Ethel Bell

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Ethel Bell is not in my direct ancestry. She is 2 steps removed in the following ways: Niece of James Elgie Beals; daughter of his sister Florence Beals Granddaughter of James Francis Beals and Olive Samantha Bower

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	27 Dec 1906	Franklin, Venango Co. PA
Marriage	2 Mar 1945		To Carl Raymond Reib (d. 14 Aug. 1941); resided 1420 Liberty St. Franklin by 1996
Death	19 Jan 1996	Northwest Medical Center, Franklin, PA
Burial	Jan 1996	Franklin Cemetery	Robert W. Gardiner Funeral Home; Dr. David Holste pastor, Christ United Methodist Church

Ancestry chart segment

      Generation 2           Generation 3         Generation 4
 
                                              +-- James Francis Beals
                                              |   (1846-1930)             
                         +-- Florence Beals --+
                         |   (1884-1975)      |
 +-- Ethel Bell ---------+                    +-- Olive Samantha Bower
 |   (1906-1996 )        |                        (1862-1895)
 |                       +-- Earl Clifford Bell
 |                           (~1879-????)
 +                    
 |
 |                       +-- Lawrence J. Reub
 |                       |   (1860-after1930)
 +-- Carl Raymond Reib --+
     (1908-1941)         |
                         +-- Unknown
Sources: 

Children

(all children with Carl Raymond Reib)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Carl Richard "Dick" Reib	M	~Nov 1925, calc from 1930 census		Mabel unknown	had 2 sons
Lawrence C. Reib	M	~Oct 1928, calc from 1930 census
Barbara Reib	F			unknown Gilmore	children: Harry J. Gilmore & Diana Gilmore of Haroldsburg KY; residence Lexington KY
Florence A. "Flossie" Reib	F			William C. Cummings 3 Apr 1959	daughter; Lynn Cummings m. unknown Wilson; Flossie's residence Franklin PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Franklin, Sugarcreek Twp., Venango Co. PA	by 1910 - 1930

Photo Gallery

Ethel & Olive Bell

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1910 United States Federal Census, Sugarcreek Twp., Venango Co., PA, Enumeration District 147, Supervisor's District 18, Page 3B; Census date 19 Apr 1910. Lines 71-74: Earl C. Bell, age 31, married 4 yrs, a shipping clerk at an oil refinery, renting their home; wife, Florence Bell, age 25, married 4 yrs, 2 children born, one still living; daughter Ethel Bell, age 3; Earl's brother, James W. Bell, age 26,a street car conductor. All speak English. All but Ethel read and write. All & their parents born in PA.
2	1920 United States Federal Census, Sugarcreek Twp., Venango Co., PA, Enumeration District 145, Supervisor's District 17, Page 4B. Census date 19 Jan 1920. Lines 86-90: Earl C. Bell, age 41, shipping clerk at an oil refinery, renting home (margin note indicates the Meadville Road Prospect Park district). Florence Bell,wife, age 35; daughter Ethel Bell, age 13; daughter Olive L. Bell, age 9; son Earl K. Bell, age 3 years 8 months. All but Olive read, write, and speak English. Ethel and Olive in school since 1 Sept1919. All & their parents born PA.
3	1930 United States Federal Census, Sugarcreek Twp., Venango Co., PA, pg. 6, date: 8 Apr 1930. Lines 77-81: Carl R. Reib age 22, age 17 at 1st marriage, machinist at machine shop, rents home for $28/mo. Not a veteran; family owns a radio. Ethel age 23, age 18 at 1st marriage; son Richard C. age 4 4/12; son Lawrence E. age 1 5/12; (all and all parents born PA); father Lawrence J. Reub age 70, speaks English, not a veteran, laborer for private family, born PA, parents born Germany.
6	Obituary of Ethel Bell Reib, source & date of publication unknown. She died 19 Jan 1996; was born 27 Dec 1906 in Franklin, PA, daughter of Florenece Beals Bell & Earl Clifford Bell. Married on 2 Mar. 1925 to Carl Raymond Reib. Survived by brother Kenneth Earl Bell, sister Dorothy (Mrs. Jay) Infield; preceded in death by a sister Olive Wilson. Lists children & grandchildren.
7	Research Manuscript of Ella May Beals (Wilson) researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of her siblings Robert Beals and Bertha Beals (Chambers), and of her aunt Mary P. Kline (Fillgrove).
8	Research of Nancy Elizabeth Beals (Walls), 1975-ongoing, in the Venango/Clarion Counties border area, including cemetery inventories, obituary collections, church records and library research, and interviews of community members.
9	Wedding Invitation, Florence A. Rieb, from Nancy Walls Mrs. Ethel B. Rieb/Ethyl Bell requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Florence A. to Mr. William C. Cummings Friday the third of April 1959 at 7:30. First Evangelical United Brethren Church, Franklin, PA.

Source notes

• The rented residence of Carl R & Ethel Bell Reib in 1920 was noted on census page as "Meadville Road Prospect Park" area. Today the main route to Meadville is Rt. 322, going north out of Franklin across French Creek, then turning sharply west and running along the creek. (The confluence of French Creek and the Allegheny River in Franklin is just south of this Rt. 322 crossing. Sugar Creek Twp. is the area north of this confluence, and is bordered on the south by French Creek and the Allegheny River.) Branching off of Rt. 322 is the Waterford & Susquehanna Turnpike. Just north of French Creek, where Rt. 322 turns sharply west along the creek, the turnpike continues directly north, then on northwesterly until reconnecting with Rt. 322. Thus the turnpike forms a shorter route toward Meadville, and may in fact be the older "Meadville Road". Similarly, branching off of the turnpike and a bit farther on reconnecting, is Prospect Road which, with Circle Road and Palmer Ave. today encircle Miller Sibley Field. This area is undoubtedly the Meadville Road Prospect Park neighborhood where the family rented a home in 1920. Just east across Palmer Ave. is the Franklin Cemetery.
• The address for Ethel Bell (Rieb) given in her obituary, was 1320 Liberty St. Liberty St. crosses the Meadville Pike (Rt. 322) 4 blocks south of French Creek (so in French Creek Twp.), and the address appears to be one or two houses west of the intersection.