David Charles Bell

David Charles Bell, uncle of Alexander Graham Bell (1817-1903?) married Ellen Adine Highland

Together they had 10 children, 5 boys and 5 girls:

Alexander Bell (1841-1843)
Robert Bell (1842-1849)
Esther Bell (1844-1850)
Sophia Bell (born 1846) married Richard Horne
Chichester Bell (1848-1924) married Antoinette Ives
Aileen Bell (1850-1914)
Laurie Bell (born 1852) married James Kerr
Elizabeth Bell (born 1854) married William Kerr
Lewis Bell (born 1856, died 1890s)
Charles Bell (born 1858) married (1) Roberta Hubbard (1859-1885) and married (2) Grace Hubbard (born 1861)
William Bell (1860)

Alexander Melville Bell

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  1. Alexander Bell (1790-1865) married (1) Elizabeth Colville (died 1856), divorced 1831, had 4 children, 2 girls and 2 boys:
    1. Jane Bell (1815-1817)
    2. David Charles Bell (1817-1903?)
    3. Alexander Melville Bell (1819-1905) married (1) Eliza Grace Symonds (1809-1897), had 3 children, 3 boys: had
      1. Melville James Bell (1845-1870)
      2. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) married Mabel Gardiner Hubbard (1857-1923), had 4 children
        1. Elsie May Bell (1878-1964) married Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875-1966)
        2. Marian Hubbard (“Daisy”) Bell (1880-1962) married David Grandison Fairchild (1869-1954)
        3. Edward Bell (b.1881, died young)
        4. Robert Bell (b.1883, died young)
      3. Edward Charles Bell (1848-1867)

      married (2) Harriet Shibley

    4. Elizabeth Samuel Bell (1822-1862)

    Alexander Bell’s second marriage was to (2) Esther Alicia Laurie (died 1860)

Melville James Bell

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  1. Melville James Bell (1845-1870) married Caroline Ottoway and had 1 son:
    1. Edward Charles Ottoway Bell (1868-1870)

Alexander Graham Bell

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  1. Alexander Bell (1790-1865) married (1) Elizabeth Colville (died 1856), divorced 1831, had 1 daughter and 3 sons:
    1. Jane Bell (1815-1817)
    2. David Charles Bell (1817-1903?)
    3. Alexander Melville Bell (1819-1905) married (1) Eliza Grace Symonds (1809-1897) and had 3 sons:
      1. Melville James Bell (1845-1870)
      2. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
        married Mabel Gardiner Hubbard (1857-1923)

        1. Elsie May Bell (1878-1964) married Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875-1966), had 2 daughters and 2 sons:
        2. Marian Hubbard (“Daisy”) Bell (1880-1962)
          married David Grandison Fairchild (1869-1954)
        3. Edward Bell (born 1881, died young)
        4. Robert Bell (born 1883, died young)
      3. Edward Charles Bell (1848-1867)

      married (2) Harriet Shibley

      1. Elizabeth Samuel Bell (1822-1862)

    married (2) Esther Alicia Laurie (died 1860)

Elsie May Bell Grosvenor

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  1. Elsie May Bell (1878-1964) married Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875-1966), had 7 children, 5 daughters and 2 sons:
    1. Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901-1982)
    2. Gertrude Hubbard Grosvenor Gayley (1903-1986)
    3. Mabel Harlakenden Grosvenor (1905-2006)
    4. Lilian Waters Grosvenor Jones (1907-1985)
    5. Alexander Graham Bell Grosvenor (1909-1915)
    6. Elsie Alexandra Carolyn “Carol” Grosvenor (1911-2004)
    7. Gloria Victoria Grosvenor Oftedal (1918-1972)

Marian Hubbard Bell Fairchild

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  1. Marian Hubbard (“Daisy”) Bell (1880-1962) married David Grandison Fairchild (1869-1954), had 3 children, 2 daughters and 1 son:
    1. Alexander Graham Bell Fairchild (1906-1994)
    2. Barbara Lathrop Fairchild (1909-1998)
    3. Nancy Bell Fairchild (1912-1976)

Note: The images and text found on this page were sourced from the Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, which were donated to the Library of Congress in 1975, and consist of over 145,000 items documenting Bell’s life as an inventor, teacher, husband, and father. The online version of the collection includes 4,695 items and around 51,500 images, comprising of correspondence, scientific notebooks, journals, blueprints, articles, and photographs that provide insight into Bell’s invention of the telephone and his involvement in the first telephone company, his family life, his interest in the education of the deaf, and his aeronautical and other scientific research. The dates of the collection range from 1862 to 1939, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1865 to 1920. The collection is divided into several archival series, including Family Papers, General Correspondence, Subject File, Beinn Bhreagh Recorder, Laboratory Notebooks, Article File, and Speech File.

References:

  1. https://www.loc.gov/collections/alexander-graham-bell-papers/about-this-collection/