James Bell

1839 - 1903  (64 years)

• Name	James Bell
  Birth	1839	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  1871 Census	1871	Canton, Cardiff
  	Civil Engineer
  1841 Census	1881	Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales
  	Bangor Villa
  1891 Census	1891	Canton, Cardiff
  	Civil Engineer
  1901 Census	1901	Barry, Glamorgan
  	Civil Engineer
  Event	1903	Barry
  	Mr. J. Bell, resident engineer of the Barry Railway, died at his residence at Barry Saturday from pneumonia, after an illness of ten days, at the age of sixty-three. The late Mr. Bell succeeded Mr. J. Robinson as resident engineer at Barry some eight years since, and in addition to having charge of the structural arrangements of both the dock and railway of the Barry Company, he superintended the construction of Barry No. 2 dock, the Barry Island Railway, the restoration of the Lady Windsor deep lock, the restoration of the Porthkerry viaduct on the Vale of Glamorgan Railway, and the extensions of the Barry system in the Rhymney Valleys.
  Death	1903	Barry
  	Possibly Jun 1903 Cardiff 11a 226
  Person ID	I162	Bell
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Francis Bell,   b. Abt 1805, Canonbie, Dumfries d. 24 May 1894, Penarth (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Agnes Graham,   b. 1812, Scotland d. Q1 1864, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1836	Woolford, Warwickshire
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza Wheatley,   b. 1843, Ireland d. Q4 1875, Cardiff (Age 32 years)
  Children	1. James Francis Bell,   b. Q4 1862, Meole Brace, Shropshire   2. Eliza Agnes Bell,   b. Q1 1864, Meole Brace, Shropshire   3. Frederick Hugh Bell,   b. 1866, Cardiff d. Q1 1894, Cardiff (Age 28 years)   4. Charles Wheatley Bell,   b. 1868, Cardiff d. Q1 1891, Cardiff (Age 23 years) + 5. John Benjamin Bell,   b. Q3 1870, Cardiff   6. Arthur Ernest Bell,   b. 1872, Cardiff d. Q3 1901, Cardiff (Age 29 years)   7. Gertrude Helen Bell,   b. Q1 1874, Cardiff d. Q2 1874, Cardiff (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F55	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart