Louis was born 9 Jan 1858, in Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts.[1]
He is listed as entry no. 1197, and the town clerk appears to have written his name as "Lewis Lapolian." The parents are also given the surname "Lapolian." However, a line-by-line review of the birth register for Millbury (1858) reveals no other male child with this birth date, and the information listed for his parents, including their names (Charles & Elizabeth), places of birth (Canada) and Charles's occupation as "moulder" all conform to information found in other records for this family.
This family has not been found in the 1860 U.S. census, as of 14 Dec 2023.
This person was listed in the 1865 Massachusetts State census, living with his family in Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts.[2]
In the 1870 census Napoleon (age 13) was in Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[3]
In the 1880 census Louis (age 21), Louis's occupation is listed as "works In Woolen Mill," and is identified as the unmarried son of Charles Bell in Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.[4]
Louis (age 24), son of Charles & Elizabeth, married Mary G. Coyle (age 22 y) on 2 June 1881 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.[5]
Louis's son Arthur F Bell was born on 16 May 1883 in Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.[6]
Lewis's son Lewis Bell was born in 1886 in Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. N.B. Louis is identified as "Lewis."[7]
Louis's daughter Margaret Etta Bell was born on 21 November 1889 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[8][9]
Louis N. Bell is listed in the 1891 Leominster city directory.[10]
Louis's son Alfred Coyle Bell was born on 29 May 1895 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[11][12]
Louis's son Harold William Bell was born in 1897 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[13]
Louis's son Louis H Bell died on 8 April 1898 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[14][15]
In the 1900 census Lewis (age 41) was the married head of household in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. The family surname is indexed in Ancestry as "RALL," which made finding the family difficult.[16]
Louis, son of Charles Bell & Victoria Burrasard Bell, died (age 43) on 8 April 1901 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.[17]
Louis died on 8 April 1901 and was buried in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[18]
Louis's son Arthur Francis Bell married Elizabeth Agnes Cashion on 21 July 1906 in Bennington, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.[19][20]
Lewis's daughter Margaret E Bell married Percy Illingworth on 31 August 1910 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[21]
Lewis's daughter Margaret E Bell married Percy Illingworth on 31 August 1910 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.[22][23]
Louis's son Alfred Coyle Bell married Agnes May Joyce on 23 June 1924 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.[24][25][26]
Louis N. Bell has a memorial on Find A Grave, but there is no indication when the gravestone was erected..[27]
Sources
↑ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920; Louis Napoleon Bell Birth in Millbury Town Register
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XH57-6K9?cc=1928860 : 14 November 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.
↑1870 Census:
"United States Census, 1870"
citing Page: 28; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 26; Digital film/folder number: 004271395; FHL microfilm: 000552153; Image number: 443; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01515-5
FamilySearch Record: MDQ6-8M3 (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DCD3-YR1
Napoleon Bell (13) in Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Massachusetts.
↑1880 Census:
"United States Census, 1880"
citing Volume: 2; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00053; Digital film/folder number: 005160799; FHL microfilm: 1254538; Image number: 378; Sheet number: 49; Sheet letter: D; Packet letter: E; Indexing batch: C56803-1
FamilySearch Record: MH65-N7W (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBX-46N
Louis Bell (21), single son, Works In Woolen Mill, in household of Charles Bell (56) in Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Massachusetts, United States.
↑Marriage:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004279611; FHL microfilm: 001433042; Record number: 232; Packet letter: E
FamilySearch Record: NWB7-8P1 (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-X929-L7T Image number 00340
Louis M Bell (24) marriage to Mary G. Coyle (22y) on 2 Jun 1881 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Birth of son Arthur F Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Page: item2 p42 cn1885; Digital film/folder number: 004341201; FHL microfilm: 1428205; Record number: 18; Packet letter: G
FamilySearch Record: FXDH-DPP (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DC4S-7XM Image number 00486
Arthur F Bell born to Louis Bell on 16 May 1883 in Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Birth of son Lewis Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004341204; FHL microfilm: 1428209; Record number: 203; Packet letter: A
FamilySearch Record: FXD2-5N6 (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-68D7-VFX Image number 00464
Lewis Bell born to Lewis Bell in 1886 in Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Birth of daughter Margaret Etta Bell:
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007011589; FHL microfilm: 2313271
FamilySearch Record: VQFM-WHR (accessed 14 December 2023)
Margaret Etta Bell born to Louis N on 21 Nov 1889 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Birth of daughter Margaret Etta Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Page: item 147 p 382; Digital film/folder number: 004077253; FHL microfilm: 1428243; Record number: 221; Packet letter: A
FamilySearch Record: FXWX-D38 (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6G23-K4G Image number 00557
Margaret Etta Bell born to Louis N Bell on 21 Nov 1889 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
↑
1891 Leominster, MA Directory
The Price & Lee Co., compiler, Leominster Directory 1891-1892 (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Co.), p. 23, Louis N. Bell; imaged in "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/9925183 : accessed 29 October 2023), Massachusetts>Leominster>1891.
↑Birth of son Alfred Coyle Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004341219; FHL microfilm: 1651229; Record number: 250; Packet letter: A
FamilySearch Record: FXX4-6XH (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DZPS-3DH Image number 00478
Alfred Coyle Bell born to Louis in 1895 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Birth of son Alfred Coyle Bell:
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007011589; FHL microfilm: 2313271; Record number: 102; Packet letter: G
FamilySearch Record: F4KN-5QM (accessed 14 December 2023)
Alfred Coyle Bell born to Louis N on 29 May 1895 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Birth of son Harold William Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004341224; FHL microfilm: 1843700; Record number: 148; Packet letter: L
FamilySearch Record: FXXL-QY8 (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6LLS-7G3 Image number 00523
Harold William Bell born to Louis N Bell in 1897 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Death of son Louis H Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004225846; FHL microfilm: 961527; Record number: 53; Packet letter: C
FamilySearch Record: NWC7-LZS (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6W27-TW7 Image number 22
Louis N Bell in death record for son Louis H Bell 1898 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Death of son Louis H Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004225845; FHL microfilm: 961526; Record number: 53; Packet letter: B
FamilySearch Record: NWSK-YDC (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DCBK-PC Image number 736
Louis N Bell in death record for son Louis H Bell 8 Apr 1898 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
↑1900 Census:
"United States Census, 1900"
citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 92; Digital film/folder number: 004114467; FHL microfilm: 1240693; Image number: 91; Sheet number: 5; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00683-9
FamilySearch Record: M9BQ-GVH (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-67VX-8L
Lewis Rall (41), married head of household in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Massachusetts.
↑Death:
"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007011590; FHL microfilm: 2313272; Record number: 18; Packet letter: G
FamilySearch Record: FHG8-1P8 (accessed 14 December 2023)
Louis N Bell death 8 Apr 1901 (age 43), son of Charles Bell & Victoria Burrasard Bell, in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Burial:
"Find A Grave Index"
citing record ID 132201327, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
FamilySearch Record: QVGY-5MWR (accessed 14 December 2023)
Find A Grave: Memorial #132201327
Louis N Bell burial (died on 8 Apr 1901) in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America. Born in 1858.
↑Marriage of son Arthur Francis Bell:
"New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004245677; FHL microfilm: 2057583; Image number: 3688; Packet letter: E; Indexing batch: I09270-8
FamilySearch Record: FLCM-Y6Z (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6S8S-FJ1
Louis N Bell's son Arthur Francis Bell marriage to Elizabeth Agnes Cashion in 1906 in New Hampshire, United States.
↑Marriage of son Arthur Francis Bell:
"New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007578128; FHL microfilm: 2168696; Record number: 436; Packet letter: A
FamilySearch Record: FDKZ-2MJ (accessed 14 December 2023)
Louis N Bell's son Arthur Francis Bell marriage to Elizabeth Agnes Cashion on 21 Jul 1906 in Bennington, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
↑Marriage of daughter Margaret E Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007011274; FHL microfilm: 2258330; Record number: 147; Packet letter: L
FamilySearch Record: FHLZ-Q62 (accessed 14 December 2023)
Lewis N Bell's daughter Margaret E Bell marriage to Percy Illingworth on 31 Aug 1910 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Marriage of daughter Margaret E Bell:
"New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004246728; FHL microfilm: 2069376; Image number: 2965; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: I09773-6
FamilySearch Record: FL6B-4MK (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DY86-59
Lewis N's daughter Margaret E Bell marriage to Percy Illingworth in 1910 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
↑Marriage of daughter Margaret E Bell:
"New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004266389; Image number: 212
FamilySearch Record: QPMX-LG22 (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C955-TW6L-K
Lewis N's daughter Margaret E Bell marriage to Percy Illingworth on 31 Aug 1910 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
↑Marriage of son Alfred Coyle Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007721330; FHL microfilm: 000577300
FamilySearch Record: Q2ZM-1R5F (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9BF-49FB-J Image number 00489
Louis N Bell's son Alfred Coyle Bell marriage to Agnes May Joyce on 23 Jun 1924 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Marriage of son Alfred C Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 107543661; Record number: 0
FamilySearch Record: 6CYJ-GSR1 (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3QHK-93G6-J7JF Image number 00430
Louis N's son Alfred C Bell marriage to Agnes M Joyce on 23 Jun 1924 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
↑Marriage of son Alfred Coyle Bell:
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
citing Digital film/folder number: 107553148; Record number: 0
FamilySearch Record: 6CYK-1GXV (accessed 14 December 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-B3GK-38QZ Image number 00055
Louis N Bell's son Alfred Coyle Bell marriage to Agnes May Joyce on 23 Jun 1924 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
↑
Find A Grave - Louis N. Bell
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 July 2020), memorial page for Louis N Bell (1858–8 Apr 1901), Find a Grave Memorial no. 132201327, citing Saint Leo Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Colleen McCarthy Sanborn (contributor 48177887) .
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132201327 : 15 July 2020)
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