John Edward Burrell

  Noted events in his life were:

• Employment: carpenter by agent D. P. McKenzie, 1906, Marquette, Manitoba, Canada. ²

• Immigrated: to United States from Canada, 1907, Vermont, United States.

• Census: Canada, 1916, Alberta, Canada. ³ Household:
John E Burrell, Head, M, 34y, Nova Scotia
Arley Burrell, Wife, F, 31y, Ontario
John Burrell, Son, M, 7y, United States
Doress Burrell, Daughter, F, 6y, United States
Muriel Burrell, Daughter, F, 5y, United States
Arley Burrell, Daughter, F, 3y, Alberta
Freddie Burrell, Son, M, 1y, Alberta

• Occupation: general contractor, 1923 through 1943, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Residence: 380 Ximeno Avenue, 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Census: U.S, 3 Apr 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. ⁴ Household:
John E. Burrell, Head, M, W, 48, M, Canada-English, contractor, general construction
Arley M. Burrell, Wife, F, W, 45, M, Canada-English,
John E. Burrenn, Son, M, W, 21, S, Washington, board marker, stock exchange
Doris F. Burrell, Daughter, F, W, 20, S, Washington, page, Public library
Muriel A. Burrell, Daughter, F, W, 19, S, Washington, page, Public library
Arlie K. Burrell, Daughter, F, W, 17, S, Canada-English, immig. 1923
Frederick L. Burrell, Son, M, W, 15, S, Canada-English, immig. 1923

• Residence: 346 Euclid Ave, 1933, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Naturalized: as U.S. citizen, 23 Jun 1933, Los Angeles, California, United States. ⁵

• Residence: 12 Via di Roma, 1935, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Census: U.S, 15 Apr 1940, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. ⁶ Household:
John Burrell, Head, M, W, 58, M, Canada-English, General Contractor
Arley Burrell, Wife, F, W, 55, M, Canada-English
Fred Burrell, Son, M, W, 25, S, Canada, Clerk for father

• Employment: J. E. Burrell Sons, 518 W. 17th St, 1942, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. Sel-employed (Owner)

• Registered: U.S. draft, 1942, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. ⁷

• Residence: 12 Via di Roma, 1942, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. Phone 803-00

• Member: Masonic Order, 1943, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Member: Virginia Country Club, 1943, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Obituary: Long Beach Independent, p. 11, 30 Jul 1943, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. Final Rites Today for John E. Burrell, 61, Veteran Contractor Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock this morning for John E. Burrell, 61, senior member of J. E. Burrell Sons, contractors, at the Holton Son chapel. Rev. Perry G. M. Austin, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church will officiate. Interment will be at Sunnyside mausoleum. Burrell, who had been prominently identified with Long Beach building contracting for more than 20 years, died Wednesday at a local hospital after a three-weeks illness. Many Long Beach school build- Ings wore constructed by the company Burrell headed and much cantonment construction work has been done for the government during the past two years, Including contracts at Camp Youn and Camp Haan. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Burrell came to Long Beach from Calgary, Alta., Canada. He was a member of the Masonic order and of the Virginia Country club. Surviving relatives are Mrs, Arley May Burrell, the widow; two sons. John E. Jr., of Long Beach and Frederick L., U. S. Navy: three daughters, Mesdames Muriel Price and Arley McLane of Long Beach and Doris Anderson of San Diego; five grandsons, John E. III. William John Price, James Edward Anderson, F r e d e r i c k Lindsey Burrell, II, and Frederick Berg McLane; two b r o t h e r s , Charles A. of Long Beach and James H. of Calgary.

John married Arley May Henry, daughter of Andrew Lindsay Henry and Susan Jamison. (Arley May Henry was born on 25 Oct 1884 in Sullivan Twp, Grey, Ontario, Canada and died on 17 May 1948.)