1. John BURRELL b 4 Jun 1905 at 130 High Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland s/o John BURRELL/Isabella BOYD [birth cert]
John BURRELL chr 27 Aug 1905 Church of Scotland, Cottard Place, Stow, Midlothian Scotland [R/N 169 cert]
John BURRELL was a mining engineer who became manager of a tin mine at Epoh near Kuala Lumpur in Malaya. During WW2 as a member of the British Citizens Military Forces he was taken Prisoner-of-War by the Japanese. For three and a half years he was in Changi Prison and on the Burma Railway. At the fall of Singapore in January 1941 Mabel, her two daughters and 4 month old baby son were evacuated to Melbourne, Australia on the ship Orion. They lived with Scots, Beatrice and 'Dadda' MURRAY in Manifold Heights, Geelong, Victoria. After the war John and Mabel were reunited in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mabel and the children returned to Geelong for the children's education. John resumed tin mining in Malayasia with six months leave every three years and finally retired to Geelong.
John BURRELL d 26 Aug 1981 aged 76 yrs Geelong, Victoria, Australia, bur Highton Cemetery, Geelong. (2 dau, 1 son)
John BURRELL m 6 May 1932 Newcraighall, Parish Church of North Esk, Musselburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, Mabel Georgina Stewart Thorne HUNTER. [Certificate of Proclamation of Banns and Marriage, Musselburgh] Musselburgh was in the Parish of Inveresk, County of Midlothian. The status of burgh was abolished in 1975 and Musselburgh became part of the East Lothian District in the Lothian Region. In 1996 Musselburgh became part of the East Lothian modern council area. [www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk]

Mabel Georgina Stewart Thorne HUNTER b 11 Jan 1910 Royal Maternity Hospital, St Giles, Edinburgh d/o James Duncan STEWART/Eva Maud Mary THORNE. Stepfather: Charles Fyfe HUNTER m 1912 Eva Maud Mary THORNE.
Mabel and her stepsisters, Eva and Ina lived at 120 High Street, Musselburgh and all attended St Peter's Anglican School at Goose Green in Mussleburgh.
Mabel Georgina Stewart Thorne (nee HUNTER) d 1 Oct 1991 aged 81 yrs Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, bur 3 Oct 1991 Highton Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria.

John and Mabel BURRELL photos

James Duncan STEWART and Eva Maud Mary THORNE

2. Helen Dorothy Anna BURRELL stillborn on 26 April 1908 (Bruce Britton)

3. Grace Margaret BURRELL (known as Gracie) b 10 Oct 1909 Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland s/o John BURRELL/Isabella BOYD (oral history, Bruce Britton)
Grace Margaret POTTS d 25 Aug 1977 aged abt 68 yrs Niddrie, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, headstone in Niddrie Cemetery.

			IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF GRACE MARGARET POTTS OUR BELOVED MOTHER AND GRANNY WHO DIED 25th AUGUST 1977 WIFE OF THE LATE WILLIAM GEORGE POTTS ALSO HER DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER JOHN and ISABELLA BURRELL   FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

Grace Margaret BURRELL m abt 1928 William George POTTS.
William George POTTS (known as Bill) b 27 Jan 1907 Melrose, Berwickshire, Scotland, son of Mrs RICHARDSON (who had remarried) and stepson of Mr RICHARDSON who was Grieve (Estate Manager) of 'Housebyers' a manor house facing the Eildon Hills at (Milborne?) Melrose.
Bill served an apprenticeship as a surveyor and was Under Manager at Niddrie Colliery. Address in 1958 was 16 Niddrie Cottages, District of Newington, Edinburgh.
William George POTTS d 3 Oct 1971 aged 64 yrs Niddrie, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. (Bruce Britton)

Children of William George POTTS and Grace Margaret BURRELL:
1. Mabel Elizabeth POTTS (known as Helen) b ~1928 prob Edinburgh m Alec (or Alex) STEIN, an engineer, lived Newcastle, England. Alec was in a wheelchair suffering from multiple sclerosis when Mabel died abt 2003 (Betty Stevenson). Alec is now also deceased. (One son)
2. Isobel Mary POTTS b 1 May 1930 Edinburgh m 1951 at Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland, Donald BRITTON occ Dancer with Saddlers Wells Ballet Company.
In 1947 Isobel won a scholarship to Saddlers Wells Ballet Company. Her stage name was Maureen BRUCE. They had one son who was raised by his grandmother, Mrs Potts, while his parents toured with the ballet company. Donald danced the lead in 'Pineapple Poll' with the Royal Ballet on tour in Australia in the 1950s. They were separated by then, later divorced, both remarried, spouses names unknown. (oral history from Mabel Burrell) Maureen Bruce at Wikipedia Donald Britton at Wikipedia

4. Charles Burrell born 9 Jun 1913 and died two days later on 11 Jun 1913 (Bruce Britton)

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John BURRELL m 1871 Helen ALLAN
John BOYD m 1873 Helen Wilson IRONSIDE
BURRELL Family Tree

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