Joan Russell Taylor

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• Birth*: Joan Russell Taylor was born on 19 May 1918 at Perthshire, Scotland, .¹
• She was the daughter of James Russell Taylor chemist & druggist, jute manufacturer and Jean Sandeman.
• (Bride) Marriage*: Joan Russell Taylor married John Henry Prain medical practitioner on 9 April 1941 at Butterburn Church, St Clement, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland; John Henry Prain medical practitioner major Royal Army Medical Corps bachelor aged 26 residing Inglewood Invergowrie parents John Prain grain merchant (dec) and Williamina Campbell Prinn ms Macdonald; Joan Russell Taylor spinster aged 22 residing at Moncur Inchture parents James Russell Taylor jute manufacturer and Joan Taylor ms Sandeman; signed Lionel G R Williams minister of Butterburn Church, D McDonald Palm Grove Patons Lane Dundee & Jane Y S Taylor Moncur Inchture witnesses; registered JAnuary 10th at Dundee signed W H Phillip registrar.²
• (Deceased) Death*: Joan Russell Taylor died in December 2009 at age 91.³

• Married Name: As of 1941, her married name was Prain.
• (Author) Letter for web*: On 6 July 1972 at Ruadhchre, Longforgan, Perthshire, Scotland, , at Ruadhchre, Longforgan, Perthshire, Scotland, , wrote a letter to Robert Carson 'the Computer Doctor'; Longforgan 308; Dear Pat & Bobby, Thank you so much for the beautiful flowers. It was such a delightful gesture, we do appreciate your thoughtfulness. We both thoroughly enjoyed the wedding & again wish you both all happiness in the future. Yours, Joan Prain.
• (Spouse) Death: Her spouse John Henry Prain medical practitioner died on 29 June 2010 at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; PRAIN Peacefully, at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010, Dr John Prain, beloved husband of the late Joan, a dear father, grandfather, great-grandfather and father-in-law. Funeral service in Longforgan Parish Church on Wednesday, July 7th, at 12 pm., internment thereafter at Longforgan Churchyard, at 12.30pm., to which all family and friends are respectfully invited. Family flowers only, please, but donations, if desired, may be given at the church for Help for Heros.^4,5
• (Witness) Obituary: Joan Russell Taylor was mentioned in the Obituary of John Henry Prain medical practitioner on 3 July 2010 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Death of consultant Dr John Prain
  DR JOHN Prain, a retired consultant pathologist and lifetime Longforgan resident, has died aged 95.
  Born in Invergowrie, Dr Prain was educated at the village primary school and Morgan Academy and gained his medical degree with distinction at the then Dundee University College.
  After a staff appointment at Maryfield Hospital he took up a military post at the War Office. At the outbreak of the second world war he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and was involved in the Dunkirk evacuation.
  Dr Prain, then a colonel, was captured in the Middle East and taken to a POW camp in Italy. He escaped after the Italians surrendered but was recaptured by the Germans.
  He was on the march of prisoners across Europe and was eventually liberated by the Russians, serving as a medic with the Red Army during the final weeks of the conflict.
  On his return to Scotland, he commanded 153 Field Ambulance (TA) in Dundee and was the director of medical services for the Highland Division between 1953-1959.
  In 1959, he was appointed as honorary physician to the Queen following his service in the Territorial Army.
  He took up a position as consultant pathologist for Perth and its surrounding hospitals in the early 50s and worked in the laboratory at Perth Royal Infirmary until his retirement in the early 1980s.
  Dr Prain and wife Joan built a house in Station Road, Longforgan, in 1954 and remained there for the rest of their lives.
  On his retirement, Dr Prain became chair of the Moncur Trust, a charity that donates thousands of pounds to local causes every year. He was involved with the organisation for 15 years. A proud Longforgan resident, Dr Prain was for many years an active member of the community council.
  He was also a keen angler and golfer and a member of Balruddery Curling Club.
  Mrs Prain died last December, just a matter of weeks before the couple were due to celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary.
  Dr Prain is survived by children Iain and Marjory, two grandchildren and one great- grandson.³
  

Notes

• Note for Web*: Joan Russell Taylor John Prain was in the same class as Douglas Adamson at Morgan Academy Dundee. Douglas Adamson married Catherine Nicolson Miller who is a third cousin once removed to Joan Taylor, John Prain's wife. This relationship was only discovered in December 2006 when the family tree was being complied and Kay (Catherine) Adamson made the connection..⁶
  
• (Witness) Note for Web: She and Catherine Nicolson Miller nursing sister were mentioned with Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and John Henry Prain medical practitioner in December 2006. John Prain was in the same class as Douglas Adamson at Morgan Academy Dundee. Douglas Adamson married Catherine Nicolson Miller who is a third cousin once removed to Joan Taylor, John Prain's wife. This relationship was only discovered in December 2006 when the family tree was being complied and Kay (Catherine) Adamson made the connection.⁷