Ann BELL

1823 - 1910  (87 years)

• Name	Ann BELL
  Born	15 Mar 1823	White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [1]
  Christened	24 May 1824  [2]
  	Ann's baptism, by John McLennan, was recorded at St. John's Presbyterian Church, Belfast, P.E.I.; her parents were listed as living in Murray Harbour.
  Gender	Female
  Alt. Birth	21 Feb 1824  [3]
  Buried	May 1910	Murray Harbour Cemetery, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [4]
  	Buried plot # F249 with husband and other family members.
  Died	30 May 1910	White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I193	Nosworthy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	James BELL, Sr.,   b. Scotland ,   d. Nov 1879, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Mother	Mary Anne WATSON,   b. Abt 1796, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F412	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John BROOKS,   b. 23 Jan 1823, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 13 Aug 1904, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	11 Jan 1847	White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [5]
  	John BROOKS, Bachelor, White Sands, married Ann BELL, Spinster. Witnesses: James BELL, Thomas BROOKS, James GLOVER and William BELL. Married by licence on 11 January 1847 by James Richards, J. P. [1]
  Address	1881	Abney, Lot 64, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [6]
  Address	1891	Lot 64, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [7]
  Address	1901	Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [3]
  	John and Ann moved to their home in Murray Harbour, which they purchased from John Cowan; they remained there for the rest of their lives. Their house they left behind in White Sands, became home for Henry E. BREHAUT and their daughter, Belle, who had returned from the United States with their children.
  Children	1. Mary BROOKS,   b. 28 Apr 1847, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1882, Buffalo, Erie, New York, U.S.A.  (Age 35 years)   2. William BROOKS,   b. Feb 1849, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 26 Oct 1872, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada  (Age ~ 23 years)   3. Frances Brown "Fanny" BROOKS,   b. 15 Mar 1851, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 1928, Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada  (Age 77 years)   4. John Thomas BROOKS,   b. 14 May 1853, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1938, Middle Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 84 years)   5. James Henry BROOKS,   b. 4 Jun 1855, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1938, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada  (Age 82 years)   6. Joseph Watson BROOKS,   b. 11 Sep 1857, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1935, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 77 years)   7. David BROOKS,   b. 5 Jan 1860, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1939, Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada  (Age 79 years)   8. Ann Isabelle BROOKS,   b. 1863, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 8 Aug 1939, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada  (Age 76 years)   9. Frederick George BROOKS,   b. 16 Apr 1865, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 15 Nov 1902, Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada  (Age 37 years)   10. Dinah Fustin BROOKS,   b. 26 Aug 1867, Murray River, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada ,   d. 24 Mar 1893, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 25 years)
  Photos		Brehaut home Home of Henry E. Brehaut; originally belonging to John and Ann Brooks.
  Documents		Census 1881: Lot 64, Prince Edward Island Two generations of Brooks: John and Ann; Joseph and Caroline; and John and Frances Brooks living side by side.
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Ann Brooks, nee Bell

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Master Name Index, Public Archives and Records Office of P.E.I. [S194] Register: St. John's Presbyterian Church (baptismal), St. John's Presbyterian Church, Belfast, P.E.I., (transcribed online at Islandregister.com). [S676] Personal communication. [S173] Cemetery Transcripts, Murray Harbour South, Cardigan Group, Young Canada Works Project, (P.E.I.G.S., 1979). [S41] BROOKS Family History, Donna Collings. [S135] Census of Canada, 1881, (4 April 1881). [S1079] Census of Canada, 1891.