Joseph MURRELL was a glover at Rochford Essex and according to his second marriage certificate he was the son of John Murrell a glover of Portsmouth. Joseph did his apprenticeship in Chapel, Essex according to Rochford settlement papers. He (m1) 10 July 1791 at Rochford, Mary Lawrence (bp 19 Jan 1763 d/o Joseph Lawrence & Mary nee Cosford). Mary died 2 June 1842 aged 74. Joseph married again 28 Aug 1843 to Mary Ann d/o Thomas Pudney & widow of Joseph Gyant. Mary Ann d 9 March 1850 aged 72. Joseph finally died - having out lived even his second wife & his son John - 23 Dec1852 aged 90 or 91 civil & parish records disagree. Joseph owned his own house according to tax records, but could not read nor write.

Joseph & Mary had several children, the eldest being Hannah bp 24 Nov 1793 who was married by Lic. to Charles Humfreyes/Humphreyes 26 July 1812, they had at least one daughter who appears to have looked after Joseph after Mary Ann died. After that came 2 Josephs & an Elizabeth, who die as infants. Then cames John bp 16 March 1800 at Rochford.

John also became a glover & breeches maker. He married Mary COLLING(S) 28 May 1822 at Rochford. Their first son Joseph was bp 11 Aug 1822 at Rochford. They then move to Rayleigh, and John was born 2 Feb 1824, bp 29 Feb1824 at Rayleigh. Next Joseph was killed in a cart accident (bur 11 July 1824). Then came Henry Lawrence bp 25 June 1826, only to be buried 5 Sept 1826. Then came the other 3 children - George born 3 Oct 1827, bp 28 Oct 1827, Mary Maria bp 10 May 1829 and finally, William Crosby born 5 Sept 1830, bp 24 Oct 1830.

In the late 1820s & 1830s John appears as a renter in the tax records & as a juror in the Manor records of Rayleigh. In the 1841 census he is stated to be an ale/beerhouse keeper. When he got to Port Elizabeth he was NOT town clerk BUT a tide waiter, that is a customs official.

John Jr married on 23 July 1857 Harriet Wharin d/o John Wharin from a family of Royal Artillary NCOs. Harriet b 22 Oct 1839 d 18 Feb 1906 - her only sibling a brother, Wiliam died from smallpox on the Kimberley Diamond Fields.

John and Harriet' children were:
1. John Wharin Murrell b 8 Aug 1858 d 4 May 1934 (m) Rachel Isobel (Lettie) Wallis b 1864 d 23 July 1945 issue:
A. John Wallis Hollins (Jack) b 22 May 1890 d. 23 July 1945 - unmarried
B. Eric Claridge Bertram b 29 Aug 1894 d. 19 Nov 1969 - unmarried
C. Edna Violet b. April 1899 d. 7 Jan 1900 D. Constance May b 10 May 1902 (m1) Wallett (m2) Bayne
E. Mildred Gwen (Tippy) b Sept 1911 d 7 Jan 1962 (m) Wm John Meneely Burrows issue Felicity Anne (m) Michael Gerber

2. Charles Edward b 14 Oct 1859 d 29 May 1878

3. Alice Mary b 14 May 1861 d 23 Nov 1950 (m) 7 May 1881 Wilfred Elwin BARLOW b 11 July 1853 d 21 April 1932 issue
A. Winifred Edith b 28 March 1882 d. 21 Jan 1918 (m) Henry Campbell Caughey b 19 May 1879 d 22 Jan 1938 issue Clodaugh Alice Elizabeth Campbell b 19 July 1912 d 25 Aug 1968
B. Murrell Harding b 22 Nov 18883 (London) d 6 July 1962 (m1) 21 June 1913 Dorothy May Brister Ellis b May 1894 d 13 Dec 1917 issue; Dennis Harding married 3x 2 sons+3 daughters (m2) 18 May 1921 Isabel Florence Norvall b. 11 Sept 1900 d 13 June 1977 divorced issue; Joan Patricia Harding married 2 sons + 1 daughter Mary Rose (Mel) married 2 daughters David John Harding married 1 son + 3 daughters (m3) 14 Aug 1937 Ingeborg Emmie Dicke b. 18 Dec 1903 d 4 Dec 1983 issue; Inge Harding - unmarried
C. Hebe Vera b 29 May 1888 d 10 Nov 1951 (m) 27 June 1917 Amedee Charles SIMOND b 16 Sept 1892 d 16 Sept 1931 issue: Amedee Wilfred b 16 Nov 1918 d 15 March 1988 married 2 daughters Pamela Audrey b 3 April 1926 in UK alive married 4 daughters + 1 son
D. Audrey Avice b 19 April 1894 d 30 Aug 1974
E. Aldwyth Gilbert Lois b 6 June 1900 d 11 Oct 1959 (D & E both unmarried)

4. Laurence b 29 Dec 1862 d 30 Jan 1923 (m) Ellen Horne d Nov 1903 Issue
A. Laurence Pringle b 22 Feb 1892 d 9 Sept 1977 (m1) -- Miller - 3 children (m2) 24 July 1940 Annaple Johnson Huntly bn Russell b 26 Aug 1903 d 17 Dec 1988 - 2 daughters
B. Edwin Charles b 3 Aug 1893 d 8 May 1971 (m) 9 April 1921 Olive Nellie Butler b 6 Nov 1896 d 13 Sept 1977 - 2 married daughters
C. Ella Marjory (m) Karl Bollger no issue

5. Harry b 26 Oct 1864 d 8 May 1920 (m) 16 Aug 1885 Angelina Rosebella (Annie) Milborrow b 13 March 1866 d 31 July 1910 issue
A. Harry Wharin (Harry Anthony) - Tony the Clown!!! b 4 Jan 1886 d 31 July 1946 (m) Elizabeth Finnistry bn Peck - no issue Famous in His Day
B. William Alfred b 5 May d 5 April 1909 did not marry
C. Francis Elwyn b 6 Sept 1888 d 31 Dec1936 (m) 30 Oct 1918 Muriel Florence Austen issue: i. Neville Edgecombe b 3 April 1920 d 19 July 1988 (m) 6 Feb 1954 Doughty Louisa Matthews - 1 son + 1 married daughter ii. Elwyn Frances b 27 Nov 1921 d 1971 (m) 9 May 1946 Stephen Coetzer - son + married daughter iii Graeme Duncan b 8 Oct 1923 d 1988 not married iv John Austen b 23 Jan 1926 (m) 23 Feb 1952 Phyllis Doreen Cinnamone - 3 sons
D. Mildred Mary b 24 March 1890 d 15 June 1963 (m1) James Burns b 21 Feb 1892 d 4 Sept 1938 issue i. Trevor James Martin b 8 April 1917 d 24 Feb 1973 (m) Joan Doreen Butters - 4 sons (m2) 5 May 1951 Victor William John Cherry b 19 May 1890 d 29 May 1961
E. Rex Neville b 9 Nov 1891 d 4 May 1962 (m1) 26 Dec 1926 Dorothy Ellen Scanes (remarried Frederick Fearick) b 10 March 1906 d 4 March 1981 issue i. Desmond Rex b 23 Nov 1928 d 16 July 1987 (m) 31 March 1951 Delen Mary Hales - married daughter and 2 sons ii. Joy Dorothy (m) Louis Francois Van Vliet - 2 sons + twins (boy & girl) iii Lynette Amy b 13 July 1944 d 5 Aug 1970 unmarried
F. Arthur Cyril b 20 Aug 1893 d 7 Dec 1955 (m) Nov 1925 Minnie Lily Gerthenbach issue i. Cynthia Ethel b 11 Sept 1929 d 8 Oct 1957 (m) 5 Feb1955 Stanley Charles Methven - 1 daughter
G. Ethyl Mary b 7 Jan 1897 d 13 April 1898
H. Ivy Beatrice b 20 April 1898 (m) --- Fish
I John Albert b 28 May 1900 d 9 Oct 1965 (m) Johanna Susanna Francina Van Deventer issue: son + 2 daughters
J Victor Anthony b 8 Nov 1903 d 16 July 1958 (m) Anne Margaret Peel bn Lewis b March 1905 d 7 Aug 1961 - 2 sons
K Una May b 1may 1905 bur 19 July 1905
L Edna Isabel b 4 July 1910 d 22 May 1911

6. William b 9 June 1866 d 29 Dec 1905 unmarried

7. Kate Mary b 12 May 1870 died between 1945 & 1948 (m1) 27 Nov 1888 Ernest Edward Hart (m2) Andrew E. Louw issue by Hart
A. Ernest Murrell b 1 July 1899 d 20 Oct 1953 (m) 25 Jan 1923 Ruth Magennis b 15 july 1896 d 10 March 1961 issue: a son & a daughter
B. Doris Kathleen b 12 Nov 1890 d 1 Dec 1977 (m) Rolf Leatherland Bryant b 10 June 1886 d 22 May 1935 issue : 4 sons
C. Gilbert Andrew Wharin b 8 Aug 1892 d 3 May 1962 (m) Vera Nel b 5 April 1901 d 1982 issue Wharin Gilbert Andrew b 9 Sept 1927 d 16 July 1989 issue:by Louw Still born daughter

8. Mary Harriet b 12 May 1868 d 3 Dec 1869

9. Gilbert b 10 Feb 1873 d 5 June 1900 - Boer War at Bloemfontein, Typhoid - unmarried

Children of George b 3 Oct 1827 d17 Feb 1877 (m) 2 Dec 1856 Annie Scott b 2 Dec 1838 d 9 June 1911 d/o Thomas Scott d 30 March 1858 & Sarah Bellaby Crooks Scott d 24 Feb 1879

1. Annie Bellaby b 21 Sept 1855 d 27 July 1941 (m) 13 Oct 1880 William Ralph Gilbert s/o Henry & Isabella b June 1853 d 3 March 1908 issue
A. Ralph William (Quickie) b 28 Nov 1881 d 7 June 1936 (m) Grace Smith issue Peter b 10 July 1920 d young
B. George Murrell b 19 Aug 1883 d 5 Aug 1953 (m) Beatrice Bertha Buchanan (Trixie) b 3June 1891 d 6 Aug 1945 issue i. Joyce Bellaby b 13 June 1914 (m) William Alfred Ayres b 9 April 1906 d 13 Dec 1978 ii. Arthur Lloyd b 10March 1919 d 16 Nov 1979 (m) 21 April 1948 Margaret Ann Gooch - children - Ann Denise & Gillian Margaret iii. Audrey Eugene b 8 Aug 1922 (m) Hans Mestern b 18 Aug 1911 d 1979 - children - Paul & Mark iv. Ralph George b 6 May 1929 (m) Sheda Brown b 10 Nov 1931
C. Henry b 18 Jan 1886 d 1963 (m) Dulcie Stenoble b 5 Oct 1889/1894 d 19 Dec 1930 issue i. Norreen b 5 April 1914 (m) 23 Dec 1949 Hedley Ambrose Humphreys (Ted) b 30 May 1914 - children - Stella & Wendy
D. Florence Gladys (Floss) b 18 March 1898 d 12 Aug 1976 (m) 16 July 1910 William Edward Londt b 9 Jan 1881 d 2 March 1963 issue i. Stella Gladys Mary b 7 May 1911 d 27 Dec 1933 (m) Donald Wainwright Beard - child - Sally b 9 Sept 1933 d 1 Jan 1934 in same accident in England which killed Stella. ii. Florence May b 1 May 1913 (m1) 6July 1935 Ivan Hunt (m2) Allan Livingstone - children - Errol Ivan, Marion May & Sandra Anne iii. Gilbert Edward b 1 Oct 1917 d 12 June 1987 (m1) Evelyn Joan Hayden (m2) Jeanne Frances Evans (nee Wakelin) (m3) Naida Gloak - Digby, Jason, Deborah, Sandra, Tessa, David & Aidan

2. Amy Crosbie b Aug 1857 d 1 May 1936 (m) 9 Jan 1878 Robert John Staines b 2 Dec 1851 d 15 June 1920 issue
A. Harold Gilbert b 2 April 1879 d 25 Oct 1965 (m) 7 Feb 1920 Gladys May Swires b 23 May 1896 issue i. Douglas Maxwell Dudley b 13 Nov 1920 (m) Beth Hancock ii. Joan Mavis June b 30 June 1925 (m) Hugh Thompson b 23 May 1896
B. Robert John b 2Aug 1881 d 5 Feb 1933 (m) 1918 Vera May Kirsten b 1896 - children Robert John & Pamela
C. Clarice Evelyn b 18 June 1896 d 9 March 1925 (m) 14 Feb 1925 Ian Grant Stewart - no children

3. George b 3 Aug 1860 d 8 May 1882 (m) 10 Sept 1881 Agnes Martha Allen issue Florence Vivienne b 4 Dec 1881 (m) Rice Percy Jones b April 1860 d 15 July 1947 issue i. Frederick Rhys b 3 Oct 1909 d June 1923 ii. Cecil Crosby 1911-1912 iii. Dyllis b 16 Jan 1916 (m) 12 Nov 1940 Douglas Price - children Glynis & David

4. Jessie Florence b 22 June 1862 d 9 March 1863

5. Arthur Ernest b 11 Sept 1863 d 27 July 1937 (m1) Ida Crozier d 26 Sept 1912 (m2) 1915 Annie Mary Cooke issue
A. Robert Crozier b19 May 1890 d 7 April 1960 (m) 1926 Dorothy Eileen Gregory b 18 Feb 1901 d 26 Nov 1978 - 2 married daughters
B. Arthur Ernest b 28 Oct 1891 d 5 April 1962 (m) Aug 1922 Beatrice Greenshields Paterson b 14 Dec 1898 d 12 June 1996 - children i. Ida Mary (m) Christopher Bell ii. Ernest John Crozier (Chin) (m) Barbara St Naill - 2 children iii. Philippa Beatrice married 4 children
C. George Dupre Crozier (Dup) - great favourite of mine b 31 Dec 1894 d 31 March 1979 (m) 1930 Iris Vera Tanner (international swimmer) they had one daughter Julia who has 3 children
D. Alexander Crozier d. in infancy
E. Constance Ida Crozier d 15 Oct 1959 (NOT 1938) She (m1) Francis Horatio Duguid Nelson - 1 daughter (m2) John Fewkes - 1 daughter (m3) John Hamilton McClean - no issue
F. Mary 1917-1921 child of (m2)

6. Sidney Tebbutt b 23 Aug 1866 d 5 Feb 1933 unmarried

7. Gertrude Florence b 11 Jan 1869 d 6 July 1959 (m) 11 Jan 1902 Archie Moore b 1863 d 28 April 1922 issue A. Archie Murrell Acheson b 14 Aug 1904 d 16 April 1979 (m) Marjorie Aitken d 1977 - 2 daughters + 1 son

8. William Herbert b 1 May 1872 d 15 Sept 1875

9. Edward Crooks b 16 March 1874 d 14 Oct 1875

10 Nellie May b 19 Oct 1875 d 1 May 1899 not married

11 Maude Mary b 20 Dec 1876 d 14 Dec 1915 (m) 14 July 1905 John Bruce issue A. Marjorie Belle b 18 Dec 1908 (m) 3 April 1933 Frank Sanders - daughter & son

12 George Irene b 19 Sept 1877 (m) A. Matthews no issue.

Children of Mary Maria Murrell b 27 March 1829 d 13 Aug 1912 (m) 3 Nov 1852 Tebbutt Hill b 1823 d 3 Oct 1867

1. John Murrell b 20 Aug 1853 d 19 Oct 1920 (m) Frances Eliza James b April 1861 d 21 July 1923 issue
A. Percy John b 27 Nov 1880 d 16 March 1890
B. Maude Mary b 26 Nov - (m) -- Wiggett issue 3 daughters
C. Grace (m) -- Jackson issue 1 daughter
D. Florence b 27 Nov 1892 d 16 April 1963 unmarried
E. Katie (Kitty) b 19 March 1895 d 11 Dec 1956 (m) George Henry Lumsden b 1894 d 25 June 1964 issue son & daughter
F. Tebbutt Jack b 19 March 1895 d 14 April 1962 (m) Gladys Leadly Scruton issue son & daughter

2. Tebbutt b Dec 1854 d 20 Sept 1900 (m1) Florence Emily James b 1862 d 26 June 1893 issue A. Frances Mary b 19 Dec 1890 (m) -- Mills B. son d 26 June 1893 (m2) Clara Catherine Lotan C. Tebbutt Lotan b 2 Aug 1897

3. Edwin b 27 May 1856 d 29 Jan 1921 (m) Emily Andersena Woodthorpe Booth d 5 Jan 1890 issue Emily Mary b 26 Dec 1889 d 31 Jan 1890

4. Cecilia Mary b 6 April 1858 d 6 Aug 1935 (m) George Stephen Whitehead b 7 Oct 1854 d 19 Sept 1943 issue
A. Mary Myra b 26 July 1878 d 18 Dec 1883
B Charlotte Bradley b 1880 d 1940 (m) Charles Zoffany Shaw b Jan 1854 d 25 April 1963 issue 2 sons & married daughter
C. George Tebbutt b 14 Feb 1882 d 9 Dec1885
D. Norman Edward (Edwin) b 15 Aug 1884 d 31 Oct 1940 unmarried
E. Freda Annie b 23 May 1886 (m) Albert Ernest Jacob Smith b 1882 d 16 Nov 1943 no children
F. William Russell b 29 April 1887 d 18 May 1935 (m) Eliza Violet Tee issue a son & Thelma b 22 July 1930 d 2 Jan 1932
G. Stephen George b 5 Sept 1897 d 19 Aug 1914

5. Kate b March 1860 d 3 Jan 1895 (m) William Langford Harris Brookes b Sept 1854 d 31 Oct 1912 issue
A. Olive Agnes (m) -- Marais - 4 daughters
B. Mary Beatrice b Dec 1885 d 27 Nov 1935 (m) Henry Archibald Beadle issue i. Derek Graham b 30 April 1914 ii . Myra Mary b 20 Jan 191
C. Gladys Annie (m) Anthony Mitchell issue 2 sons
D. Emily Myra (m) --Rice - no issue

6. William Alfred (Barney) b Jan 1862 d 6 June 1916 (m) sarah Maria Alice Thatcher b Aug 1869 d 2 Oct 1914 - no issue

7. Sydney b April 1864 d 2Feb 1936 (m) Beatrice Ellen Amos - issue
A. Nancy Beatrice b 19 April 1903 (m) -- Colling no issue
B. Mary Maude b 1905
C. Beatrice b 1906 d 1909
D. Sydney Amos b 1909

8. Mary Annie b 24 April 1866 d 12 March 1951 (m) Alfred Isaac Whitehead b 30 Sept 1862 d 1 Aug 1901 issue
A. Tebbutt Hill b 24 Oct 1893 d 5 Jan 1926 (m) Edith Louise Salt - no issue
B. Alfred b 30 Sept 1897 d 22 June 1947 (m) Kathleen Lorna Hutton b 8 Sept 1907 d 9 Sept 1985 issue a son & daughter.

The youngest child of John & Mary (nee Colling) Murrell to come to South Africa was William Crosby b 5 Sept 1830 d 2 July 1909 he was unmarried.

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