Grace Bell (1874-1960,)
Adah M. Bell (1878-1952,) and
Mary Bell Burns (1882-1974,)
all buried at Greenwood Memorial Park, were among the children of
Frank Bell (1846-1908) and
Ellen M. Bell (1848-1901.)
The girls had two other siblings:
Walter Bell (born circa 1872 and died after 1930) and
Martha C. Bell (born 1881 and died after 1900.)
Sometime before 1900 the entire Bell family moved from Michigan to Spokane, Washington. Mary Bell (1882-1974) and Walter Mason Burns (1873-1956) married circa 1906. In 1910 the couple lived in Spokane with Mary's sisters (Grace Bell, 35, and public school teacher AAdah M. Bell, 32.) Walter owned a stationary and book store. In 1920 the household was the same as 1910, with the addition of a daughter, Barbara, born circa 1914; Walter was the vice president and manager of a wholesale paper company.
By 1930 Mary's sisters had left the household and by 1940 daughter Barbara had left home. In 1930 Walter worked as manager of a printing company, and in 1940 he was the president of a book supply company.
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Inscription and plot came from
survey by Maggie Rail, 2001-2012
mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/
spokane/greenwood/index.htm
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Additional information came from Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911 (born in Benton, Cheboygan County;) US Census enumerations for 1900 (with parents and siblings in Spokane, Spokane, Washington,) 1910 (with spouse and sisters in Spokane,) 1920 (with spouse, daughter, and sisters in Spokane,) 1930 (with spouse and daughter in Spokane,) and 1940 (with spouse in Spokane;) Washington Death Index, 1940-1996; and Social Security Death Index.
Adah M. Bell (1878-1952,) and
Mary Bell Burns (1882-1974,)
all buried at Greenwood Memorial Park, were among the children of
Frank Bell (1846-1908) and
Ellen M. Bell (1848-1901.)
The girls had two other siblings:
Walter Bell (born circa 1872 and died after 1930) and
Martha C. Bell (born 1881 and died after 1900.)
Sometime before 1900 the entire Bell family moved from Michigan to Spokane, Washington. Mary Bell (1882-1974) and Walter Mason Burns (1873-1956) married circa 1906. In 1910 the couple lived in Spokane with Mary's sisters (Grace Bell, 35, and public school teacher AAdah M. Bell, 32.) Walter owned a stationary and book store. In 1920 the household was the same as 1910, with the addition of a daughter, Barbara, born circa 1914; Walter was the vice president and manager of a wholesale paper company.
By 1930 Mary's sisters had left the household and by 1940 daughter Barbara had left home. In 1930 Walter worked as manager of a printing company, and in 1940 he was the president of a book supply company.
---------------------------------------
Inscription and plot came from
survey by Maggie Rail, 2001-2012
mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/
spokane/greenwood/index.htm
---------------------------------------
Additional information came from Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911 (born in Benton, Cheboygan County;) US Census enumerations for 1900 (with parents and siblings in Spokane, Spokane, Washington,) 1910 (with spouse and sisters in Spokane,) 1920 (with spouse, daughter, and sisters in Spokane,) 1930 (with spouse and daughter in Spokane,) and 1940 (with spouse in Spokane;) Washington Death Index, 1940-1996; and Social Security Death Index.
Grace Bell (1874-1960,)
Adah M. Bell (1878-1952,) and
Mary Bell Burns (1882-1974,)
all buried at Greenwood Memorial Park, were among the children of
Frank Bell (1846-1908) and
Ellen M. Bell (1848-1901.)
The girls had two other siblings:
Walter Bell (born circa 1872 and died after 1930) and
Martha C. Bell (born 1881 and died after 1900.)
Sometime before 1900 the entire Bell family moved from Michigan to Spokane, Washington. Mary Bell (1882-1974) and Walter Mason Burns (1873-1956) married circa 1906. In 1910 the couple lived in Spokane with Mary's sisters (Grace Bell, 35, and public school teacher AAdah M. Bell, 32.) Walter owned a stationary and book store. In 1920 the household was the same as 1910, with the addition of a daughter, Barbara, born circa 1914; Walter was the vice president and manager of a wholesale paper company.
By 1930 Mary's sisters had left the household and by 1940 daughter Barbara had left home. In 1930 Walter worked as manager of a printing company, and in 1940 he was the president of a book supply company.
---------------------------------------
Inscription and plot came from
survey by Maggie Rail, 2001-2012
mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/
spokane/greenwood/index.htm
---------------------------------------
Additional information came from Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911 (born in Benton, Cheboygan County;) US Census enumerations for 1900 (with parents and siblings in Spokane, Spokane, Washington,) 1910 (with spouse and sisters in Spokane,) 1920 (with spouse, daughter, and sisters in Spokane,) 1930 (with spouse and daughter in Spokane,) and 1940 (with spouse in Spokane;) Washington Death Index, 1940-1996; and Social Security Death Index.
Adah M. Bell (1878-1952,) and
Mary Bell Burns (1882-1974,)
all buried at Greenwood Memorial Park, were among the children of
Frank Bell (1846-1908) and
Ellen M. Bell (1848-1901.)
The girls had two other siblings:
Walter Bell (born circa 1872 and died after 1930) and
Martha C. Bell (born 1881 and died after 1900.)
Sometime before 1900 the entire Bell family moved from Michigan to Spokane, Washington. Mary Bell (1882-1974) and Walter Mason Burns (1873-1956) married circa 1906. In 1910 the couple lived in Spokane with Mary's sisters (Grace Bell, 35, and public school teacher AAdah M. Bell, 32.) Walter owned a stationary and book store. In 1920 the household was the same as 1910, with the addition of a daughter, Barbara, born circa 1914; Walter was the vice president and manager of a wholesale paper company.
By 1930 Mary's sisters had left the household and by 1940 daughter Barbara had left home. In 1930 Walter worked as manager of a printing company, and in 1940 he was the president of a book supply company.
---------------------------------------
Inscription and plot came from
survey by Maggie Rail, 2001-2012
mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/
spokane/greenwood/index.htm
---------------------------------------
Additional information came from Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911 (born in Benton, Cheboygan County;) US Census enumerations for 1900 (with parents and siblings in Spokane, Spokane, Washington,) 1910 (with spouse and sisters in Spokane,) 1920 (with spouse, daughter, and sisters in Spokane,) 1930 (with spouse and daughter in Spokane,) and 1940 (with spouse in Spokane;) Washington Death Index, 1940-1996; and Social Security Death Index.
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BURNS
Mary B. Burns
1882 -- 1974
Walter M. Burns
1873 -- 1956
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