Alexander Melville Bell (1819-1905) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Bell
1 Mar 1819 in

Bornin

Ancestors

Harriet Gaynor Guess

Husband of— married 1 Jan 1898 in New York City, New York, United States

Descendants

7 Aug 1905

at age 86

in

Diedin

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Biography

Alexander Bell is Notable.

A teacher and researcher of physiological phonetics and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution. The inventor of Visible Speech and George Bernard Shaw’s inspiration of the character Henry Higgins in his play Pygmalian.[1]

Alexander, born in 1819, [2] was the son of Alexander Bell and Elizabeth Colville.

He married Eliza Symonds in 1844.[3] They had three children. After the death of Eliza in 1897, he married widow, Harriet Shibley (nee Guess).[4]

In the 1851 Census, living at 13 Hope St Edinburgh:

BELL Alex Melville Head M M 32 Prof Of Elocution & Vocal MLN Edinburgh

BELL Elvia G Wife M F 32 ENG –

BELL Melville J Son U M 5 Scholar MLN Edinburgh

BELL Alexander Son U M 4 MLN Edinburgh

BELL Edward C Son U M 2 MLN Edinburgh

LEMON John Pupil U M 14 Scholar, In Residence ENG –

COUSTON Catherine Servt U F 23 House Servant FIF Dunfermline

SYME Catherine Servt U F 20 House Servant FIF Inverkeithing [5].

In the 1861 Census, living at 1 South Charlotte St, Edinburgh:

Alexander M Bell Head Male 42 Professor of Elocution Midlothian

Eliza Frace Bell Wife Female 42

Melville J Bell Son Male 15 Scholar Midlothian

Edward C Bell Son Male 12 Scholar Midlothian[6].

He passed away in 1905.[7] ”

” … funeral held at the residence of his son Alexander Graham Bell … interment in the family lot in Rock Creek Cemetery … relatives … Charles J. Bell, a nephew, Miss Aileen Bell, sister of Charles J. Bell, David C. Fairchild, son-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell …”[8]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/readouts/the-telephone-gambit-chasing-alexander-graham-bells-secret-2/
2. ↑ Scotlands People Church registers – Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms – Surname: BELL / Forename: ALEXANDER MELVI / Parents/ Other Details: ALEXANDER BELL/ELIZABETH COLVILL FR4088 (FR4088) / Gender: M / Date: 01/03/1819 / Parish Number: 685/2 / Ref: 140 455 / Parish: St Cuthbert’s
3. ↑ “Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTN3-FZ5 : 10 February 2018), Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds, 19 Jul 1844; citing Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,695.
4. ↑ “New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZC-Q8L : 10 February 2018), Alexander Bell and Harriet Guess Shibley, 01 Jan 1898; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,503,766.
5. ↑ “Scottish General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5903d82ae9379091b1fb4585 : viewed 28 Mar 2021), Alexander BELL in household of Alex Melville BELL, 13, Hope Street, Midlothian, Scotland; from 1851 “England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images; citing The National Archives /685, Folio 734, Page 18, Schedule 72, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ “Scotland Census, 1861.” Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 4 February 2020. From “1861 England, Scotland & Wales census.” Database. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : 2012. Citing PRO RG 9. The National Archives UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ “District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7TR-Y31 : accessed 1 December 2018), Alexander Melville Bell, 07 Aug 1905, District of Columbia, United States; citing reference ID cn 162533, District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,115,233.
8. ↑ “Health Office Record” in The Washington Post, 9 Aug 1905;
   “Funeral of Prof. Bell” in The Washington Post, 10 Aug 1905 pg 7

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Mike Bell for creating Bell-7344 on 20 Sep 13.

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