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Leonard Gillespie Bell family fonds
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- Textual record
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Photocopied 1994 (originally created 1869-1903) (predominant: 1887-1903) (Creation)
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- Leonard Gillespie Bell Family, 1826-
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0.085m of textual records
2 maps
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Biographical history
Leonard Gillespie Bell Sr. was born in Armagh, Ireland in 1826 and immigrated to Canada from 1867. He lived for a time in Quebec and New Brunswick before he moved to Saskatchewan on July 12, 1882, where he homesteaded in the Qu'Appelle area on NW 1/4 4-18-14 W2.
Trained as a civil engineer, Bell worked on an engineering project in Regina between November 1896 and July 1897. Most of his efforts; however, were directed towards farming.
Commissioned by Bell Sr. in 1894 and completed in 1896, a stone house was built south of Qu'Appelle. The home, which came to be known as "The Gables" was designed by architect James Allen Macdonald, who at the time resided in Regina.
Bell Sr. and his wife, Sarah Louisa, had two children: Leonard Gillespie Jr. and Laura.
Bell Sr. died in 1911 while visiting his sisters in Armagh, Ireland. He was buried there.
Leonard G. Bell Jr. attended Nisbet Academy in Prince Albert and trained at the Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario before returning to Qu'Appelle. When he married Florence Emily Tanner in 1905 they moved into "The Gables" and Mr. and Mrs. Bell Sr. moved into Qu'Appelle.
Bell Jr. and his wife Florence had at least one child, Benjamin Bell, who in 1940 married Cornelia Russell.
Laura Bell taught Sunday School during the 1890s, and married Fred Blakeney of Detroit, Michigan.
Custodial history
The original records were loaned for photocopying to the Regina office, Saskatchewan Archives by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Priddell in 1994. The records were found in the attic of the Bell house known as "The Gables". The photocopies were accessioned R94-166 (April 28, 1994).
Scope and content
The fonds consists of photocopies of records which reflect the collective activities of the Leonard Gillespie Bell family before and during their residence in Saskatchewan. The types of records included are correspondence, diaries, maps, memoranda, clippings, art work, a newspaper article, cards, hymnals and poetry.
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Physical condition
Records are in good physical condition.
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- English
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Box number(s): 1
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Records are open for research use.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Use, publication and/or reproduction of records are subject to terms and conditions of the Copyright Act.
To consult the records, visit or contact the Regina office.
Finding aids
- SAFA 89
- SAFA 89 (old guide GR 553) consists of a fonds level description and file level listings of textual records and item level listings of maps.
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No further accruals are expected.
General note
Location for retrieval: Regina - Hillsdale.
Maps have been retained in the textual record to preserve context.
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Textual records: R-769.2
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Saskatchewan Archives. Archival Description Manual 2004.
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Final
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- English
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- Latin
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