Researching Brian Bell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 56275 people with the Bell surname? In that year Bell was ranked number 48 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Brian means "Strong" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Brian Bell on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Brian Bell and the Bell Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bell Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Bell family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 76635 people with the Bell surname in the UK? Bell is now ranked number 48 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 355475 people with the Bell surname in the USA? Bell is ranked number 52 for popularity in the USA. |
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Brian Bell
Brian Lane Bell (born December 9, 1968) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Weezer, with whom he has recorded fifteen studio albums. Bell also fronts the rock band The Relationship and was previously the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Space Twins.
Moving to Los Angeles at the age of eighteen, Bell played bass guitar in the band Carnival Art, releasing three studio albums with the band before departing in 1993. Bell subsequently joined Weezer as its rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist, at the request of band member Matt Sharp. Replacing founding member Jason Cropper, Bell joined the band during the recording of its debut album, Weezer (1994). Backed by the singles "Buddy Holly", "Undone – The Sweater Song" and "Say It Ain't So", the album was a critical and commercial success.
Source: Brian Bell, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBrian Bell (ornithologist)
Brian Douglas Bell (5 March 1930 – 1 October 2016) was a New Zealand environmental consultant and ornithologist.
Born in 1930, Bell grew up in Marlborough and Canterbury. Surrounded by hills, braided riverbeds, islands and rocky coasts, he soon became deeply interested in natural history.
He worked for the New Zealand Wildlife Service between 1957 and 1987 on the management and conservation of threatened species. Bell, along with Don Merton, was part of the ultimately unsuccessful attempt in 1964 to save the South Island snipe, the greater short-tailed bat, and the New Zealand bush wren from extinction after the invasion of Big South Cape Island by rats.
In the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bell was awarded the Queens Service Medal for public services. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), and was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1990. He was president of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand (OSNZ) from 1972 to 1979, and again from 1989 to 1995. He was awarded the OSNZ Robert Falla Memorial Award in 1987, and elected a Fellow of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand in 1998.
Bell died in Marlborough on 1 October 2016.
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