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Here are some of my favorite photos. They include my parents,
siblings, grandparents and great-grandparents.
In my research I've discovered other Burnell families as well
as, other families who are related to the Burnell name.
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Yes you've guessed it ...it's me!
Roy Burnell at 12 mths (1939).
By the way if you didn't know, all the Burnells were good looking.
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My Tasmanian Ancestors (Click to enlarge) My great grandparents
Henry Charles Burnell & wife Elizabeth Harris Their
Sons at rear - Walter, Frederick & Cyril Daughter-in-laws, Catherine &
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Grandsons in front - Henry & Frederick (my Dad)
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Above: Here's my Dad, baby sister Beryl and
me just before World War II in 1941.
Me (Roy) my brother Fred &
sisters Beryl & Jenny (1949)
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| Mum & Dad, Beryl, Jenny, Fred and me (1950) |
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quality of the above photo is not clear due to exposure to sunlight)
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| My MX-5 ... a joy to drive! |
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Now here are some more photos of my parents, grand-parents and great grandparents.
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| Mum in her Wedding Dress (1936) - Click to enlarge |
My father and mother on the right, walking with his
brother Roy Basil Burnell and his wife Joyce Cato
at Shellharbour, NSW
Cyril Henry Burnell & Elizabeth Bennett Cleary.
Don't you just love their 'swimmers'. (1932)
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| John Wray & Winifred Almond (Blunt) c.1910 |
My grandparents - John Haverly Wray born in London,
married Winifred Gladys Almond (Blunt) in 1910. John was an electrician, but had an interest in panning for gold. Winfred
had babies,... eight in total. Victoria Winifred, John Almond, Louis Almond, Phyllis Marie, Haverly, Elizabeth, Georgina Daphne
and Pamela Wray.
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Above: A photo I've treasured of my Mum and baby Beryl taken in 1941.
The tiny chairs we were sitting on were made by my grandfather Burnell who was a craftsman upholsterer.
The 'Wild One' at 21 years and yes,
it's a Goggomobil
In 1968 I was really in my prime.
And,...Boy, what a charmer !
My sons Shayne, Shannon & Charlton
and me. Oh yes, .... I'm the
older one.
Age does catch up after a while. (2000)
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| Stella & me with my Dream Car "Sunny" (2010) |
My grand-mother Gladys Winifred Blunt with my
mother Victoria Winifred Wray (1910)
My grand-parents Cyril Henry Burnell &
his wife Elizabeth Bennett Cleary (1935)
Cyril Henry Burnell and Elizabeth Cleary
with their new 1928 Chevrolet Sedan -
camping at Shellharbour, NSW
My father Cyril Frederick Burnell &
his brother Roy Basil Burnell (about 1917)
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| Mary Marie Wray (nee Habgood) c.1900 |
My great grandmother Mary Marie Habgood married
John Charles Wray in 1876. They lived in London and were Theatrical Managers running the Hippodrome Theatre. They had four children Charles Maynard, Annie Victoria, John
Haverly and George Stanley Wray.
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