Difference between revisions of "William Bell"
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Baren Bell is buried at [[Creswick Cemetery]].<ref>http://www.creswickcemetery.com.au/pioneers-of-the-district, accessed 18 October 2014.</ref> | Baren Bell is buried at [[Creswick Cemetery]].<ref>http://www.creswickcemetery.com.au/pioneers-of-the-district, accessed 18 October 2014.</ref> | ||
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==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
William Walton ‘Baron’ Bell married Eliza Robinson on 21 June 1855 and they produced ten children in the [[Creswick]], Spring Hill vicinity. William was inside the [[Eureka Stockade]] when it was stormed on 3 December 1854. | William Walton ‘Baron’ Bell married Eliza Robinson on 21 June 1855 and they produced ten children in the [[Creswick]], Spring Hill vicinity. William was inside the [[Eureka Stockade]] when it was stormed on 3 December 1854. | ||
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Revision as of 22:26, 6 August 2017
Contents
Background
He was born on 18 November 1852 at CarrShield, Northumberland, England, the son of John Bell and Margaret (Walton). He emigrated to Australia in 1853 on the Tasmania arriving in Melbourne. He immediately started out for Ballarat and worked on the Eureka Lead making and selling mining equipment.[1]
William Bell married Eliza Robinson after producing five children.[2]
Baren Bell is buried at Creswick Cemetery.[3]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
William Walton ‘Baron’ Bell married Eliza Robinson on 21 June 1855 and they produced ten children in the Creswick, Spring Hill vicinity. William was inside the Eureka Stockade when it was stormed on 3 December 1854.
Post 1854 Experiences
William Bell made his mark more as an entrepreneur, speculating in land deals in many parts of Victoria, not all of them successful. So called "Baron" because he wore a fur coat and drove a smart carriage and pair.
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.creswickcemetery.com.au/pioneers-of-the-district, accessed 18 October 2014.
- ↑ http://www.creswickcemetery.com.au/pioneers-of-the-district, accessed 18 October 2014.
