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Bella Quince was born Oct 1892 in New York, New York daughter of  William Quince (born 1854 New York , died 10 Nov  1937 in Richmond County, NY)   and  Margaret Purley (born 1865 England and died betwen 1897 and 1904)  In the 1900 census for New York,  Bella and her siblings William (born Oct 1890) and Alice (born 1894)  were inmates of the  Five Points House of Industry.  In 1904  Alice and Bella were sent via the Orphan Train to Sidney, Iowa.   Bella is listed as  having gone to the home of G. T. Hatten.  Per the 1910 census for  New York it appears that Bella is back in New York state working as a servant for William and  Estelle Prillipper in Livingston, Columbia county, New York.  Bella married a Clarence C. Jones (born 11/2/1891)   in Leavenworth, KS about 1912.  They had two children,   Margaret born 1913 and Elmer born in 1915.  According to the Social Security Death Index,  Clarence died 12/12/1996  in Bonner Springs, Wyandotte county, Kansas  and  according to the same source, Bella died Oct 1976  in Shawnee Mission, Johnson county, Kansas