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William Bell was born 12 March 1816 at Barnard Castle in Durham and parish of Barnard Castle, England to WIlliam and Jane Bell. The Bells lived near the banks of the Tees River in a comfortable cottage. They were a family of high held standards and they worked hard to keep them. In doing this, gained the title of a family of means. This meant a family of notable importance among the upper class in England.
The family was industrious and made the most of their time for they did not believe in idleness. As such William was a carpenter, starting early and ending late working, cutting, and fitting lumber.
On a stormy night after a stormy and sunny day that couldn’t make up it’s mind the third child in the family was born, called William after …show more content…

He learned the trade of joiner and cabinetmaker til he was 17.
He was young and restless. Ambition and youth’s call to adventure he could no longer be content in himself for something was urging him to go. Finally deciding to go to London, in 1833 he left his father’s house and followed his trade of cabinetmaking.
In London there were many discouragements for a young man starting a business on his own. He experienced both good and bad, but he made many friends for he was a happy person full of sunshine. It was while he was there he met Jane Heslop, a beautiful girl whom he married 8 December 1834. She became a great comfort and a soul companion to William.
While he was in London, he also was persuaded to join the followers of Robert Owen’s Socialists. He wasn’t completely satisfied and soon things began to slack-- work slumped and it got from bad to worse in London. So, he left in 1844 and went back to Durham county with his wife.
Back in Durham he was employed to Bitchbun Colony Works to oversee the group of joiners they had employed there. After staying there for a year he moved to New Castle and worked and a cabinetmaker in Mr. Robson’s Cabinet

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