This blog relates to the ancestors of Olive Bell who was the wife of noted Sheffield artist Kenneth Steel. Olive wad a victim of the Sheffield Blitz in December 1940
A researcher sent me this information as he is distantly related to Olive (3rd Cousin x 2 Removed.) and thought that I should record it in the Blog. He was right!
The events that led to Alfred Bell's tragic death had their origins in this fatal accident as reported in the Bridport News dated 16th May 1868
"Kenneth (Steel) as you know married Olive Bell. Olive is from my Bell line her father was Harold Alfred Bell b. 10 Jan 1893 d. 07 Jun 1965 who married Aloysie Henriette "Louisa Henrietta" Frölich in 1914. Louisa was b. 30 Aug 1891 and d. In Q4 1990 aged 99. She was born in Manhattan, New York the daughter of German immigrants.
Olive's fathers middle name Alfred was from his grandfather who while in a drunken state took a bet to dive into the River Don from the Bow Bridge in Rotherham and died as a result of it on 21 Jun 1868. He was my 3rd great-granduncle and his brother John Swinden Bell was my 3x G Grandfather".
Sheffield Independent dated 23rd June 1868
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