Ule, Ule, Ule,

Crack nuts and Cry ULE

(a Yorkshire custom on Christmas Day as a token of rejoycing in their churches).

NOTES:

I have received a copy of manuscript SRO.RS42.15.96 from the Scottish Records Office. This is the papers mentioning Claude YUILLE of Glassford Parish, Lanark. Claude married 8 August 1717, Glassford to Jean Brown. He was living at Cornhill, Hamilton at the time of the marriage. They had John b. 22 Jan. 1723, Northtown, Hamilton; William, 3 Oct. 1724, Northtown, Hamilton; Alexander, 20 Feb. 1726, Avondale Parish, Lanark.

These papers, according to The Original Scottish Settlers, by David Dobson, state that James Yule, merchant, residence Strathhaven, Lanarkshire, parent Claud Yule, settled Boston Mass. married to Jean Baillie. (#7186)

I cannot make out the writing. If you send a SASE, I will be glad to send this copy to see if someone else can read the old script.

Matriculation Albums of the University of Glasgow.

add:

1818, Andrew YUILLE, 2nd son of George YUILLE, merchant, of Darleith. B. 6 Oct. 1803, Glasgow and died 5 June 1879 Stead's Hotel, Bath, England (without issue)

1817, George YUILLE f.n. max Georgii Mercatoris guensis.

Brother of Andrew and Archibald.

1825, Archibald YUILLE, 4th son of George YUILLE, merchant, of Darleith. B. 2 Jan. 1812 Glasgow and died 30 Dec. 1881, 39 Longridge Road, South Kensington, England.

Queries:

My ancestor, Thomas YUILLE (3rd-gr, grandfather) 1723-1792, was born in Darleith, Dumbarton Co., Scotland, son of Thomas YUILLE and Elizabeth Bogle. He settled in Halifax Co., Virginia. His brother, John, is buried in Bruton Churchyard, Williamsburg, VA. Another brother, George, returned to Scotland.

Thomas married Sarah_______?. seeking Sarah's maiden name and history of the Darleith Yuille's. These three brothers were merchants and their ship was the "Pelham".

(Miss Virginia C. Jeffereis, 5619 Southwick Street,

Bethesda, Maryland 20817.)

From the Courier and Advertiser, May 2, 1992 Dundee.

Three picture went on sale yesterday by the rarely seen Dundee artist William YULE. Described as some experts as the "Scottish Impressionist", Yule died in 1900 at the age of 33, cutting short what was thought to be a promising career.

During his life his father, a whaling captain, encouraged the exhibiting of his work through the Dundee Art Society, but very little of his work is in public hands. The three pictures on sale remained in the Yule family until the 1980s.

Of the three, all of which were painted while on a visit to Spain, the picture entitled Spanish Children raised the highest price at 2200 pounds.

Alexander Zuill, a merchant, came from Scotland to Boston, MA, died Amherst, MA 7 July 1774, married in Stratford, CT 20 Jan. 1759, Frances (__________) Rush/Ruth. Three children born Stratford, CT. Margaret Elizabeth b. 1 Feb., 1761; Alexander Robert b.10 Oct. 1764; Frances Jane b. 12 Aug.1768. Said to have four children. Who was the fourth child? Who were the parents of Alexander born in Scotland?

(Mrs Shirley M. Jardine, 37 Wilder St., PO Box 92

White River Junction, Vermont 05001-0092)

Obituary:

William (Bill) Yuel, son of John Yuel and Maria Nykolaishen, died April 14, 1993, aged 88, Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was born April 28, 1904 Gilbert Plains, Manitoba. He is survived by his wife Jane.

Painter:

(Who were his parents???)

Notes from: VIEW OF THE MERCHANTS HOUSE OF GLASGOW. 1866

This was a charitable foundation of merchants, Glasgow.

10 April 1662, The town council convened in the building of James ZUILL, merchant, on the east "syd of the Saltmercat Streit".

1756. Thomas YUILL of Darleith, Mercht. in Glasgow, left to the poor of this House Ten Pounds Ster.. He died the 7th of May, 1756, in the 75th year of his age.

1757. Robert YUILL of Darleith left to the poor of this House Ten Pounds Sterling. He died the 16th Aug. 1757, aged 39 years.

DEANS of GUILD of GLASGOW

From a list of Lords Dean of Guild of Glasgow and facsimiles of what is believed to be their Autographs,

60. Robert ZUILL 1702-3

65. Robert ZUILL 1712-13

DATA:

Stirling Burgess Lists 1700-1799

James YULE, indweller admitted December 25, 1731.

Andrew YOOLE, weaver in Muirtown admitted September 29, 1736

Archibald YOOL, baxter (baker), admitted September 7, 1754

(Central Scotland Family History Society)

Sutherland:

Pre 1855 Cemetery Inscriptions:

AUCHNESS #10

Robert Buchan died 18 June 1869 aged 91yrs, his wife Jane YULL died 14 April 1860 aged 84 yrs. son Robert died 21 June 1829 aged 21 yrs, erected by sons and daughters, Francis, Penelope, Eliza, Jane, Mary Ann, Penelope died 16 Aug. 1878 aged 73 yrs. Mary Ann died 12 Dec. 1900 aged 88 yrs.

Jane YULL, daughter of Joseph YULE and Jean Cow, was born 14 April 1774, St. Nicholas, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and died 14 April 1860, Invercauld, Creich, Sutherland. She was married 20 February 1802, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Robert Buchan, son of Thomas Buchan and Elizabeth Gerrie, was born 1778 Peterhead.

Joseph YULE, son of John Yule and Isabel Duncan, was born 15 March 1744 Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire. He married 2 November 1767, St. Nicholas, Aberdeen City.

YULE - The WAD Shooting

From: The Parish of Monifieth. by J. Malcolm. 1910

Until the middle of the nineteenth century YULE (the 5th of January) was a general holiday in this parish, and was celebrated more in accordance with New Year customs than with those of Christmas. It was long before YULE was entirely superseded by the 1st of January; and even after that day had become almost universally recognized as the holiday, the late Thomas Kerr, laird of Grange, who died so recently as 1879, clung to the old style, and for long marked his disapproval of the new by making a point of having some job for the smith at Drumsturdy to execute so as to keep him busy on New Year's Day. "Hansel Monday" the first Monday of the New Year, is remembered by some of the older inhabitants as the occasion on which as scholars, they presented the schoolmaster with gifts in money or in kind, and in return received from him an apple or an orange.

Associated with YULE and the later New Year's Day was the Wad-Shooting (WAD = wager or stake), which existed in this district until 1856 or 1857. The principal rendezvous was James Baird's Ale House, at the West March of Monfeith but another wad-shooting in opposition was held on the ground now built upon, to the south of Monfeith Station.

(The target was about 2 yards square and there was cash prizes. The value of the prizes came from the entry fees but if they fell short then the winner had to make up the difference. The range was so established so that even after the trains cane through it remained unchanged "the small number of trains interfering little with the shooting".

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