BELL, James Charles

(1817-)

James was an expiree, meaning he was a convict who completed his sentence. He arrived on 31/01/1852 on the Marion. His wife and two children arrived on 11/12/1855 on the Esmeralda. James married Mary Ann (1822-). Mary was born in England. Their children were Mary A. (1850-), born in England, Sarah Jane (1853-), born in England, Eliza Bridget (1855-), Charles Denis Hector (1857-), Robert James (1858-) and Matilda Sophia Elizabeth (1861-). In Bunbury, he was a small farmer in 1855 and then a barber in Fremantle in 1863. His religion was Protestant.

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