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Born at Listowel, Ontario on 17 March 1884, son of William D. Bell (1850-1910) and Mary Smith (1841-1923), he was educated at Portage la Prairie. His father had come to Portage la Prairie in 1882 and was associated with Senator Watson in the foundry business.
In 1902, he entered the services of the Bank of Ottawa at Portage la Prairie and transferred to the Northern Crown Bank in 1906. He served as Manager at Pierson and Wolseley (Saskatchewan) before transferring to the Union Bank in 1909, under whose auspices he came to Carman as manager.
On 26 January 1910, he married Annie Salome Stewart (1885-1950) at Winnipeg and they subsequently had two daughters. He was a member of the Carman Hospital Board, Dufferin Agricultural Society, and Masons. He was President of the Carman Board of Trade, manager of the Board of the United Church, and Vice-President and Life Member (1937) of the Manitoba Curling Association.
He died at Souris on 19 April 1955 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Walter Ray Bell, Annie Salome Stewart], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Death registration [Walter Roy Bell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Brandon Daily Sun, 20 April 1955, page 3.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Rick Mutton for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 October 2025
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