his Bible is in the Perth Museum archives.
This is a leather-bound medium-format Bible, in new condition. The entries are all in ink, written in a neat “copperplate hand”. The sameness of the entries, and the fact that most of the entries refer to events ocurring before the publication date of the Bible, make it likely that they were all made at the same time.
The entries are on “Family Record” pages between the Old and New Testaments, in Volume 2.
Partial transcript of the title page is:
COTTAGE BIBLE
AND
FAMILY EXPOSITOR
etc.
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HARTFORD. PRINTED & PUBLISHED BY CASE, TIFFANY AND COMPANY
1854.
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// First page
FAMILY RECORD
PARENTS' REGISTER
Father, James Bell (son of Rev. William
Bell,) born at Perth, Canada, 28th
December 1817. Married to Jane Judd
at Brockville, by Rev. William Bell, on
Thursday the 9th February 1843.
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Mother, Jane Judd, (daughter of John
Judd,) Born in London England, 24th
June 1818.
// Second Page
MARRIAGES
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//Third Page
BIRTHS
Alexander, Born at Carleton Place, on Thursday
the 22nd February 1844 at 8 o,clock in the morning.
Mary Margaret, Born at Carleton Place on
Thursday the 5th December 1845 at 4 o,clock in
the morning.
James Horatio, Born at Carleton Place, on Friday
the 21st October 1847, at 5 o,clock in the morning.
Jane Victoria, Born at Carleton Place on Wednesday
the 13th July 1849, at 8 o,clock in the morning.
John Black, Born at Perth, on Tuesday the 13th
January 1852, at half past 11 o,clock in the evening.
Charles Napier, Born at Perth, on Sunday the
5th February 1854, at half past 11 o,clock in the evening.
William George, Born at Perth, on Sunday
the 20th January 1856 at half past twelve
in the morning --