Item Item 21 - Scrapbook relating to Joshua Thomas Bell and Jimbour House

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UQFL79-Series F-Subseries 2-Item 21

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Scrapbook relating to Joshua Thomas Bell and Jimbour House

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  • 1881?-1985 (Creation)

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(1867-1943)

Biographical history

Catherine Jane Ferguson (also spelt as Katherine) was born on 16 May 1867 in Rockhampton, Queensland to parents Eliza Frances Wiley and John Ferguson (1830-1906). She married Charles Sydney Jones (1861-1896) on 28 October 1889 and together they had four children: Ella Maud (born 9 Mar 1891), Enid Frances Sydney (born 31 May 1892), Kate Elaine Sydney (born 27 Apr 1895, also known as Katie, Kit or Kitty) and a son Jack [?]. On 25 July 1903 she married Joshua Thomas Bell. Joshua and Catherine had two children: Joshua Peter Ferguson and Margot Margaret Maxwell. She died on 31 Aug 1943 in Brisbane.

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Scrapbook for newspaper cuttings produced by Marcus Ward & Co. with [indecipherable] Bell no. 3 written on inside cover. Most likely to be a continuation of the scrapsbooks titled Joshua Bell (1) and Joshua Bell (2) that were collated by Catherine Bell. This scrapbook contains: newspaper cuttings relating to the death of Joshua Bell in 1911; a picture of "J.T.B's 'digs' at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; newpaper cuttings about Joshua Thomas Bells' father, Joshua Peter Bell; newspaper cuttings about Jimbour House and it's sale after the deather of Joshua Thomas Bell; handwritten notes; correspondence; articles about Dalby history. There are 88 b&w photographs including: Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Bell Monument Dalby; Jimbour House; Jinny Maxwell; 151 Moray Street New Farm; Catherine Bell; Joshua Thomas Bell; Joshua Peter Ferguson Bell; Margot Margaret Maxwell Bell; the Bell Monument at Toowong Cemetery; Rakeevan; Enid; Kitty; Ella; and Kitty's house Graceville. After the death of Catherine Bell in 1943 additional newspaper cuttings have been added to the scrapbook, most relating to Joshua Peter Ferguson Bell.

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  • English

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Box 6 Item 1

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Created, Linda Justo, 5-Aug-2021.

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  • Box: UQFL79 Box 6