He immigrated from Auckland, New Zealand on March 9th, 1920 to Seattle, King, Washington, United States on the ship Niagara[3].
He married Annie M Hart on 26 December 1929 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States[4][5].
He was living in Toledo, Lincoln, Oregon, United States in 1930 [6].
He became a naturalized citizen on May 22 1934 in Portland, Oregon[7]
He was recorded in Tract 16, Portland, Portland City Election Precinct 214, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1940 being in the same residence in 1935[8]
He went back to New Zealand shortly afterwards as he went back to the United States on 23 January 1941 on the Ship Empress of Russia[9][10].
He was living in Portland, Oregon, United States in 1942[11]
He died in December 1961 in Marion County, Oregon[12].
↑ "Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KY2M-Z2V : 12 March 2018), John J W Bell, 1920; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,454,983.
↑ "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZV-9YTK : 28 November 2018), John W Bell and Annie M Hart, 26 Dec 1929, Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 007744873.
↑ "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMN-MNP1 : 28 November 2018), John W Bell and Annie M Wood Hart, 26 Dec 1929, Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 100144782.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC9J-VSL : accessed 22 July 2018), John W Bell, Toledo, Lincoln, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 7B, line 56, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1944; FHL microfilm 2,341,678.
↑ According to "Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK3T-T5T4 : 16 March 2018), John Wilson Bell, 1940-1949; citing M1465, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 25, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,549,411.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRT5-5VS : accessed 22 July 2018), John W Bell, Tract 16, Portland, Portland City Election Precinct 214, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37-293, sheet 1B, line 72, family 25, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3390.
↑ "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPMR-QMR : 27 November 2014), John Wilson Bell, 23 Jan 1941; from "Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Ship Empress of Russia, arrival port Victoria, British Columbia, New Zealand, line 1, NARA microfilm publication M1465, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 25.
↑ "Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK3T-T5T4 : 16 March 2018), John Wilson Bell, 1940-1949; citing M1465, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 25, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,549,411.
↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJT-2MM7 : 13 October 2017), John Wilson Bell, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZW1-BMP : 11 December 2014), John W Bell, 1961; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Marion, Oregon, certificate number 15764, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
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