Yule, Alexander

YULE family:
Alexander Yule, the son of Robert Yule, brought his family to NZ from Hamilton, Scotland on the Bengal Merchant. A son was born at Petone one month after arrival and their daughter Mary was drowned in a flood in the Hutt River soon after. The family first settled at Lower Hutt where another daughter, Elizabeth, was born and they were to have seven other children. They moved to the Wairarapa, and were farming at Sunnyside East Taratahi, when their daughter Elizabeth married Thomas George, the son of Thomas George who came out to NZ on the Martha Ridgeway and lived in the Wairarapa. The wedding took place on December 7th, 1866. Alexander Yule was a foundation member of the Knox Church in Masterton (now St Luke''s Union Church). He died on 25 April 1890, aged 84 years and is buried in the Masterton Early Settler''s Cemetery with his wife Elizabeth who died on 3 June 1903, aged 92 years. If you have an interest in this family or would like to know more please contact Mathew Dowdell McPherson or visit his website http://www.angelfire.com/bc/henryknox/
from web site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/BengalMerchant.htm accessed 9 Dec 2011

The Begal Merchant sailed from Glasgow 30th October 1839 and arrived in Port Nicholson 20th February 1840
Names as on steerage passenger list
Yule Alexander, Aged: 34, Sawyer, Lancashire
Yule Elizabeth, Aged: 29
Yule Grace, Aged: 10
Yule Robert, Aged: 7
Yule Mary, Aged: 1

another Yule on the Bengal Merchant as a steerage passenger, unsure if related
Yule Moses, Aged: 24, Farm Servant

another Yule on the Bengal Merchant as a cabin passengers, unsure if related
Yule John, no age or occ

New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator 20 June 1840
On the 22nd March, Mrs. Alexander Yule, late of Glasgow, of a son.

Wellington Independent 29 March 1859
CROWN GRANTS
Crown Land''s Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 1859.
THE undermentioned Deeds of Grant having been duly executed, are now ready for issue at the above office, on payment of the sum of Twenty Shillings on each Grant, under the provisions of the "Fees on Crown Grants Ordinance, Session VII., No. 2.
In cases where is is impossible for the party entitled to receive the Grant to attend in person to receive his Deed, it will be delivered to the bearer of an authority according to the subjoined Form, certified by a Magistrate, or by a Solicitor of the Supreme Court.
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FORM OF AUTHORITY REFERRED TO.
I hereby authorise A. B., of to receive the Deed of Grant in my favor for
(Signature)
Witness,
(Signature of a Magistrate or of a Solicitor of the Supreme Court.)
PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.
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No. of Grant: 1356, Grantee: Alexander Yule, Locality: Featherston, Contents: 43 a, 2 r, 17 p
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No. of Grant: 1587, Grantee: Algernon Gray Tollemache, Locality: Wellington, Contents: 0 a, 3 r, 34 p
No. of Grant: 1588, Grantee: Algernon Gray Tollemache, Locality: Wellington, Contents: 0 a, 2 r, 32 p
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Evening Post 7 May 1872
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Swaysland, Stephen Adolphus, Waiwetu, leasehold, Parted with qualification
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Tannahill, William, Taita, leasehold, Parted with qualification
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Trotter, Peter, Taita, Taita, freehold, Parted with qualification
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Whiteman, Francis, Taita, leasehold, Parted with qualification
Whiteman, George, Taita, leasehold, Parted with qualification
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Yule, Alexander, Taita, freehold, Whiteman, Parted with qualification

Masterton District Council Cemetery Records
Record Number: 000489A
Surname: YULE
First Names: ALEXANDER
Age: 84
Date of Death: 00
Date of Burial: 29/04/1890
Cemetery: Archer Street, Q E Park
Area: Plan V
Row: AY
Plot: 1


Death Details
1890/2155, Alexander Yule, Aged: 84Y - Date of Death 25/4/1890 from Death Registration

Probate Alexander Yule (senior), Place: Taratahi, Masterton, Occ: Settler, Date of Death: 25/4/1890, AAOM 6029 3469, Filed: 8/7/1890, Will, Archives NZ, Wellington


Death Details
1903/5324, Elizabeth Yule, Aged: 93Y - Date of Death 1/6/1903 from Death Registration

Masterton District Council Cemetery Records
Record Number: 001231
Surname: YULE
First Names: ELIZABETH
Age: 93
Date of Death: 00
Date of Burial: 3/06/1903
Cemetery: Archer Street, Q E Park
Area: Plan V
Row: EY
Plot: 1

Evening Post 2 June 1903
A Press Association telegram from Pahiatua announces the death last night of Mrs. Alex. Yule, an old colonist, in her 94th year. She landed with her husband on Petone beach in 1840, and settled in the Wairarapa in 1860 with her husband, who died in 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times 2 June 1903
The funeral of the late Mrs Alexander Yule, senr., will leave the Masterton Railway Station to-morrow afternoon, at a quarter past three.

Wairarapa Daily Times 4 June 1903
The funeral of the late Mrs Yule took place at Masterton, yesterday afternoon. A large number of people followed the remains of the deceased to their last resting place. The service at the grave-side was conducted by the Rev. J. McCaw, of Pahiatua.

Buried in the same plot
Masterton District Council Cemetery Records
Record Number: 000023
Surname: YULE
First Names: ELIZABETH
Age: 6
Date of Death: 1/09/1878
Date of Burial: 00
Cemetery: Archer Street, Q E Park
Area: Plan V
Row: EY
Plot: 1

Masterton District Council Cemetery Records
Record Number: 000514
Surname: YULE
First Names: WILLIAM
Age: 33
Date of Death: 00
Date of Burial: 12/10/1890
Cemetery: Archer Street, Q E Park
Area: Plan V
Row: WY
Plot: 1