AncientFaces Your browser does not support JavaScript!
Please enable JavaScript to view the entire contents of this page.

Elaine Marguerite (Kroetch) Bell Gillett

Updated Mar 25, 2024

Loading...one moment please

‹ ›

Elaine Marguerite (Kroetch) Bell Gillett

Pam Marks

22 followers 2.54k+ favorites

11/30/2023

Elaine Marguerite (Kroetch) Bell Gillett

Elaine (center) with newly adoptive parents Hugh and Theckla Bell

Date & Place: 1932 in Seattle, King County, Washington United States

Comments

Lori Russell

119 followers 8.13k+ favorites

01/13/2024

I seen that name before Teckla Bell. Some where in my history

Favorite

Share this photo:

People tagged in this photo

Elaine Marguerite (Kroetch) Bell Gillett May 19, 1924 - Jan 29, 2007 Lake Stevens, Snohomish, United States

Elaine Marguerite Kroetch was adopted by the Bell family when her mother died (she was age 8). Since her younger sister was also adopted (by the Dahlquist family) and her brothers Fred (who lived with his Aunt Wea) and Frank (who lived for a time with his Aunt Thelma) were sent to live with family, even at the young age of 8 Elaine insisted that she and her siblings see each other often. And they did. They always told stories of the mischief they got into as kids. As a result, they were close all of their lives and so were their children ("the cousins"). Although only Frank and Elaine lived in Washington state as adults (Norma lived in San Diego and Fred lived in Dayton Ohio), they spoke on the phone often and visited often. Fred died first (lung cancer), then Frank (cardiac arrest), then Norma, then Elaine. Although her mother's family didn't like our grandfather and therefore obtained an order from a (family friend) judge to keep him from the children, they did see my grandfather as adults. My dad (Frank) and Fred saw him often. The girls still held a grudge against him.

Age in photo:

followers

Topic related photos

Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.

From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...

Favorite

472k+ photos

1930s

The decade of the worldwide Great Depression

The 1930's were a decade of severe stress: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rise of Nazism. But it was also the end of Prohibition, the beginning of the change of land management (poor farm ...

Favorite

153k+ photos

Washington

The State of Washington in the Pacific Northwest named for the first U.S. President George Washington.

One of the leading lumber producers, Washington is known for manufacturing aircraft, missiles, shipbuilding, and transportation.

Favorite

778 photos

Gillette

Last name

5.41k+ people25 photos

Favorite (23)

23 followers

Kroetch

Last name

64 people190 photos

Favorite (19)

19 followers

Followers

2.54k+ favorites 1.62k+ photos

Pam Marks

My life-time love of geneology and old photos led to the concept of Ancientfaces back in 1999....through the site I have made contact with previously unknown cousins in Australia, Tasmania, England, Scotland and various states in the US, broadening and enriching my family stories, photos and family relationships. The names I am researching resided in and/or settled the following areas: South Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; Normandy; Germany, Belgium & the Netherlands; Virginia; West Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Idaho and Washington state; first wave of settlers in the Hudson River & Mohawk River Vallies; founding fathers of New Haven, Middlesex and New London Counties, CT, along with Suffolk, Norfolk & Middlesex Counties in MA; first wave of settlers to Quebec and Ontario, Canada. Also, I am a member of the Mayflower Society after tracing my maternal side to John Billington, a Mayflower passenger ( with his family) who settled in Plymouth , and signed, the Mayflower compact.

Favorite (22)

Message

8.13k+ favorites 273 photos

Lori Russell

My mother is Pamela Thompson. My dad is Richard William Russell.
My mom grew up in Fenwick Michigan. My dad grew up in Hart Michigan. They had 2 kids together. Living in Michigan.

Favorite (119)

Message

31.2k+ favorites 2.01k+ photos

Kathy Pinna

I'm a Founder of AncientFaces and support the community answering questions & helping members make connections to the past (thus my official title of Founder & Content and Community Support ). For me, it's been a labor of love for over 20 years. I truly believe with all of my heart that everyone should be remembered for generations to come. I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in San Jose (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our previous Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director
My family began AncientFaces because we believe that unique photos and stories that show who people are/were should be shared with the world.

Favorite (208)

Message

ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM

Find records of Elaine Gillette

Birth records

Marriage records

Divorce records

Death records

Find records of Elaine