Rachell McMullan

Grandma Bellingham 001 Lizzie Crockett Reunion 03

Rachell is no longer alive.

• General Notes

  Rachell appears to be the spelling in Herbert Bellinghams letter of 23 Nov 1969 to Al's uncle.
  
  Norman Bellingham says his aunts, Annie McMullan and Rachell McMullan were not related so sisters did not marry brothers.
  
  Her granddaughter, writes, "My grandmother, Rachell, I did meet as she came and lived briefly in Preston, and I remember seeing her when I was little.  She married again - to someone called Stewart I think.  The story I was told was that my grandmother had known him before she married my grandfather and he had gone off to Canada to make his fortune.  He had married and settled over there, and after his wife died he tracked my grandmother down and finding she was a widow came over and married her.  He took her back to Canada, and a while later they moved to New Zealand."  And also, "I have some photos of my mother's family in Ireland.  There's one of my grandmother chasing a pig out of the house!  They lived in the area called Movanagher."
  
  Florrie Bellingham remembered once being invited to an “eel supper” at Norman’s Aunt Rachell’s house.  By this time Alec was working on the Bann, which is famous for its eel fisheries, and always brought home an abundant supply of this tasty fish.  An eel supper was a dish baked in the oven of layers of eel and potatoes, with scallions (spring onions) or onions and leeks mixed in.  Florrie, like many women, did not fancy the idea of eating the slimy eels and said she’d make do with some spuds.  However, when Norman got his “supper” she quietly took a wee bite and was amazed at how delicious they were.  Rachell noticed this and insisted on taking a helping from everyone else’s plate so that Florrie got a big plateful!
  
  
  

Details of Rachell's family with Alexander (Hugh A) "Alec" Bellingham

Details of Rachell's family with ???? Stewart