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Descendents of Isaac Burrell (ca 1790 - 14 May 1869
and Jane "Unknown" (ca 1790 - 25 Jul 1866)

Third Immigrant Generation
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70. Thomas "Delbert" Burrell . Son of Thomas Sterling Burrell & Jane Moody "Janie" Patterson. Born 29 Dec 1899 in Harvey. Died 7 Mar 1976 in VPH, Fredericton. Buried in Rockland Cemetery, McAdam. Occupation Sectionman For CPR, McAdam.

    Delbert lived in McAdam, and worked as sectionman for CPR.

 

    From newspaper clipping (undated):   "BURRELL -- LINDSAY:   At the Manse, St. Stephen, June 11th, by Rev. W. W. Malcolm, Delbert Thomas Burrell of McAdam and Alice Annie Lindsay of Lawrence Station."

    From newspaper obituary - 1976:

    BURRELL -- At Victoria Public Hospital, Fredericton, March 7, 1976, Thomas Delbert Burrell of McAdam; survived by his wife, two daughters, seven grandchildren, six great grandchildren, one sister, one brother, several nieces and nephews.

 

    Resting at S. O. Mehan and Sons Funeral Home, 23 Main Street, St. Stephen, until Monday when the body will be taken to his residence, Rockland Drive, McAdam from where funeral service will be held to St. Paul's United Church, Wednesday at 4 p.m.   Entombment in Rockland Cemetery Vault to await interment in the spring.

    From newspaper obituary - 1976:

 

    Delbert Burrell

    Funeral service was held for Delbert Thomas Burrell of McAdam, at St. Paul's United Church in McAdam.

    Pallbearers were Arthur Estey, Robert Miller, William Yerxa, Carl Roberts, Douglas Thorburn and Roy Stannix.

 

    Mr Burrell died at Victoria Public Hospital after a lengthy illness.   Born in Harvey Station in 1899, he was a son of the late Thomas and Jane (Patterson) Burrell.   In 1902, he moved to McAdam, where he has lived since.

 

  He was employed with the Canadian Pacific Railway for nearly 50 years and retired as a section foreman in 1963.

 

    He was a member of St. Paul's United Church, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, the McAdam Senior Citizens Club and was for many years an active member of LOL No. 72.

 

    He is survived by his wife, the former Alice Lindsay; two daughters, Mrs Carl McLaggan (Joyce), Fredericton and Mrs Ian Gaynor (Eileen), McAdam; seven grandchildren; six great grandchildren; a brother, Odbur, McAdam; and a sister, Mrs Jennie Kaine, Passamaquoddy Lodge, St. Andrews; as well as nieces and nephews.

 

    Entombment was in Rockland Cemetery Vault with burial at a later date.

   He married Alice Annie Lindsay, 11 Jun 1924 in St. Stephen. Born 26 Apr 1904 in Vanceboro, Maine. Died 10 Sep 1983 in DECH, Fredericton. Buried in Rockland Cemetery, McAdam.

    From The Telegraph Journal, 12 Sep 1983:

    BURRELL -- At Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, Fredericton, Sept 10, 1983, Mrs Alice Annie Burrell, widow of Delbert Burrell of McAdam; survived by one daughter, seven grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, four brothers, two sisters, several nieces and nephews.

 

    Resting at St. Paul's United Church, Saunders Road, McAdam, from where the funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 pm.   Interment in Rockland Cemetery, McAdam.   Visiting hours at the United Church beginning Tuesday at 10 am.   Funeral arrangements by the S. O. Mehan and Son Funeral Home Ltd., St. Stephen.

    They had the following children:

  199   i.   Joyce Pauline Burrell

  200   ii.   Audrey "Eileen" Burrell

71. Baby Burrell . Son of Thomas Sterling Burrell & Jane Moody "Janie" Patterson. Born 10 Oct 1901. Died 10 Oct 1901.

 

    Unknown if baby was male or female.

72. Grace Bertha Burrell . Daughter of Thomas Sterling Burrell & Jane Moody "Janie" Patterson. Born 16 Apr 1904. Christen 9 Sep 1905 in Harvey Presbyterian Church. Died 1 Jan 1948 in Connecticut, USA.

 

    She first married Carroll Lambert Messer, son of Walter Atkins Messer & Ida Jane Carroll, 3 Sep 1921 in Portland, ME. Born 29 Mar 1902 in Portland, ME. Died 26 Jan 1954 in Eliot, Maine. Buried in Eliot Cemetery, Eliot, York Co., Maine. They were divorced 12 Mar 1937.

 

    They had the following children:

  201   i.   Carroll Lambert Messer Jr.

  202   ii.   Ida "Jean" Messer

  203   iii.   Pauline Messer

  204   iv.   Virginia Messer

  205   v.   Beryl Paula Messer

  206   vi.   Beverly Messer

   She second married Valmore Isaac Couture. Born 16 Apr 1908 in Wauregan, Plainfield Co., Connecticut. Died 21 Dec 1975 in Middletown, Connecticut. Buried in Lisbon, Connecticut.

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