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This is called the Death Knell; or the tolling of the bell. The bell was rung to announce a death, not only for Catholics - this was the custom in England (I don't know about any other countries) but it fell out of use in the early 1900's.
I'm wondering if your family roots are English, perhaps. Would it have been something that your great grandfather would have been familiar with and that is why the message of his passing came to you in that way.
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