William BELL (son of Hugh BELL & Bethia, née BELL) married Elizabeth KINNEar (Daughter of William KINNEAR, a banker, of Edinburgh) in Edinburgh in 1820, and they had 13 children. Basically, I have two puzzles, what was Elizabeth's date of birth & mother's name (less important), and what happened to the thirteen children (very important). I tried Scottish naming patterns, as below - not much joy: First daughter should have mother's mother's name, and is actually called Elizabeth Fearne BELL (b. abt 1821, unmarried at 1881) Have found an Elizabeth Kinnear, daughter of William KINNEAR and Elizabeth, christened 23 March 1806 at St. James, Westminster, London, but no other linking evidence. "My" Elizabeth was born about 1800, according to her age at the 1881 Census. First son should have father's father's name & is actually called George William BELL (b. abt 1823) - however, father's father was Hugh BELL : misfit. (Names of three of George William's children known, but nothing more.) Second daughter should have father's mother's name, & is actually Anna Louisa BELL (b. abt 1824) - however, father's mother was Bethia BELL - misfit (Nothing known of life or descendants) Second son should have mother's father's name & is actually Thomas Evans BELL (b. abt 1826) - however, mother's father' was William KINNEAR - misfit (Living with wife & unmarried daughter at 1881 Census, nothing else known) The remaining nine children of William BELL & Elizabeth KINNEAR were: Leonora Georgiana, b. abt 1827 (Nothing known of life or descendants) Hugh Reid, b abt 1829 (Nothing known of life or descendants) Isabella Bethia, b. abt 1830 (Nothing known of life or descendants) Octavius Plunket, b. abt 1832 (Nothing known of life or descendants) Frederik Hayley, b. abt 1834 (Nothing known of life or descendants- related to Mary Hayley BELL, wife of Sir John MILLS???) Archibald Hamilton, b. abt 1835 (Nothing known of life or descendants) Mary Caroline, b. abt 1836 (Nothing known of life or descendants) Valentine Graeme, b. abt 1839 (Wife's, son's & daughter-in-law's names known, daughter's name unknown, VGB & son were distinguished civil engineers) Grace Henrietta, b. abt 1843 (husband's & six children's names known, nothing more) Anybody any ideas about what happened to those about whose life & descendants I know nowt? Don Montague - whose mother was a BELL