Matthew Fairs BELL

1864 - 1939  (75 years)

• Name	Matthew Fairs BELL
  Birth	21 Oct 1864	South Pelaw Colliery Co Durham
  	Ancestry Select Births and Christenings 1891 Census
  Baptism	11 Dec 1864	Chester le Street Co Durham
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  Gender	Male
  Burial	1939	Tudhoe Cemetery Tudhoe Co Durham
  	Find a Grave website Memorial ID 223618575 Birth 1864 Death 25 Oct 1939 (aged 75) Sedgefield Burial Tudhoe Cemetery Tudhoe Plot G, 1083
  Death	25 Oct 1939	Winterton Hospital Sedgefield Co Durham
  	FreeBMD Dec 1939 Durham S E 10a 193 aged 75 Ancestry Wills & Probate Matthew F Bell of 17 South Street Spennymoor who died 25th Oct 1939 at Durham County Mental Hospital Winterton. Probate Durham 8th Jul 1939 to Albert Bell colliery joiner and Dora Wallace (wife of Liddle Wallace) Effects £916 5s 6d
  Person ID	I995	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	John BELL,   b. 1839, Jarrow Co Durham
  Mother	Jane Ann FAIRS,   b. 1838, Wideopen Northumberland
  Marriage	22 May 1859	Heworth Co Durham
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  Family ID	F1661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine EDWARDS,   b. 3 Jan 1868, Spennymoor Co Durham d. 26 Dec 1941 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1888
  	FreeBMD Sept 1888 Durham 10a 481
  Children	+ 1. Dora BELL,   b. 22 May 1889   d. 22 Dec 1958, Crossgate Hospital Durham Co Durham (Age 69 years) + 2. Esther BELL,   b. 1891, Tudhoe Co Durham   3. Ann Helena BELL,   b. 1893, Tudhoe Co Durham   4. Albert BELL,   b. 1895, Tudhoe Co Durham   5. Chrissie BELL,   b. 1897, Tudhoe Co Durham   6. Richard BELL,   b. 1900, Tudhoe Co Durham
  Family ID	F335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  1871 RG10 4991 99 at South Pelaw Cottages son single aged 6 born South Pelaw 1881 RG11 4990 52 at Thormley Terrace Tow Law son single apprentice joiner aged 16 born Pelton 1891 RG12 4101 126 at 92 Tudhoe Colliery head married colliery joiner aged 26 born South Pelaw Colliery. 1901 RG13 4681 12 at 92 Front Street Tudhoe Colliery head married colliery joiner aged 36 born Pelaw 1911 RG14 29948 100 at 103 Tudhoe Colliery 4 rooms head married colliery joiner aged 46 born South Pelaw 1921 RG15 24619 99 at 103 Tudhoe Colliery head married joiner & shaftsman at Tudhoe Colliery (out of work) aged 56 & 8 months born Chester le Street