Emma Elizabeth Bell (1900 - 1971)

Born 12 Aug 1900 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1971 at age 71 in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Emma E. Bell was born in August 1900. Her parents were George W. Bell (1874–1932) and Gertrude Salinda Campbell (1876–1927). In 1910 her family was living in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

She married George H. Campbell (1893-1979) on 8 March 1919 at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.^[2] Their children included:

1. George William Campbell (1920–2011)
2. Gerald M. Campbell (1923–2012)
3. Betty Jean Campbell (1925–2020)
4. Jack G. Campbell (1928–1992)
5. Darwin Lee Campbell (1930–1994)
6. Eugene M. Campbell (1932–2011)

In 1920, George (age 27) and Emma (age 19) were living and working with his parents on their farm in Cleveland Township, Columbia County.^[3]

In 1930 they had 5 children and were renting a home in Locust Township, Columbia County.^[4]

By 1935 they had moved back to a farm in Cleveland Township. By 1940 they had 6 children at home.^[5]

In 1950 George and Emma were living with their youngest son, Eugene, on West First Street in Bloomsburg, Columbia County. In the census, George was listed as working a 45-hour week, but his occupation was not identified.^[6]

Emma passed away in August 1971 two weeks after celebrating her 71st birthday and was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[7], ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG32-1KT : accessed 10 January 2023), Emma Bell in household of George Bell, Ralpho, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 3B, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1384; FHL microfilm 1,375,397.
2. ↑ Marriage: The Danville Morning News; Danville, Pennsylvania; Published 11 March 1919; Page 1, Column 5 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/95185159/
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNM8-9VR : 3 February 2021), Emma Campbell in entry for William A Campbell, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHDX-83M : accessed 10 January 2023), Emma E Campbell in household of George H Campbell, Locust, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 1A, line 18, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2024; FHL microfilm 2,341,758.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQF3-G22 : 15 December 2019), George Campbell, Cleveland Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-29, sheet 9B, line 42, family 152, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3474.
6. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 3799; Sheet Number: 7; Enumeration District: 19-36. Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52610619/emma-e-campbell: accessed 10 January 2023), memorial page for Emma E Bell Campbell (12 Aug 1900–27 Aug 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52610619, citing Pine Hill Cemetery, Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Grave Hunters (contributor 46978735).
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J291-F2V : 8 January 2021), Emma Campbell, Aug 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52610619/emma-e-campbell: accessed 08 January 2023), memorial page for Emma E Bell Campbell (12 Aug 1900–27 Aug 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52610619, citing Pine Hill Cemetery, Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Grave Hunters (contributor 46978735).