age 48) Age: 45 Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years #2 daughter |
Mary Ann Bell Wallis
Birth 14 May 1859 29 18 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia Death 11 September 1861 Age: 2 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia |
| Joseph Bell Wallis + Ellen Hern - View family |
| husband |
Joseph Bell Wallis
Birth 28 December 1829 45 23 Bordeaux, France Death 13 December 1878 Age: 48 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia |
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9 years husband's wife |
Ellen Hern
Birth 20 November 1838 27 25 Bromley, Middlesex, England Death 17 October 1921 Age: 82 Condah, Victoria, Australia |
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Marriage: 1866 — Victoria, Australia |
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3 years #1 step-daughter |
Ellen Bell Wallis
Birth 1869 39 30 Dundas, Victoria, Australia Death Yes |
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3 years #2 step-son |
William John Wallis
Birth 8 July 1871 41 32 Dundas Station, Victoria, Australia Death 22 October 1952 (Age 81) Hamilton, Victoria, Australia |
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18 months #3 step-son |
Joseph Bell Wallis
Birth 1873 43 34 Dundas, Victoria, Australia Death Yes |
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3 years #4 step-son |
James Bartholmew Wallis
Birth 1876 46 37 Dundas, Victoria, Australia Death Yes |
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1 year #5 step-son |
Thomas David Wallis
Birth 1877 47 38 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia Death 1964 (Age 87) Age: 86 Benalla, Victoria, Australia |
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