Thomas Burrell was born in 1831 in Lincolnshire, England.  It is believed that he was the first of the Burrell brothers to immigrate to Canada.  Thomas married Eliza Clowting on July 22, 1857 in Beverly, Wentworth County, Ontario.  After his first wife died in 1875, he married Eliza Ellen Boulton in Walkerton, on August 15, 1876.  Thomas died on July 17, 1896 in Walkerton, Ontario and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery there. [1]

 

Eliza Clouting was born in 1831.  She was the wife of Thomas Burrell, as well as the mother of Sarah, James, Margaret, Eliza, George,Mary Ann, and Betsy Burrell.  Eliza Clouting Burrell died on October 22, 1875 and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Walkerton, Ontario. [2]

 

Eliza Ellen Boulton was born in 1849.  She became the second wife of Thomas Burrell on August 15, 1876 in Walkerton, Ontario.  She was the mother of Ellen, Thomas, Mabel, Elizabeth, William, Alice, and Mary Louisa Burrell.  Eliza Boulton Burrell died in 1923. [3]

 

Sarah Bella Burrell, born on June 21, 1858 was the first-born child of Thomas and Eliza (Clouting) Burrell.  She appeared with her family in the 1871 and 1881 Canadian census records, living in Bruce County, Ontario.  In 1882 she married William James Harvey in Emerson, Manitoba.  In the 1891 census, Sarah was living with her husband William in Brandon, Manitoba.  She was the mother of five children.  Sarah died on December 1, 1931 and was buried in the Rivers Cemetery in Rivers, Brandon Census Division, Manitoba, Canada. [4]

 

William James Harvey was born in Whitelackington, Illminster, Somerset, England on August 22, 1854.  Family accounts have him arriving in Canada when he was seventeen years old.  He married Sarah Bella Burrell, and was the father of five children.  William Harvey died on September 25, 1938. [5]

 

James A. Burrell was born on April 28, 1860.  He married Ada Mae Ashley and was the father of six children.  James died on March 17, 1942 and was buried in Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina. [6]

 

Ada Mae Ashley was born on February 12, 1878.  She married James A. Burrell.  Ada Mae died on December 28, 1943 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Erwin, Tennessee. [7]

 

Margaret Burrell was born on June 16, 1862.  She married Ebenezer Wilson on April 9, 1884 in Galt, Ontario.  Margaret died in 1941 and was buried in Mountview Cemetery in Cambridge, Ontario.  No other information on Margaret Burrell Wilson has been located at this time. [8]

 

Ebenezer Wilson was born on January 4, 1863.  He married Margaret Burrell in 1884.  Census records indicate he was a machinist.  Ebenezer Wilson died in 1949 and was buried next to his wife in Mountview Cemetery. [9]

 

Eliza Burrell was born on August 14, 1864.  She married Samuel Wilson on Christmas Day in 1882.  They had six children.  Eliza Wilson died in 1948 and was buried in Paris Cemetery in Paris, Ontario.  No other information on Eliza Burrell Wilson has been located at this time. [10]

 

Samuel J. Wilson, the eldest son of Peter J. and Mary (Frazer) Wilson, was born in 1860 in North Dumfries Township, Brant County, Ontario.  He married Eliza Burrell in 1882.  In the 1891 census he is listed as a cattle buyer.  Samuel died in 1949 and was buried in Paris Cemetery. [11]

 

George Harold Burrell was born on October 30, 1866 to Thomas and Eliza (Clouting) Burrell in Walkerton, Ontario.  He appeared in census records with his family through 1891.  George married Innocentia Josepha Merluelos in Ver Cruz, Mexico and they had a daughter and a son, but she died around 1904.  George later married Maria Vela and they had a son, but she also died.  After Maria's death, George returned to Canada, settling in the province of Alberta.  He filed a Declaration of Abandonment on May 23, 1911 for property in Wilhelmina, Alberta.  In 1926, George, his wife Delilah, and his two sons appeared together in the census.  He was listed as Delilah's husband when she died in 1945.  George died on August 11, 1945 in the Eventide Home in Gleichen, Alberta.  He was buried with his wife, Delilah, in Arrowwood Cemetery, Arrowwood, Alberta. [12]

 

Innocentia Josepha Merluelos was born in 1870.  She married George Harold Burrell and they had a daughter and a son.  She died in 1904.  No other information concerning Innocentia Josepha Merluelos Burrell has been located at this time. [13]

 

Maria Velo married Thomas Charles Burrell in Vera Cruz, Mexico and they had a son.  She appears to have died around 1910, as indicated in George Burrell's homestead application in Alberta Canada in 1911.  No other information concerning Maria Velo Burrell has been located at this time. [14]

 

Delilah Butterbough was born in Columbus, Ohio around 1867.   She moved to Alberta, Canada in 1910 and married George H. Burrell around 1920.   She appeared in the 1926 census with George and his two sons. Delilah died on Monday, April 23, 1945 in Arrowwood, Alberta.  Services were held the following Wednesday at the Church of the Brethren, in Arrowwood, where she was a member. [15]

 

Mary Ann Burrell was born in Seaforth, Ontario on August 30, 1869.  About this time her father went to the Cariboo district in British Columbia and upon returning from there he bought a farm near Walkerton, Ontario, where her mother died when she was about six years old.  She came to Manitoba in 1887 living with her sister, Mrs William Harvey.  She was married on March 26, 1889, to William George Scott in Brandon, Manitoba by the Reverend John H. Best.  They moved onto a farm in the Oak River district, and then, in the spring of 1900, moved to Medicine Hat, where she resided until 1906.  They then moved to the Macklin district, where they lived continuously on the farm with the exception of two years, during which they lived in the town of Macklin.  She was the first white woman to live in township 38, Range 28 and the only one during the years of 1906 and 1907.

Mary Ann died suddenly at her home on Monday, February 12, 1922.  The residents of the town and district were deeply shocked at the news.  Mrs. Scott was very ill shortly after the New Year but seemed to be improving steadily and was unusally cheerful and hopeful but while sitting at the table about 9:30 p.m. with her husband and daughter Owna and two other ladies.  They were examining photographs when she suddenly collapsed.  Dr. Griffith and Dr. Elliot were called immediately and arrived shortly thereafter but found her life to be expired.  She was survived by her husband, three sons and four daughters.  The sons were David, William and James.  The daughter were Mrs Wilbur Thompson, Mrs Raymond Baldwin and the Misses Owna and Bertie, at home. [16]

 

William George Scott was born in Palmerston, Ontario, in 1863 and they moved west to Brandon in 1882.  He was engaged on Canadian Pacific Railway construction work through the Rockies in 1883 and 1884.  At the time of the Riel Rebellion he was in charge at Duck Lake mail station, for his brother James, who had the mail route from Fort Qu'Appelle to Fort Pitt, and did Scout duty.  He married Mary Ann Burrell on March 26, 1889 in Brandon.  Afterwards he farmed at Oak River north of Brandon, Manitoba, but in 1900 he moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta, to ranch.  On June 5, 1906, he arrived in Macklin, where he made his home.  On January 4. 1910, he was elected Chairman of Local Improvement District, No. 382, and when same was raised to the status of a municipallity he became the first Reeve. When the Town of Macklin was incorporated in 1913, he became the first Mayor.  For many years he was a Member of the School Board of Macklin, for the most of which time he acted as chairman.  He was also the Justice of the Peace of the Province and in that capacity proved himself a shrewd and capable judge.  As a private citizen he proved himself a neighbour in the true sense and anyone in trouble had only to call on him to receive his assistance to the limit of his capacity.

William George Scott died at his home on Monday, June 1, 1936 from a blood clot to the brain.  Funeral service took place at the family residence at 2 p.m. Thursday, and the remains were interred in Macklin Cemetery beside those of the late Mrs. Scott, who died in 1922.  About a week prior, Mr. Scott was rounding up some cattle in a cart.  The cart capsized and the wheel passed over him.  His family did not think the injury very serious, but the shock proved too much for him, and he failed to rally from the effects of the accident. [17]

 

Betsy Burrell was born on February 11, 1873.  She died on November 8, 1875 just seventeen days after her mother.  Betsy was buried with her mother in the Walkerton Cemetery in Walkerton, Ontario. [18]

 

Ellen Sophia Burrell was born on August 5, 1877.  She married Harry Charles Herd in Walkerton, Ontario on April 21, 1897.  Isabella Burrell was a witness to the marriage.  The young couple lived in Walkerton, Ontario for a few years.  Their two eldest children were born there.  The family later moved to Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York.  Ellen was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church and the Women's Missionary Society.  She was also a Gold Star mother.  Ellen died late at night on Wednesday, August 6, 1952 at her home.  She was buried next to her husband in Willowbrook Park Cemetery, Dunkirk, New York. [19]

 

Harry Charles Herd was born in Brighton, England in 1871.  He married Ellen Sophia Burrell in Canada.  They immigrated to the United States and raised their family near the eastern shore of Lake Erie.  Harry listed his trade as Machinist when he applied for citizenship in Chautauqua County, New York.  He worked at the American Locomotive Company plant for twenty-five years before retiring.  He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church.  Harry died in the hospital on March 18, 1944 and was buried in Willowbrook Park Cemetery. [20]

 

Thomas Charles Burrell was born on September 2, 1879.  He married Grace Myrtle Greenizan on November 26, 1902 in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York.  Thomas spent his life as a farmer in western Manitoba.  He died on October 9, 1937 and was buried in the Togo Cemetery outside of Togo, Saskatchewan. [21]

 

Grace Myrtle Greenizan was born in 1882.  She married Thomas Charles Burrell in 1902 and was the mother of eleven children.  Grace died on August 21, 1937 and was buried in the Togo Cemetery. [22]

 

Mabel Martha Burrell was born on February 17, 1881.  She married John Alexander Reynolds Greenizan and they had twelve children.  Mabel Martha Burrell Greenizan died on July 31, 1968. [23]

 

John Alexander Reynolds Greenizan was born in 1874.  He was an older brother of Grace Myrtle Greenizan, wife of Thomas Charles Burrell.  John married Mabel Martha Burrell.  He died on June 24, 1941. [24]

 

Elizabeth "Bessie" Burrell was born on May 3, 1883 in Walkerton, Ontario.  She married Nels Nelson and was the mother of five children.  Bessie was a member of St. Luke Episcopal Church in Jamestown.  She died on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at Woodhaven Medical Services in Louisville, Kentucky.  Funeral services were held the following Monday at the Henderson-Lincoln Funeral Home in Jamestown, New York.  Burial followed in Lakeview Cemetery in Jamestown. [25]

 

Nels B. Nelson was born to Anders and Anna Nelson in Sweden on November 28, 1876.  He married Elizabeth "Bessie" Burrell in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York.  Nels was employed at the Marlin-Rockwell Company, a division of TRW, Inc.  He later worked for the Elison Bronze Company before retiring in 1952.  Nels was confirmed in the First Lutheran Church and was a member of the Golden Age Society.  In 1957, he and Bessie celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a widely attended party at the Mt. Tabor Lodge.  Nels died in Jamestown General Hospital at 6:30 a.m. on January 13, 1966. [26]

 

William Edward Burrell was born on April 15, 1885.  He died on May 19, 1970 in Brant Township, Walkerton, Ontario and was buried in the Walkerton Cemetery. [27]

 

Alice Jane Burrell was born on May 31, 1887.  She died on January 7, 1910 in Killarney, Manitoba. [28]

 

Mary Louisa Burrell was born on August 6, 1889.  She married Rees Thomas Liddle.  Mary died in March of 1976 and was buried in the city cemetery in Walkerton, Ontario. [29]

 

Rees Thomas Liddle was born in Newcastle, Northumberland, England on October 4, 1891.  He moved to Walkerton, Ontario where he married Mary Louisa Burrell on June 12, 1912 in Brant Township, Walkerton, Ontario.  Rees worked as a factory hand.  He served in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force during World War I, assigned to the 71st Battalion.  He enlisted in Paisley, Ontario on August 25, 1915 and was medically discharged on January 22, 1919.  Rees Thomas Liddle died on October 4, 1971 and was buried in the Walkerton Cemetery. [30]