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11 February 2025

David March © 2014

ELLEN MABLE & Mrs GORDON BELL/PHYLLIS and FLORENCE WINTERTON

Coincidentally, in January 1927, Ethel’s brother, Edward Julius Meilicke, married a woman who, along with her mother, had also signed the quilt. She was Phyllis Hannah Maud Winterton who was born to William Edward Winterton and Florence M Younge born on 27 June 1895 in Leicester, England.

On 27 March 1911, she, her mother and her brother, William Edward C (1892-1968) arrived in St John, New Brunswick on SS ‘Lake Manitoba’ which had sailed from Liverpool, England.

Shortly thereafter, they took up residence in Saskatoon and were at 319 3rd Ave N in 1916. By 1918 they were living at #5 324 6th Ave and were still there at the time of the 1921 census. Phyllis and her mother became members of 3rd Ave Methodist Church in 1912. Phyllis soon joined the choir of the church and was one of the original members of the Orpheus Society, joining it in 1913. She had a keen and active interest in amateur musical and theatrical work and played important roles in productions of the Orpheus Society.

Phyllis and Edward Meilicke had two daughters, Joyce and Julia. Phyllis died in Saskatoon on 8 September 1935 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the same plot number as her mother and brother.

Edward later married Kathleen Neville Laidlaw. He died on 1 December 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Phyllis’ mother, Florence was born in December 1865 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England to Clement & Mary E Younge. She died on 22 January 1927 in Saskatoon.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Bell/Winterton Tree.

Ellen Mable Bell was born to George Alexander Bell and Elizabeth Smith in Brandon, Manitoba on 23 April 1886. Her siblings were George Melrose (1884-1936), James Herbert (1888-1889), Gordon (b 1890), Ethel (b 1892), Grace Agnes (1894-1969), Lorne David (b 1898) and Harold Alexander (b 1904).

By 1906, her family had moved from Brandon to Alameda, Saskatchewan and by 1916, most of the family, including herself, were living at 2255 Retallack St in Regina, Saskatchewan where they continued to live until at least 1921.

By 1916, her brother, Gordon, had married Ethel Josephine Meilicke. They were living at 103 Poplar Crescent in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and had a son, Roderick, who had been born in 1914. Two of Ethel’s siblings, Edward Julius (1888-1959) and Adelaide Henrietta (b 1894) were living with them. Ethel, who was born on 25 August 1890 in Christiania, Jackson, Minnesota, was the daughter of Emil Julius Meilicke and Wilhemina (Minnie) Guderian. Siblings not already mentioned were Hugo (b 1878), Otto (b 1882) and Ella (b 1885).

In 1900, the Meilicke family was in Christiania, but by 1906 had moved to Dundurn, Saskatchewan.

In 1920, another son, Gordon D, was born to Ethel and Gordon Bell. By 1921 the Bell family had moved to Point Grey Municipality in British Columbia. It is unknown if they had any more children after 1921.

Ethel died on 23 January 1986 in Vancouver, British Columbia. At that time, her husband Gordon was still alive. Nothing is more is known about him. It is likely that Ella was visiting her brother Gordon and family who were still living in Saskatoon in 1918 when the quilt was presumably being made and this is how her name came to be signed on it.

Mrs. Gordon Bell also signed, but not in the same square as Ella.