Family Life
Bell married Martha Antoinette Ebden on 3 June 1841.
- John Alexander Bell born 25 January 1843 in Grahamstown
- Charles David Ebden Bell born 1 August 1845 in Cape Town
- Catherine Mariann Bell born 16 December 1848 at Canigou, Rondebosch, Cape Town died 16 July 1863
Charles Bell divorced Martha Ebden on 1 July 1850 having cited Dr. Lestock Wilson Stewart as co-respondent. Court granted Charles Bell custody of the three children - Martha gave birth to second daughter Charlotte Margaret on 17 October 1850 - Bell denied paternity. Charlotte Margaret died before 10 April 1866.
Bell's second marriage to Helena Krynauw on 7 July 1859.
- Helena Isabella Bell born 31 May 1860 in Cape Town
- Alexander Bell born 15 September 1861 in Cape Town
- Anthony Bell born 9 February 1863 in Cape Town
- David Duncan Traill Bell born 21 April 1864 Cape Town died 14 December 1865
- Catherine Susan Bell born 11 May 1865 Cape Town died 13 September 1865
Read more about this topic: Charles Davidson Bell
Famous quotes containing the words family and/or life:
“Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described—and will be, after our deaths—by each of the family members who believe they know us.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)
“In the twentieth century, death terrifies men less than the absence of real life. All these dead, mechanized, specialized actions, stealing a little bit of life a thousand times a day until the mind and body are exhausted, until that death which is not the end of life but the final saturation with absence.”
—Raoul Vaneigem (b. 1934)