Elizabeth Margaret (Bell) Heins (1917 - 2012)

Born 9 Feb 1917 in Carstairs, Alberta, Canada

Ancestors

Daughter of George Bell and Isabella (Graham) Bell

Wife of Harold Edward Walsh — married 17 Oct 1936 in High River, Alberta, Canada

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 2012 at age 95 in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

This profile is part of the Bell Name Study.

Elizabeth Margaret Bell. Nickname: Elsie

Born

9 Feb 1917.

Carstairs, Alberta, Canada.

Residence

1921 - MacLeod, Willow Creek, Alberta, Canada. ^[1]

Name	Age
George Bell	41
Isabella Bell	32
Elisabeth Margaret Bell	4
George Graham Bell	2
Berard Hazan	16

1926 - High River, Alberta, Canada. Section 11, Township 18, Range 1, Meridian 5. ^[2]

Died

25 Dec 2012.

White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.

Buried

Victory Gardens Memorial Cemetery

South Surrey, British Columbia.

Obituary

Elizabeth HEINS; She was 95 years. She was born February 9, 1917 in a small farming community in Southern Alberta and grew up near High River, married and moved near Peterborough in Ontario for ten years, then returned to Alberta, remarried, and lived for many years in Calgary. From the mid-Seventies, she lived in uptown White Rock and was a member of the Peace Arch Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary. Many may remember her cashiering as a volunteer at the hospital gift shop there, wearing her cheery red blazer. She was also active in the White Rock Quilters' Guild and the local chapter of The Raging Grannies. She leaves one son, George Walsh of Calgary AB and two daughters, Mary Ellen Franklin and Shirley Mulligan, both of Vancouver and was predeceased by her youngest son, Gerald. She has five grandchildren: Nicole Mulligan and Morgan Mulligan, both of White Rock; Ellen Siebens of Calgary AB, Laura Walsh of Hong Kong and Christa Sterkenberg of Calgary. Great grandchildren are Sydney and Brett Robinson of White Rock; Cole and Zack Davidson of White Rock; Renner, Dane and Taryn Siebens, all of Calgary; Dylan (Walsh) Chaudry of Hong Kong; and Grace Sterkenberg of Calgary. She was cremated and no funeral service is planned. Her ashes will be laid to rest at Victory Memorial Gardens in White Rock, beside her late husband, Albert Heins, who predeceased her in 1997. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1921 Census of Canada; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 8; Census Place: MacLeod, Alberta; Page Number: 4, viewable here.
2. ↑ "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8Z-58L2 : 18 April 2019), Elizabeth Margaret Bell in household of George Bell, Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada; citing Census, Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
3. ↑ Peace Arch News; U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2017

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Morgan Mulligan and her 2nd cousin 1x removed (through the Graham/Wallace line), Elsie's 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most recent common ancestors are their 2nd gr grandparents, James Graham and Isabella Ann Carlyle. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 148 cMs across 9 segments; Confidence: High.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Morgan Mulligan and her 2nd cousin 1 x removed Y.M. Jardine. Their most-recent common ancestors are their gr grandparents, William Thomson Bell and Elizabeth Jane Roddick. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 144.1 cMs across 9 segments; Confidence: High.