George Bell

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DSA Architect Biography Report (December 10, 2012, 4:04 am)
Basic Biographical Details
Name: George Bell I
Designation: Architect
Born: 31 July 1814
Died: 4 January 1887
Bio Notes: George Bell was born on 31 July 1814 in Lanarkshire, the son of John Bell and Agnes Donaldson (W J Johnston) and James Bell, builder and his wife Margaret Briggs (Iain Paterson), and joined the office of William Burn, having previously worked in the London office of Archibald Elliot II and his brother Alexander. In 1841 he made a joint competition entry with William Clarke (born 1809), while both were still in Burn's employ, for Lanarkshire County Buildings and the Merchant's House of Glasgow in which it was 'a condition

George married Beatrice Turnbull on 19 Feb 1852 in Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
marriage also registered Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland

1. James Robert Bell was born on 12 Jun 1853 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; was christened on 3 Jul 1853 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.
2. George Bell was born on 9 Jul 1854 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; was christened on 13 Aug 1854 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.

George married Eliza Jenkins Turner on 15 Sep 1869 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK. Eliza (daughter of John Turner and Margaret Hunter Boag) was born on 15 Jun 1839 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK; was christened on 16 Jul 1839 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK; died in 1879 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eliza Roberta Bell was born on 24 Jun 1870 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.
2. Meta Bell was born on 30 Jul 1871 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.

James married Margaret Briggs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]