Elizabeth Somerset Bell: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

1.	Elizabeth Somerset Bell was born on 17 May 1916 (daughter of Kenneth Somerset Bell and Edith Juliet Marianne Wylie); died in Jul 1982 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes: 1820 Lineage: Yes Elizabeth married Jan Buytenhek [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Kenneth Somerset Bell was born on 7 Jan 1882 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of William Henry Somerset Bell and Charlotte Elizabeth Wood Wood); died on 15 Nov 1934 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Occupation: a Civil Engineer

Kenneth married Edith Juliet Marianne Wylie in 1914 in St Georges Church, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Edith was born on 27 Sep 1886 in England; died on 18 Feb 1980 in Harare, Zimbabwe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith Juliet Marianne Wylie was born on 27 Sep 1886 in England; died on 18 Feb 1980 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Children:

1. Elizabeth Somerset Bell was born on 17 May 1916; died in Jul 1982 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Fitzwilliam Christopher Somerset Bell
Beatrice Anne Somerset Bell

Generation: 3

William Henry Somerset Bell was born on 1 Aug 1856 in Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of Major Charles Harland Bell and Sarah Jarvis); died on 16 Oct 1939 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

William married Charlotte Elizabeth Wood Wood on 3 Aug 1880. Charlotte (daughter of George Samuel Wood and Frances Elizabeth Cotterell Hoole) was born on 12 May 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Jun 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jul 1930 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlotte Elizabeth Wood Wood was born on 12 May 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Jun 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of George Samuel Wood and Frances Elizabeth Cotterell Hoole); died on 10 Jul 1930 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Married by Special licence

Children:

2. Kenneth Somerset Bell was born on 7 Jan 1882 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Nov 1934 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Mabel Somerset Bell was born in 1883; died in 1963.
Graham Somerset Bell was born on 13 Nov 1887; died on 9 Jun 1940 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal, South Africa.
Madge Somerset Bell was born on 8 Apr 1890 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Nov 1966 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 4

Major Charles Harland Bell was born on 6 Apr 1830 in Jamaica, West Indies; died on 2 Jul 1881 in Hlotse Heights, Basutoland; was buried in St Saviou's Church, Hlotse Heights, Basutoland.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Charles Harland Bell

Notes:

In 1871 he was the Resident Magistrate in Leribe, Basutoland
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Was Magistrate at Leribe, Basutoland from 1871 to 1881 and was killed while stationed at Thlotse Heights during the Basuto War. A tablet set into the side of the little Anglican Church of St Saviour at Leribe reads : "In memory of Major Charles Harland BELL "Majorabella" late 63rd Regiment and Cape Mounted Rifles. Died 2nd July 1881, aged 51 years."

Charles + Sarah Jarvis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Jarvis (daughter of George Jarvis, 1820 Settler and Maria Aletta Langeveld).

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes
Name: Sarah (Dolly) Jarvis

Children:

Charles George Harland Bell was born on 28 Sep 1853 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 12 Aug 1908.
Fitzwilliam Edward Carey Bell
4. William Henry Somerset Bell was born on 1 Aug 1856 in Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Oct 1939 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Beatrice Aleta Bell
Emma Ethel Bell

10.

George Samuel Wood was born on 8 Jan 1828 in Fort Brown, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Apr 1828 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of George Alfred Wood, 1820 Settler and Susannah Garbett, 1820 Settler); died on 29 Aug 1884 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Auctioneer, First Mayor of Grahamstown, and a Member of the Legislative Council for the Cape Province.

George married Frances Elizabeth Cotterell Hoole in May 1849. Frances (daughter of James Hoole, 1820 Settler and Jane Cotterell, 1820 Settler) was born in 1829 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 Apr 1843 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Sep 1908 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Frances Elizabeth Cotterell Hoole was born in 1829 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 Apr 1843 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of James Hoole, 1820 Settler and Jane Cotterell, 1820 Settler); died on 26 Sep 1908 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

1820 Lineage: Yes

Children:

George Alfred James Wood was born on 14 May 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 25 Jul 1850 in Trinity Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Sep 1922 in Vincent, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Edwin Able Wood was born on 24 Apr 1853 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Aug 1856 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
James Garbett Wood was born on 22 Jan 1855 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Apr 1855 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1858 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Harriet Jane Wood Wood was born on 13 Jul 1857 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 13 Sep 1857 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Mar 1924 in Thornhill farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
5. Charlotte Elizabeth Wood Wood was born on 12 May 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Jun 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jul 1930 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Francis Garbett Wood Wood was born on 26 Jan 1861 in West Hill, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 19 Mar 1861 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Apr 1920 in Woodbourne, Drostdy, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Florence Emily Wood Wood was born on 25 Feb 1862 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Nov 1876 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Eleanor Kiell Wood Wood was born on 2 Jun 1864 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 4 Sep 1864 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 31 Aug 1916 in Woodbourne, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Josephine Ethel Wood Wood was born on 22 Jan 1874 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Apr 1965 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.