Husband:
Daniel Bell (1753-1834)
Wife:
Elinor Turner (c. 1769-1836)
Children:
Marriage:
16 Apr 1789
Name:
Daniel Bell
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
11 Aug 1753
Death:
4 Dec 1834 (age 81)
Name:
Elinor Turner
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
c. 1769
Death:
9 Jan 1836 (age 66-67)
Name:
Elinor Katherine Bell
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Marshall Waller Clifton (1787-1861)
Children:
Francis Clifton (1812-1892)
Waller Clifton (1813-1894)
Louisa Clifton (1814-1880)
William Pearce Clifton (1816-1885)
Robert Williams Clifton (1817-1897)
Joseph Bingham Clifton (1819-1819)
Elinor Katharine Clifton (1820-1904)
Mary Clifton (1822-1893)
George Clifton (1823-1913)
Gervase Clifton (1825-1913)
Charles Hippuff Clifton (1827-1890)
Lucy Clifton (1829-1906)
Leonard Worsley Clifton (1830-1895)
Rachel Catherine Clifton (1833-1852)
Caroline Clifton (1835-1883)
Note:
Mrs. Marshall Waller Clifton, of Australind, was Miss Elinor Bell, daughter of Daniel Bell, of Wandle House, Wandsworth, Surrey. Born in 1792, married in 1811, widowed in 1861, and dying in 1866. she was the mother of 15 children, 11 of whom came to Australia with her in 1840 on a voyage lasting four months. A beautiful woman, tall and stately, she always dressed in Quaker garb, and was a first cousin of the famous Elizabeth Fry. Coming out on the voyage she used to read the Bible to the migrants on the ship on Sundays for an hour, and spoke at Quaker meetings. Her husband, who was staunch Church of England, used to read them the Prayer Book service. Mrs. Clifton's cousin, the Rev. J. M. Bingham, wrote a book entitled "The Antiquities of the Church of England"; but, though others greatly admired it, Mrs. Clifton called it "Bingham's Iniquities," and used the volume always as a door weight! Though not an active housekeeper, she was a helpful supporter of her husband in his official duties, and in the entertainment of his many visitors. Nevertheless, she was resourceful on occasion, for once, when she was ill, a sitting hen was reported as deserting its eggs, so she ordered them to be wrapped in flannel, and took them into her bed. where they hatched out safely. She had 66 grandchildren, 173 great-grand- children, and at least 131 great-great- grandchildren.
Source: "Pioneer Women" by Edith D Cowan, Western Mail, Perth WA, 4 Jul 1929
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/38887676
Birth:
3 Oct 1792
Wandle House, Wandsworth, Surrey
Death:
19 Feb 1866 (age 73)
Moorland, Bunbury, Western Australia
Mrs. Marshall Waller Clifton, of Australind, was Miss Elinor Bell, daughter of Daniel Bell, of Wandle House, Wandsworth, Surrey. Born in 1792, married in 1811, widowed in 1861, and dying in 1866. she was the mother of 15 children, 11 of whom came to Australia with her in 1840 on a voyage lasting four months. A beautiful woman, tall and stately, she always dressed in Quaker garb, and was a first cousin of the famous Elizabeth Fry. Coming out on the voyage she used to read the Bible to the migrants on the ship on Sundays for an hour, and spoke at Quaker meetings. Her husband, who was staunch Church of England, used to read them the Prayer Book service. Mrs. Clifton's cousin, the Rev. J. M. Bingham, wrote a book entitled "The Antiquities of the Church of England"; but, though others greatly admired it, Mrs. Clifton called it "Bingham's Iniquities," and used the volume always as a door weight! Though not an active housekeeper, she was a helpful supporter of her husband in his official duties, and in the entertainment of his many visitors. Nevertheless, she was resourceful on occasion, for once, when she was ill, a sitting hen was reported as deserting its eggs, so she ordered them to be wrapped in flannel, and took them into her bed. where they hatched out safely. She had 66 grandchildren, 173 great-grand- children, and at least 131 great-great- grandchildren.
Source: "Pioneer Women" by Edith D Cowan, Western Mail, Perth WA, 4 Jul 1929
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/38887676