Thomas Birrel 1823 Largo, Fife and his wife Elizabeth - married 21 November, 1847 at Graitney, Dunfries, Scotland and their children Ann c1848, Elizabeth c1850 and Eliza c1853 migrated to Melbourne from Scotland in 1854 on the 'Delgany'.
Onboard also were Thomas's cousin James Archibald Birrel/Burrell 1826 Kirkcaldy, Fife and his wife Christian Birrell 1827 and their son Henry Birrel born June 1853 Bolton, England. Later children for this couple were - Janet (Jessie) Carter Burrell 1855, Isabella Bowman Burrell 1860, Margaret Agnes Burrell 1865 and James Archibald Burrell 1868. Christian's father James Birrel 1803 Linktown, Abbotshall, Fife - a Blacksmith in Linktown in 1841 - also migrated to Melbourne, Victoria as he appears on the death index for 1881 at Hotham (North Melbourne).
I know a bit about the family of James Archibald Birrel/Burrell 1826 but have no other traces of Thomas Birrel and his family?