Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Simpson
and Euphemia (MacNeill) Simpson
Sister of
Margaret Simpson, Neil Simpson, Mary (Simpson) Bell, Jane E. (Simpson) Dickieson, William John Simpson and George David Simpson
Wife of
John Matheson Bell
— married
20 Oct 1857 in Prince Edward Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Almeda J Bell, Emma Bell, Wellington Bell, J Simpson Bell, Mary M Bell, Bertha Bell and Liza E Bell
Died
at about age 52
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Sep 2017
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Biography
Ellen was born in 1829. [1]
John Bell, widower, and Ellen Simpson were married 20 Oct 1857 by George Sutherland in the presence of witnesses Andrew Bell and George Clark. [2] Ellen died in 1881. [3]
Children, all born in Hope River, P.E.I.: [4]
- Mary Bell b.1858, d. 1869.
- Amelda Jane Bell (1860-1914) m. Thomas Moar
- Emma Laura Bell b. 10 May 1862, d. 1939.
- Wellington Bell (1864-1939) m. Lillian Burchell,.
- John Simpson Bell (1866-1947) m. Mathilda McKie. 1901 census lists G. Simpson Bell b. 5 Dec 1867-same guy?.
- Mary Maud Bell (1868-1950) m. James Johnston,.
- Eliza Euphemia Bell (1870-1956) m. Horatio Huntington.
- Bertha Helen Bell (1873-1954) m. W.D. Edwards.
Sources
- ↑ Lucille H. Campey, "A very fine class of immigrants" : Prince Edward Island's Scottish Pioneers 1770-1850, (Natural Heritage Books: Toronto, 2001, p. 60 with footnotes
- ↑ Prince Edward Island Provincial Archives, 14-0307, 1857-1861: 102 Bell-Simpson; digital images "Marriages," Ancestry (accessed 26 May 2022).
- ↑ James Shaw, Descendants of John Millar - Five generations, entry for 25. John Simpson; Island Register, (http://www.islandregister.com : accessed 23 Dec 2004). No specific citations (contact author).
- ↑ James Shaw, Descendants of John Millar - Five generations, entry for 25. John Simpson.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellen by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ellen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellen by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ellen:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Virginia (Bessac) Clark 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NC3140851 [compare]
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~0.78%
Judith (Johnstone) Chidlow :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A506348 [compare], Ancestry member Judith_Chidlow
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~0.78%
Rod Thompson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rodlthom
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~0.78%
Keith Johnstone :
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