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William Beckwith was born in England circa 1716.¹

A contract for the marriage of William and Ruth Reeve was published on 3 February 1741 in Bocking, Essex.²

Mary Davis Eliza Bedggood was born in New Zealand in 1864.^2,1,3

She married Henry Wyatt Watling Clarke, son of Hopkins T. Clarke and Elizabeth Kemp, in New Zealand in 1888.^2,1,4

She was widowed on the death of her husband Henry on 18 October 1893.^2,1,5

Mary died on 9 January 1922 in Waimate North, Northland.^2,1,6 She was buried on 11 January 1922.¹

Cyril Raymond Beecroft was born on 16 July 1920.²

He married Doreen McKechie, daughter of David Niven McKechie and Rubina Hinton Tily, in New Zealand in 1947.^1,3

Cyril died on 17 January 2002 at Ross Home, 360 Nth Road in Dunedin, Otago, at age 81.^4,5 He was cremated at the Dunedin Crematorium, Anderson's Bay on 21 January 2002.⁴ His ashes were buried on 22 January 2002 at Green Park Cemetery.⁶

She married Edward Funnel in Thornage, Norfolk, on 13 October 1720.^1,2

Hugh Gourlay Muir Bell was born circa 1880. (Birth date based on age at marriage).

He married Margaret Fowler, daughter of James Fowler and Isabella McKenzie, at 606 Alexandra Parade in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 12 July 1905.^2,1

Hugh died on 10 April 1911 at Royal Infirmary, 35 Bluevale St in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, of tubercular peritonitis (3 mths) and acute pulmonary phthisis (6 days). The informant was his sister Agnes.³

James Bell was born in Felton, Northumberland, circa 1829.²

James's marriage to Dorothy Henderson was registered between April 1850 and June 1850 in Tynemouth, Northumberland.³

He was listed in the 1861 census as Head of Family at 213 High Cross Row in Seghill, Northumberland, with his wife Dorothy; he was a coal miner. Their child Margaret was listed as living with them, along with their other children William (14), Eleanor (4), Hannah (1 mth) and a nephew, Gilbert HENDERSON (9).²

He signed the register at the wedding of Ralph Paul to his daughter Margaret Henderson Bell at the Registry Office in North Shields, Tynemouth, Northumberland, on 20 February 1871.^4,1

Margaret's birth was registered between April 1851 and June 1851 in Tynemouth, Northumberland.¹
She was listed in the 1861 census at 213 High Cross Row in Seghill, Northumberland, in the household of her parents, James Bell and Dorothy Henderson, with her siblings William Henderson (14), Eleanor (4), Hannah (1 mth) and a nephew, Gilbert HENDERSON (9). Even at the age of only 14, William was already working in the coal mines.³

She married Ralph Paul, son of George Paul and Mary Stobbs, at the Registry Office in North Shields, Tynemouth, Northumberland, on 20 February 1871. Both claimed to be aged 21 but their births indicate an age of 20, at best. Her father James BELL was a coal-miner, as was Ralph and his father George.^4,2

She was listed in the 1871 census at Whitehead Houses in Seghill, Northumberland, with her husband Ralph; he was a miner.⁵

Margaret's death was registered between January 1872 and March 1872 in North Shields, Tynemouth, Northumberland.⁶

She married James Peter Corbett.¹

Mona May Bell was born on 13 May 1915.¹

Mona's marriage to Ronald William Dods, son of William Whinfield Dods and Olive Mary Forsaith, was registered in 1942 in Victoria.²

She was widowed at age 32 on the death of her husband Ronald on 10 July 1947.^3,4

She married Louis Theodore Walsh Plumridge.

She was widowed at age 60 on the death of her husband Louis on 4 March 1976.^5,6

Mona died on 22 September 2012 at Cabrini Hospital in Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, at age 97.^1,7 She was cremated at the Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Springvale on 17 October 2012.⁸ Her ashes were placed at the Springvale Botanical Cemetery.⁸

He married Elizabeth Lang McKechie, daughter of John McKechie and Annie Lang, in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, in 1907.¹