Born in Coolreaghs, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of William John Bates
and Martha Jane (Bell) Bates
Sister of
Thomas Robert Bates, Sarah Jane (Bates) Faulkner, Elizabeth (Bates) Nelson, William John Bates, Martha Emma (Bates) Faulkner, Rachel (Bates) Stewart, Edith Caroline Bates, George Wesley Bates, Lucinda Bates and Cecil Archibald Bates
Wife of
James Bell
— married
12 Sep 1924 in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Mother of
Esther (Bell) Campton and David Bell
Died
at age 77
in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Nov 2023
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Biography
Kathleen was born 17 June 1900 at Coolreaghs. She was the daughter of William John Bates and Martha Jane Bell. [1]
On 12 September 1924 she married James Bell. [2]
He was sub-postmaster at Lissan Post Office for many years.
She passed away 26 May 1978 at Mid-Ulster Hospital, having been ill for four years. The funeral was to Claggan churchyard. She was survived by a son, a daughter, 14 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, a brother Cecil Bates, and sister Mrs. Martha Faulkner. The chief mourners were: [3]
- William Bell (son)
- James Campton (son-in-law)
- Cecil Bates (brother)
- Bell and Campton (grandsons)
- Charles (great-grandsons)
- W. J. Bell (cousin)
Sources
- ↑
Birth Registration:
"Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages"
General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 10840; SR District/Reg Area: Cookstown
IrishGenealogy.ie Image - IrishGenealogy.ie Record (accessed 21 November 2023)
Catherine Bates birth 17 June 1900 in the Cookstown Superintendent Registrar's District, mother's maiden name Bell. - ↑ GRONI search: M/1924/L1/1131/5/57 Kathleen Bates + James Bell 12th September 1924 Cookstown
- ↑ "Mrs. Kathleen Bell, Lissan Post Office", Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 08 June 1978
- 1911 Ireland census - Residents of a house 1 in Coolreaghs (Lissan, Tyrone). William John Bates (57, b. Londonderry), M Jane (43, wife), R Thomas (24, son), Wm John (16), Martha Emma (14), Rachel (12), Kathleen (10), Edith Caroline (8), Geo Wesley (5), Henryetta Pearl (3), Cecil Alden (1) all CoI born Tyrone otherwise.
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