Frances Maud Bell^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1903 - 1989  (85 years)

• Name	Frances Maud Bell  [8]
  Birth	27 Jan 1903	Ipswich, Suffolk, England   [1, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1989	Colchester, Essex, England   [5]
  Person ID	I20319	DBH Twigs
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Dallinger Bell,   b. Jan 1863, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. Jan 1955, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Frances Mary Sutton,   b. 1863, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. 1950, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1890	Ipswich, Suffolk, England   [9]
  	Witnesses - Henry Sutton and Rosa Sutton Witness Role: Witness: [I16008] Rosa L SUTTON
  Family ID	F6547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harold Thomas Claydon,   b. 20 Apr 1903, Tendring, Essex, England d. 1972, Colchester, Essex, England (Age 68 years)  [7, 8]
  Marriage	Nov 1925	Tendring, Essex, England   [2, 8]
  	When Frances married Harold in 1925, her name was recorded as Frances M P Bell AND Frances M P Smith.
  Divorce	Jan 1939  [8]
  Notes	Marriage Status: Divorced
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F4237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	William Lionel Root,   b. 18 Feb 1896, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. 1975, Colchester, Essex, England (Age 78 years)  [7, 8]
  Marriage	1942	Ipswich, Suffolk, England   [3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F5035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 May 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jonathan Dallenger Bell - 1911 Media Date: 1911 Keywords: Census1911
  		Jonathan Dallenger Bell - 1911 Media Date: 1911 Keywords: Census1911
  		Jonathan Dallinger Bell - 1921 Census Media Date: 1921 Keywords: Census1921
  		Jonathan Dallinger Bell - 1921 Census Media Date: 1921 Keywords: Census1921
  		William L Root - 1939 Register Media Date: 1939 Keywords: Picture
  		William L Root - 1939 Register Media Date: 1939 Keywords: Picture
  		Frances M P Claydon - divorce Suffolk Chronicle Media Date: 27 JAN 1939 Keywords: Picture
  		Frances M P Claydon - divorce Media Date: 27 JAN 1939 Keywords: Picture
  		William L Root - Wilby Post Office Diss Express Media Date: 14 FEB 1947 Keywords: Picture
  		William L Root - Wilby Post Office Media Date: 14 FEB 1947 Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  When Frances married Harold in 1925, her name was recorded as Frances M P Bell AND Frances M P Smith. I can find no previous marriage for a Frances Bell to a Smith. At the time of the 1939 Register, Frances is recorded as being the wife of William Lionel Root. They appear to have three young children but those records are currently hidden. Frances and William married in 1942!

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Find My Past, Mar 1903, Ipswich 4A 1045. [S7] Find My Past, Dec 1925, Tendring 4A 1710. [S7] Find My Past, Jun 1942, Ipswich 4A 3412. [S724] FreeBMD. [S724] FreeBMD, 1989, Colchester 9 2125. [S1518] Census 1921 Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England RG15, (RG15). [S797] DBHT (exported from Ancestry).ged. Record originated in... [S7] Find My Past. [S7] Find My Past, Dec 1890, Ipswich 4A 1652.