Octavia was born about 1887. She is the daughter of Thomas Bell and Mary Preston.
In the 1901 census Octavia (age 14), Tailoress, was the daughter of Mary A Bell in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.[1]
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Births Jun 1886 (>99%) BELL Octavia Frances Thrapston 3b 213 Scan available - click to view
Census 1891
Piece: RG12/1244 Place: Bedford -Bedfordshire Enumeration District: 4
Civil Parish: Melchbourne Ecclesiastical Parish: Melchbourne
Folio: 46 Page: 2 Schedule: 14
Address: The Village
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
BELL Mary Ann Head W F 46 Laundress Northamptonshire - Benefield
BELL Alfred J. Son S M 12 Scholar Northamptonshire - Hargrave
BELL Mary Ann Dau S F 10 Scholar Northamptonshire - Hargrave
BELL Octavia F. Dau S F 4 Northamptonshire - Hargrave
1911 Census
Name: Octavia Bell Age in 1911: 24 Estimated birth year: abt 1887 Relation to Head: Daughter Gender: Female Birth Place: Hargrave, Northamptonshire Civil Parish: Kettering County/Island: Northamptonshire Country: England Street address: 38 Clarence Road Kettering Northamptonshire Marital Status: Single Occupation: Tailoress Registration district: Kettering Registration District Number: 167 Sub-registration district: Kettering ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Household schedule number: 227 Piece: 8580 Household Members: Name Age Mary Anne Bell 66 Mary Bell 26 Octavia Bell 24
Octavia never married and died in 1965 in Buckrose Yorkshire.
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I don't know how she came to Be in Buckrose when she died.