Thomas James BELL
1912 - 1986 (73 years)
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Name Thomas James BELL [1] Born 29 Dec 1912 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA 
[2] Gender Male Census 8 Jan 1920 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [3] 1920 US Federal - in the Joseph Bell household. Enumerated were JOSEPH head male white 38 married immigrated 1901 naturalized 1915 Russia-Russia-Russia boiler maker railroad; HELEN wife female white 26 married WI-Poland-Poland; THOMAS son male white 7 single IL-Russia-WI; VICTOR son male white 5 single IL-Russia-WI; CLARA duaghter female white 1 4/12 single IL-Russia-WI; MARGRET duaghter female white 3 2/12 single IL-Russia-WI
Census 11 Apr 1930 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [4] 1930 US Federal - in the Joseph Bell household. Enumerated were JOSEPH head male white 48 married at 29 Russia (Petrograd)-Russia (Petrograd)-Russia (Petrograd) immigrated 1906 naturalized Boiler Maker for Railroad; HELEN wife female white 36 married 18 WI-Poland-Poland; THOMAS son male white 17 single IL-Russian-WI Operating Machine Can Co.; VICTOR son male white 15 single IL-Russian-WI; CLARA daughter female white 14 single IL-Russian-WI
Census-Household Member 2 Apr 1940 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [5] 1940 US Federal - Role: Household Member
in the Joseph Bell household. Enumerated were JOSEPH male white 57 married born in Russia lived in same house in 1935 | worked for pay | boilermaker | shipyards | worked 14 weeks in 1939 | wages $490 / HELEN wife female white 46 married born in Wisconsin | lived in same house in 1935 | works at home / THOMAS son male white 27 single completed grade 8 born in Illinois | lived in same house in 1935 | works for pay | tube cutter | paper box house | worked 14 weeks in 1939 | wages $280 / VICTOR son male white 25 married born in Illinois | lived in same house in 1935 | works for pay | supervisor packaging line | ? | worked 52 weeks in 1939 | wages $1939 / ESTELLE daughter in law female white 22 married born in Illinois lived in same place1935 | Cook, Illinois | works for pay | Charge of Sample Dept | ? | worked 30 weeks in 1939 | wages $780
Military 16 Oct 1940 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [6] World War II Draft Registration Card 
Bell, Thomas James - World War II Draft Registration Card front 
Bell, Thomas James - World War II Draft Registration Card back Died 26 Jul 1986 Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA [7] Obituary 27 Jul 1986 Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA [7] Herald and Review - Bell
NOKOMIS -- Thomas J. Bell, 73, of Nokomis died 4:10 a.m. Saturday (July 26, 1986) in Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday in St. Louis Catholic Church, Nokomis. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Stiehl-Dawson Funeral Home, Nokomis.
Mr. Bell was born in Chicago, son of Joseph and Helen Bell. He wa a retired machinist for U.S. Steel. He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church. He married Lillian G. Blessing in 1957.
Surviving are his wife; stepsons, Ronald Rollo of Palos Heights; Eugene Rolo of Hillcrest; stepdaughter, Mrs. Peter (Virginia) Gerber of Tempe, Ariz.; 13 stepgrandchildren; 14 great-stepgrandchildren.
Buried 28 Jul 1986 , Montgomery, Illinois, USA Person ID I9266 Brenda's Branches Last Modified 13 Apr 2021
Father Joseph BELL, b. 5 May 1880, Petrograd, Chelyabinsk, Russia , d. 12 Nov 1961, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 81 years) Mother Helen M. PETERS, b. 1 Dec 1893, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA , d. 12 Jan 1979, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA (Age 85 years) Married Abt 1911 Family ID F1353 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lillian G. BLESSING, Roulo, b. Abt 1903, , , Illinois, USA , d. 14 Dec 1991, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA (Age ~ 88 years) Married 15 Feb 1957 , Cook, Illinois, USA [8] Last Modified 13 Apr 2021 Family ID F5392 Group Sheet | Family Chart