Elizabeth (Reynolds) Bell (1813 - 1885)

Born 26 Jul 1813 in Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of William Grovenor (Bullock) Grovenor — married 14 Feb 1831 (to 30 Mar 1858) in Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia

Wife of John Bell — married 1866 in Gunning, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1885 at age 71 in Gunning, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Elizabeth Reynolds was born in 1813 at Wilberforce, NSW. She was the daughter of Richard Beale Reynolds (1769-1837) and Sarah Elizabeth (Sterling) Reynolds (1779-1826).

Her mother died in 1826 and in the Colonial Census conducted in November 1828 she is recorded as living with her father and uncle at Wilberforce.

Elizabeth married a convict William Grovenor (Bullock) Grovenor in 1831 at Wilberforce. They are believed to have had four children:

1. William Grovenor (Bullock) Grovenor (1831-1908)
2. James Grovenor Bullock (1833-1834)
3. Richard Grosvenor (1834-1917)
4. Elizabeth Grosvenor (abt.1838-)

The family seem to have been going by the surname 'Grovenor' or 'Grovernor' from around 1834.

In 1839 Elizabeth, along with her brother George Reynolds (1815-1896), became one of the first landholders at Gunning.^[1]

Her husband William passed away in 1858 at Gunning.

Elizabeth then married John Bell (abt.1813-1885), a widower, on 9 April, 1866 at Gunning. She married under the surname Grovenor. The witnesses were Henry and Lydia Saxby. John had previously married Martha Saxby who had passed away.

Elizabeth died on 10 March and was buried on 12 Mar 1885 at the Wesleyan Church, Gunning.

Sources

1. ↑ THE CENTENARY OF GUNNING (1921, October 19). Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), p. 17. Retrieved December 22, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162033187

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 February 2017, 23:38), entry for Elizabeth Reynolds(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K8W9-B8D); contributed by various users.
• Refer to mother's profile
• Possible NSW BDM birth registration 3716/1815 V18153716 1B
• "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTCG-Q2J : 10 February 2018), William Grovenor Bullock and Elizabeth Reynolds, 14 Feb 1831; citing Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia, reference ; FHL microfilm 993,950.
• Family Notices (1885, March 14). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 4. Retrieved December 24, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98439901

See also:

• 'Bell, Elizabeth Ann (1813–1885)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/bell-elizabeth-ann-24554/text, accessed 12 April 2023.
• The Hatch Family in Australia by Marion Warman