Descendants of Matthew Gardner & Margaret Martin

Arthur Waite Iredale Bell¹

Arthur Waite Iredale Bell||p515.htm|Joseph William Bell|b. c 1793\nd. 1 Jul 1870|p346.htm|Georgina Ford||p345.htm|||||||||||||

Father

Joseph William Bell b. c 1793, d. 1 Jul 1870

Mother

Georgina Ford

Occupation*

Arthur Waite Iredale Bell was a hardware merchant.¹

Marriage*

He married Elizabeth Ann O'Meagher on 5 February 1867 at St. David's Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.²

Occupation

Arthur Waite Iredale Bell and his brother-in-law, Robert Gardner opened an ironmonger store called Bell & Gardner in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia circa 1865. An adverisement in The (Rockhampton) Bulletin dated 07 January 1865 reads:

     DIRECT SHIPMENTS OF IRONMONGERY
     BELL & GARDNER have now made
     arrangements for having direct shipments
     of Ironmongery from Britain. The first is to
     land per "Elizabeth Anne Bright," consisting
     of-
          Bar and rod iron
          Axles blocks and boxes
          Bolts and nuts
          Horse shoes and nails
          Holloware
          Cutlery, &c, &c.

Sometime thereafter, they opened another ironmonger store in Maryborough, Queensland along with Charles R. Powell called Powell, Gardner & Belll. On 15 November 1875, the partnerships with Arthur Bell were disolved. Arthur Bell went on to operate the ironmonger store in Rockhampton under the name Arthur Bell & Co but soon declared bankruptcy. Charles Powell and Robert Gardner continued to operate the ironmonger store in Maryborough under the new name, Powell & Gardner. However, Robert Gardner left before the end of 1877 bound for new opportunities in New Zealand. It is not known whether Charles Powell continued to operate the ironmonger business in Maryborough after Robert Gardner's departure.³

This token is part of a collection held by Museum Victoria. A recent example of this token sold for $AUS 23,766 at auction (The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 January 2006).

(Witness) Marriage

Arthur Waite Iredale Bell witnessed the marriage of Stanley Beauchamp and Marion McGregor Gardner on 28 February 1901 at Burnbrae, Tokomaru, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.⁴

(Host) Marriage

Arthur Waite Iredale Bell hosted the wedding of Robert Clifford Gardner and Winifred Kassie Bell on 29 January 1908 at Harihari, Westland, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.⁵

Family

Elizabeth Ann O'Meagher

Child

Winifred Kassie Bell b. c 1882, d. 28 May 1963

Last Edited

11 Feb 2011

Citations:

[S478] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1963029339 (1963), Winifred Kassie Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
[S491] "MARRIAGES. BELL-O'MEAGHER," The (Hobart) Mercury, 23 February 1867, p. 2, col. 6; digital images, National Library of Australia, Trove (http://www.trove.nla.gov.au : accessed 14 January 2011).

MARRIAGES.

BELL-O’MEAGHER.- On 5^th February, at St. David’s Cathedral, by the Rev. F. H. Cox, Arthur Bell, Esq., of Rockhampton, Queensland, to Elizabeth Anne, youngest daughter of the late W. O’Meagher, Esq., of Her Majesty’s Ordnance.
[S492] "NOTICE," Rockhampton Bulletin, 07 December 1875, p. 1, col. 5; digital images, National Library of Australia, Trove (http://www.trove.nla.gov.au : accessed 16 January 2011).
[S507] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1901/6012 (1901), Stanley Beauchamp-Marion McGregor Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
[S418] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1908000416 (1908), Robert Clifford Gardner-Winifred Kassin Bell; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.