The Bell Family History. Taken from 'The Duffields of Bicton'.

LYDIA CHARLOTTE DUFFIELD married GEORGE BELL
b.4-6-1829                                                  b. 1819
d.25-7-1915 NB: Headstone says July 23      d. 1908

1. Annie Charlotte BELL 1846-1889 unmarried
2. Henry Thomas BELL 1848-1923 married Alice Agnes WATSON 1853-1931 -
    1. Luna BELL 1873 married Fred Cox No Children
    2. Frederick William BELL 1875-1954 married 1. Mabel -No Children
                                                                         2. Brenda -No Children
3. Edna BELL 1877- died in infancy
4. Harry George BELL 1879-1950 married Mena HYMUS 1881-1957
      1. Gordon Rex BELL 1908- married Eleanor HUMPHRIES 1909- No Children
      2. Iris (Betty) BELL 1910- married John DETHRIDGE 1900-
         1.John DETHRIDGE 1940- married Julie DYER 1942-
                1. Leila DETHRIDGE 1970-
                2. Robert DETHRIDGE 1943-
                3. Janet DETHRIDGE 1947-
     3. Jack BELL 1913- married Doreen SHIPTON 1912-
        1. Patricia BELL 1932- married Alan PREEN 1927-
            1. Jennifer PREEN 1957-
            2. Penelope PREEN 1960-
        2. Valerie Bell 1936- married John ROBERTS 1935-
            1. Gemma ROBERTS 1967-
            2. Chelsea ROBERTS 1969-
     4. Fred BELL 1915- unmarried
     5. Bert BELL 1917- married- Hazel HARRIS 1917-
            1. Faye BELL 1938- married Peter GUTHRIE 1936-
                 1. Janette GUTHRIE 1954-
                 2. Roy GUTHR1E 1956-
                 3. Paul GUTHRIE 1958-
                 4. John GUTHRIE 1968-
           2. Dean BELL 1941- married Beverley GOFF 1943-
                 1. Trent BELL 1968-
                 2. Clayton BELL 1970-
                 3. Cameron BELL 1972-
          3. Rex BELL 1954-
      6. Patricia BELL 1919- married Charles SHAW 1914- No Children
5. Edgar Watson (Paddy) BELL 1881-1915
6. Myra Lydia BELL 1884-1952 married
                                               (1) Cuthbert Morton PLAYNE 1876-1913
      1. Jean PLAYNE 1900-1967 married Lancelot BIRD 1888-
           1. John Playne BIRD 1924- married Valmai HIRD 1929-
               1. Michael Ian BIRD 1956-
               2. PenelopeJane BIRD 1958-
      2. Joscelyn Margaret BIRD 1926- married Percival James BOWEY 1922-
          1. William James BOWEY 1946- married Geralene TYSON 1948-
               1. Jacinta Emma BOWEY 1970-
               2. Chrisanda Annete BOWEY 1971-
         2. Josette BOWEY 1947- married Gerald Bruce NOBLE 1945-
              1. Jarron Kim NOBLE 1968-
              2. Simon Ric NOBLE 1970-
              3. Ryan Alexander NOBLE 1972-
        3. Nola Christine BOWEY 1948-
        4. Susan Juliet BOWEY 1951- married Robert Alan DALL 1947-
              1. Natalie Anita DALL 1971-
              2. Miranda Jane DALL 1972-
        5. Robert Alan BOWEY 1952-
       3. Wendy-Lu BIRD 1927- married Bernard HACKETT 1927-

             1. Shelley HACKETT 1951-
             2. Paul HACKETT 1952-
             3. Stephen HACKETT 1954-
             4. Daniel HACKETT 1956-
             5. Anne HACKETT 1958-
             6. David HACKETT 1962-
       4. David Fothergill BIRD 1928- married Beverley Narelle RANKIN 1934-
             1. Adrian David BIRD 1965-
             2. Byron BIRD 1969-
       5. Chloe Helen BIRD 1939- married Robert Steven MAUGER
             1. Steven Lance MAUGER 1964-
             2. Bronwen Parry MAUGER 1966-
    2. Frances Alice (Nancy) PLAYNE 1902- married Jack Blakely EATON 1905-
                                                                                1956 -No Children 
    3. Gwendoline Helen PLAYNE 1904- died in infancy
    4. Eleanor Lucy Clarice PLAYNE 1906- married William Edward MILLER
                                                                                                       1905-  
           1. Pamela Sue MILLER 1930- married Brien TAYLOR 1924-
                 1. HelenTAYLOR 1960-
                
2. Stuart TAYLOR 1962-
                 3. Jane TAYLOR 1964-
     Twins   4. Ann TAYLOR 1967-
                 5. Elizabeth TAYLOR 1967-
           2. Barbara Helen MILLER. 1932- married Alexander HILL 1923-
                 1. Simon HILL 1956-
                 2. Selina HILL 1957-
                 3. Peter HILL 1959-
                 4. Lucinda HILL 1963-
           3. Graham Playne MILLER 1937-
    5. Dorothy Eva PLAYNE 1908- married Peter John MEWS 1906-
           1. Peter Playne MEWS 1937- married Jeanette Mary CARROLL 1937-
               1. Peter David MEWS 1961-
               2. Caroline Edwina MEWS 1966-
           2. Nelson Grant MEWS 1940- married Clothilde Marie RUSSELL 1940-
           3. Christopher John MEWS 1946-
           4. Ainslie MEWS 1947- married David de VOS 1944-
    6. Marjorie PLAYNE 1910- died in infancy

 6. Myra Lydia BELL (continued) married
                              (2) Gilbert Arthur BEARDON (1872-1926)
         7. Grace Emmeline BEARDON 1916- married John Benedict BUSSANICH 1915-
              1. Phillip John BUSSANICH 1942 married Jennifer BYRNE 1940-
                    1. Bruce BUSSANICH 1967  
                    2. Craig BUSSANICH 1969-
                    3. Marnie BUSSANICH 1971-
              2. Joan Margaret BUSSANICH 1945- married Dennis Patrick KELLY 1943-
              3. Helen Grace BUSSANICH 1949- married John Gregory BISSETT 1947-
              4. Jennifer Eve BUSSANICH 1957-
        8. Gilbert BEARDON 1918-1922
        9. Joan Myra BEARDON 1919- married Lee KIRBY 1919- No Children 
 7. Clarice BELL 1885-1950 married Bert GAMBLE -1957 -No Children
 8. Eva Victoria BELL 1887- Unmarried
 9. Jack BELL 1889-1893
 10. Bert Adam BELL 1894-1917 -Unmarried
3. Rosetta BELL 1850-1912 married George DONEGAN -1919
        1. Ethel Rose DONEGAN 1873-1936 married John CARTER 1869-1926
              1. Muriel CARTER 1897- married Alwyn Ernest PARKER 1891-1972
                  1. Alwyn Jonah PARKER 1917-married Sylvia Mabel KINGSTON 1924-
                     1. Lyndon Read PARKER 1947- married Lea Veronica WILLIAMS 1949-
                            1. Craig Michael PARKER 1971-
                            2. Jodi Annette PARKER 1973-
                 2. Quentin Gerald PARKER 1954-
                 3. Meriel Clare PARKER 1959-
             2. Jeffrey Wyborn PARKER 1920- married Connie SMITH 1922-
              1. Rodney Alwyn PARKER 1945- married Naomi JOYCE 1945-
                       1. Alan PARKER 1966-
                       2. Jacqueline PARKER 1970-
              2. Lloyd Jeffrey PARKER 1948- married Beverley NANCARROW 1948-
              3. Kenneth Wyborn PARKER 1950-
              4. Peter Smith PARKER 1957-
              5. John Ernest PARKER 1960-
            3. Read Wyborn PARKER 1925- married Victoria Leslie MOIR 1925-
              1. Christopher Read PARKER 1953-
              2. Stephen Anthony PARKER 1955-
              3. Nalda Lee PARKER 1957-
       2. Leslie CARTER 1899- married
                                            1. Matilda SEINOR 1891-1960
              1. John CARTER 1929- married Mary KEEVlL 1936-
                     1. Leslie John CARTER 1962-
                     2. Peter William CARTER 1964-
                                           2. Lily ROGERS 1904-
       3. Ruby CARTER 1900- married
                                            1. Fred LYONS 1892-1953
              1. Biddy LYONS 1922- married Fred OSBORNE 1919-
                    1. Neil OSBORNE 1950-
                    2. Ian OSBORNE 1951-
                    3. Judy OSBORNE 1952-
              2. Shirley LYONS 1924- married Alan GLIDDON 1914-
                      1. Jennifer GLIDDON 1954-
      Twins       2. Rosemary GLIDDON 1957-
                      3. Phillipa GLIDDON 1957-
              3. Molly LYONS 1927- married John ROSE 1919-
                     1. Anne ROSE 1954-
                     2. Pippa ROSE 1957-
             4. Henry LYONS 1934- married Lois RICHARDSON 1935-
                     1. Heather LYONS 1959-
                     2. Linda LYONS 1961-
         Ruby CARTER (cont) 1900- married
                                          2. John KNAPP 1883-1953
    4. Fergus CARTER 1910- married Olive DAVIES 1908- No Children
2. Leslie George DONEGAN 1875-1954 married Harriet Elizabeth SMITH
       1. Eva Amy DONEGAN 1901-1936 married George HOLLIS
                    1. Joan HOLLlS 1925- married Frederick W. PARKER
                              1. Gaye Michelle PARKER 1946- married Keith KESSELL
                                    1. David Hollis KESSELL 1972-
                             2. David PARKER 1953-
                             3. Norman PARKER 1957-
                             4. Andrew PARKER 1966-
                   2. James HOLLIS 1927-1934
      2. Leonard Leslie DONEGAN 1903- married
                  1. Elsie HARVEY  -1929
                  2. Norah McKENZIE
                     1. Brian Geoffrey DONEGAN 1942- married Dianne
                           1. Geoffrey Roy DONEGAN 1965-
                           2. Luke DONEGAN 1968-
                     2. Deirdre DONEGAN 1946- married Michael WlSHART
                           1. David Noel WlSHART 1969-
                  3. Moya DONEGAN 1948- married Frank NEWLANDS
       3. Louisa Belle DONEGAN 1905-1953 married Harold HURSTON 1906-1970 -
                                                                                                               No Children
      4. Bert George DONEGAN 1906- married Elsie ASHDOWNE 1907-
                 1. Laurel Margaret DONEGAN 1936- married Barry John DIVER 1936-
                       1. Barbara Lee DIVER 1959-
                       2. Neil John DIVER 1961-
                       3. Ross George DIVER 1962-
       5. Ethel May DONEGAN 1908- Unmarried
       6. Ernest Wilfred DONEGAN 1910- married Muriel MILL
                 1. Maureen Fay DONEGAN 1936- married Francis John ROBERTS
                      1. Jasmin Fay ROBERTS 1959-
                      2. Susan Andrea ROBERTS 1961-
                      3. Michael Paul ROBERTS 1963-
                2. George Ernest DONEGAN 1937-1942
                3. Leslie Ernest DONEGAN 1944-1946
3. Eulalie Annie DONEGAN 1877-1964 married Percival YOUNG 1882-1954
      1. Thelma YOUNG 1910- married Thomas BREARLEY 1907-
               1. Donald BREARLEY 1935- married Joan KEATING 1939-
                     1. Linda BREARLEY 1961-
                     2. Carol BREARLEY 1965-
              2. Regina1d BREARLEY 1941- married Annie PATERSON 1949-
              3. Peter BREARLEY 1945- married Car1a HOVINGH 1949-
                    1. Taron BREARLEY 1971-
                    2. Taree BREARLEY 1972-
      2. Mostyn YOUNG 1915-1941 -Unmarried
4. Lillian Gertrude DONEGAN 1879-1955 married Charles CAMPBELL 1859-1933
     1. Eulalie CAMPBELL 1900-1961 married A1bert James STEBBINS 1899-1970
           1. Keatha Mauda STEBBINS 1924-
           2. Rodney Charles STEBBINS 1927- married Estelle MANTACH 1932-
                  1. Philip Andrew STEBBINS 1962-
                  2. Gillian Maree STEBBINS 1964-
                  3. Lachlan Campbell STEBBINS 1929-
5. Norman Maley BELL 1889- married
                                                      1. Minna BOETCHER -1940
          1. Harold Alexander BELL
          2. Edith BELL married
          3. Frederick Raymond BELL
          4. Thelma BELL
                                                      2. Amelia FRY
          5. Norman Maley BELL 1944-
          6. Mena Foss BELL 1895-1940 -Unmarried
          7. Greta May BELL 1898-1911
          8. Daughter 1899 -Stillborn
5. Wesley BELL 1855- married Elizabeth CORRIGAN  6 Children
6. Hester Helen BELL 1859- married George MOORE
      1. May MOORE 1880-1962 married Frederick FOWLER
           1. Edgar FOWLER
           2. Winifred FOWLER
           3. Hubert FOWLER
           4. Evelyn FOWLER
           5. Leila FOWLER
     2. Clarice MOORE 1884-1951 married Tempest HARRIS
          1.Phyllis HARRIS married
               3 Sons
     3. Pearl MOORE 1888-1947 married Charles FRIEL
          1. Enid FRIEL 1914- married KENNEDY
                1. Patricia KENNEDY married CLARK
                       2 Daughters
                2. Michael KENNEDY married
                3. Marie KENNEDY married BAGLEY
                4. Bertha MOORE married Stanley ROWETT
                      1. Stanley ROWETT
                      2. John ROWETT married
                                                  4 Sons
                5. Winifred MOORE -1963 married Donald GILES
                       1. Keith GILES married
                                      2 Children
                      2. David GILES married
                                      2 Children
7. Edith Emma BELL 1860- married Alfred VERYARD
                                      2 Children
8. Emily Lydia BELL 1862-1864
9. Evelyn Foss BELL 1866- 1949 married James McFarlane LAPSLEY 1857-1931
     1. James Laurence LAPSLEY 1888-1932 married Daisy LEWIS 1889-1959
          1. George James LAPSLEY married Dorothy MARSHALL 1910-
                 1. Rosslyn Kaye LAPSLEY 1942-
                 2. Lynnette LAPSLEY 1946- married Peter HEALY 1945-
                        1. Catriona Rachele HEALY 1973-
                        2. Lloyd Irwin LAPSLEY 1919- married Dorothy SWIFT 1921-
                             1. Robert James LAPSLEY 1950-
                             2. Carol LAPSLEY 1952-
                             3. Noel Harvey 1925- married Betty Margaret LAW 1925-
                                1. Kaye LAPSLEY 1959-
                                2. Gillian LAPSLEY 1962-
                            4. William Laurence LAPSLEY 1927- married Brenda Muriel GOMME
                                                                                                                           1927-                                 1. Peta LAPSLEY 1954-
                                2. Deborah LAPSLEY 1956-
                                3. Laurence LAPSLEY 1960-
         2. Charlotte LAPSLEY 1890-1936 married David IRVING 1872-1963
            1. Esme IRVING 1932- married Bernard Kenneth BOWEN 1930-
                 1. Jennifer BOWEN 1956-
                 2. Eve1yn Anne BOWEN 1959-
                 3. Barbara lane BOWEN 1961-
                 4. Elizabeth Margaret BOWEN 1966-
         3. Ronald LAPSLEY 1892-1972 married Hilda SHAW 1895-
                 1. Clayton LAPSLEY 1925- married Valma McKENZIE-CLARK 1927-
                   1. Margaret LAPSLEY 1948- married Bruce ARMSTRONG 1944-
                   2. Jennifer LAPSLEY 1953-
                   3. Elizabeth LAPSLEY 1955-
                 2. Shirley LAPSLEY 1929- married Robert JAMES 1919-
                   1. Judith JAMES 1953-
                   2. David JAMES 1957-
10. Ada Lydia BELL 1868-1946 married Ernest ARCHDEACON -No Children
11. James Laurence BELL 1870-1931 -Unmarried
12. Frank Edwin BELL 1872-1897 married Amelia Elizabeth Beatrice CROKER
    1. Gladys BELL 1893-1924 married James TEAGUE
         1. Lennox James TEAGUE 1924-
         (Now Lennox James Gardiner by adoption) married Dorothy Merle BATEMAN
             1. Susanne Kaye GARDINER 1951- married Andrew James FERGUSON
             2. Robyne Merle GARD1NER 1954-
         2. Child -Died in infancy
         3. Child -Died in infancy