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COULL Dailey [1797]

PETER COULL Dailey, of Port Gordon; Fisherman; m at Rathven and at Preshome, 1791, Isabella (or Isobel) Thain; d at Port Gordon, having had issue:-

(1) WILLIAM COULL, of Port Gordon; b at Buckie, ca. 1792; Fisherman; m at Rathven, 24 September 1814, Jane (Jessie) Reid (called Widow Reid in the 1841 Census), (b at Buckie, 1793 d at Port Gordon, 26 April 1857, bur at Rathven), dau of Peter Reid, (see REID of ORAN HOUSE), by his wife, Jane (or Jean) Geddes; d (probably 30 October 1832) and certainly before 1841, having had issue:-

(1) ISABEL COULL, of 3 Shore Street, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 20 August 1815 (the sponsors being William Hepburn, son of John Hepburn at Slackend and Isabel Hepburn dau of John Hepburn at Slackend); m at Preshome, 26 June 1836, John Coull Tam, Fisherman (see HAB p84) (b at Buckie, 22 February 1812 d (drowned in the Great Storm) 23 November 1857), son of William Coull Doad, (of the Family of Coull Tam) of Buckie, by his wife, Jane Reid; d at Port Gordon, 7 July 1898, having had issue (of whom a child d November 1846; a daughter d December 1846 and a child d January 1857):-

Coull Tam

(1) WILLIAM COULL Tam, of 24 Gordon Street, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon (or possibly at Buckie), 14 November 1836; m 3 October 1862, Jessie Thomson, (b 1839 d at Port Gordon, 28 May 1911, bur at Buckie) dau of William Thomson, by his wife, Helen Cowie Cornal; d at Port Gordon, 11 August 1901, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Jessie Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1864; m at Enzie, 18 January 1884, Alexander Coull, (b at Port Gordon and bapt at Enzie, 25 January 1857 d ante 1891), son of William Coull Dailey (see below), by his wife, Margaret Grant;  and had issue

(2) JOHN COULL, of 14 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 23 November 1866 and bapt at Enzie; Fisherman; m Jane (Jeannie) Reid, (b 1868 d January 1941, bur at Buckie), dau of (-) Reid; and d 16 November 1928, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Jane Coull, b at Port Gordon, 10 August 1890; emigrated to Australia; m 1915, John McIntosh, and had issue. 

(2) Anna Bella Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1892; m 27 September 1927, James Murray, of Harbour Street, Buckie, son of John Murray, by his wife, Ellen Thomson;

(3) George Coull, b  1896; dvp May 1916, bur at Buckie.

(4) Jessie Thomson Coull, b 1898; m 1928, Andrew Dunn, (b 1896), son of William Dunn, of Pittenweem, Fife, by his wife Maggie Whyte; d January 1948, bur at Buckie, having had issue (one son, Leslie Dunn, and one daughter, Jeannie Dunn (decd)).

(5) John Coull, b at Port Gordon, 29 December 1900; m there, 29 March 1923, Williamina Milne, (b 1903), dau of Alexander Milne, Fisherman, of 23 Portessie, by his wife, Elsie Farquhar; dvp August 1924, bur at Buckie.

(6) Gordon Coull

(7) Isabella Coull

(3)  WILLIAM THOMSON COULL, of 10 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 1868; m at Enzie, 23 September 1892, Margaret Coull (b at Port Gordon, 1870 d there, 3 January 1904, bur at Buckie), dau of Alexander Coull Dailey (see below), by his wife, Mary Green; d (killed accidently on the railway) at Port Gordon, 1 October 1921, bur at Buckie, having had issue.

(1) William Coull, b 1892;

(2) Alexander James Coull, b 1894; dvp June 1901, bur at Buckie.

(3) Beatrice Coull, b 1896 dvp March 1901, bur at Buckie.

(4) Isabella Coull, b 1898;

(5) Mary Jessie Coull, b 1900; m (-) Rolland

(6) Margaret Coull, b September and dvp November 1902, bur at Buckie.

James Gordon

(4) Helen (Ellen) Coull, b at Port Gordon, 13 October 1872 and bapt at Enzie; m at Enzie, 29 September 1898, Tweedle Duncan, (b 1871), son of Robert Duncan, of St Andrews, by his wife, Mary Chisholm;

(5) George Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1876;

(2) Isabel Coull, 23 May 1839; ? dvp 1846.

(3) Jane Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1841; m at Enzie, 21 October, 1864, William Murray, of 18 Gordon Street, Port Gordon, (b 1841 d at Port Gordon, 16 January 1909), son of Alexander Murray, by his wife, Jane Reid; she d 9 June 1910.

(4) John Coull, b at Peterhead, 1847;

(5) Isabella Coull, b at Port Gordon, 18 and bapt at Preshome, 23 April 1848 (the sponsors being Alexander Benzies and Mary Rose); m at Enzie, 26 January 1872, John Reid, son of James Reid Taney, (see that family REID Boey and Taney), by his wife, Mary Bruce; and had issue (see REID Boey and Taney).

(6) Elizabeth Coull, b at Port Gordon, 10 and bapt at Preshome, 17 November 1850 (the sponsor being James Reid); m at Enzie, 22 November 1876, Alexander Reid, son of Alexander Reid Goug, (see that family), by his wife, Ann Geddes;

(7) Margaret Coull, b at Port Gordon, 20 and bapt at Preshome, 26 March 1853 (the sponsors being Alexander Benzies and Catherine Sudding);

(8) Ann Coull, b at Port Gordon, 2 and bapt at Preshome, 9 April 1855 (the sponsors being Alexander Weir and Ann Weir); dvp 25 June 1855.

(2) Jane Coull, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 17 August 1817 (the sponsors being James Geddes and Janet Smith); m Rathven, 23 January 1844, John McKenzie (see that family) and had issue (Elizabeth who m James Reid Goug).

(3) William Coull, b at Port Gordon, 18 November 1818; dvp.

(4) PETER COULL Dailey, of 6 Gordon Street, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 29 April 1821; Fisherman, mentioned in HAB p145; m at Rathven, 21 January and at Enzie Free Church, 11 February 1845, Ann Farquhar, (b at Portessie, ca. 1820 d at Port Gordon, 17 December 1905, bur at Rathven), dau of James Farquhar and d at Port Gordon, 27 January 1895, bur at Rathven, having issue:-

(1) Anne Coull, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Enzie Free Church, 15 November 1847; m at Enzie, 23 November 1865, George Reid, of 7 Gordon Street, Port Gordon, (b 1841 d 24 April 1918, bur at Rathven), son of Alexander Reid, by his wife, Anne Farquhar, maiden surname Cowie; d at Port Gordon, 12 September 1895, bur at Rathven, having had issue:-

(1) Alexander Reid, b at Port Gordon, 24 June 1866 and bapt at Enzie; (witness for his grandmother’s death, December 1905); ? m Alexandrina Slater and had issue:-

George Reid, of 7 Gordon Street, Port Gordon, sometime of St Andrew’s Cottage, Buckpool; Cooper; and had issue:-

Georgina (Dina) Reid, m Norman Coull (d January 1997, bur at Buckie), son of Nathan Coull, of 6 Duke Street, Port Gordon (see COULL Grant), by his wife, Elizabeth Innes, (see that family); she d 1979, bur at Buckie, having had issue (see COULL Grant).

Annie Cowie Reid, b 1898; m 1 January 1919, David McIntosh, Baker, (b 1898), son of John McIntosh, Fisherman, of 163 Portknockie, by his wife, Maggie Ann Pirie;

(2) PETER REID, of 17 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 18 April 1871 and bapt at Enzie; m at Enzie, 8 September 1898, Jane (Jeannie) Hendry, (b 1874 d 2 May 1976, bur at Buckie), dau of John Hendry Coull (see HENDRY), of 22 High Street West, Port Gordon, by his wife, Hellen (Ellen) Geddes (see that family GEDDES Dodey); and d 21 October 1964, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Helen Ann Reid, b 1900; m 17 September 1924, James Richard Anderson, Gamekeeper, (b 1893), son of William Anderson, Gamekeeper, by his wife, Diana Stronach;

(2) Jessie Coull, b December 1850 / January 1851; dunm at Port Gordon, 20 March 1927, bur at Rathven.

(3) William Coull, b at Port Gordon, 5 September 1857 and bapt at Enzie; dvp at Port Gordon, 28 February 1858.

(5) JAMES COULL Dailey, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 4 April 1824 (the sponsors being James Coull and Mary Davidson); Seaman, Merchant Service; mentioned in HAB p81; m at Enzie Free Church and at Rathven, 21 October 1847, Margaret Reid, (b 1830 d at Port Gordon, 3 and bur at Rathven, [1] 5 May 1901) dau of John Reid, by his wife, Janet Thain; he d at Port Gordon, 31 October 1910, having had issue:-

(1) Jane Coull, b 1848; m at Enzie, 1 December 1870, Peter Geddes Napsey, (b at Port Gordon and bapt at Rathven, 8 and at Enzie, 12 April 1840), son of Peter Geddes Napsey, (see that family sub GEDDES Geddey), by his wife, Jane Farquhar; d at Port Gordon, 28 July 1871, having had issue (see GEDDES Geddey).

(2) Janet (Jessie) Coull, b 1850; m 13 October 1871, Alexander Reid, son of James Reid Boey, (see that family), by his wife, Mary Bruce; and had issue (see REID Boey and Taney).

(3) WILLIAM COULL Dailey, of 9 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b 1852; Fisherman; m at Enzie, 11 June 1875, Margaret Innes, (b 1854 d April 1932, bur at Rathven), eldest dau of William (Wildey) Innes, (see that family), by his wife, Ann Coull, (see below); d 21 February 1929, bur at Rathven, having had issue:-

(1) Margaret Coull, b at Peterhead, 27 July 1875 and bapt there; m at Enzie, 11 January 1899, Robert Sutherland Reid, Master Carpenter, (b 1874), son of George Reid Gauld, (see that family), by his wife, Anne Sutherland;

(2) Annie Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1880; m 28 December 1904, as his second wife, George Coull, (b 1870 d 9 March 1935), of Harbour Head, Buckie, son of William Coull, of 135 Main Street, Buckpool, (see COULL of SEAVIEW ROAD), by his wife, Margaret Murray; d June 1962, bur at Buckie.

(3) Williamina Coull, of 9 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 1882; m (-) Reid (who d ante 1936)

(4) Isabella Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1884; m there, 15 December 1911, William Coull, of 96 Main Street, Buckpool, (b 1883 d 9 February 1939, bur at Buckie), (brother of George Coull see above) and son of William Coull, of 135 Main Street, Buckpool, (see COULL of SEAVIEW ROAD), by his wife, Margaret Murray;

(4) John Coull, b at Port Gordon, March 1855; dvp there, 17 August 1855, bur at Rathven.

(5) JAMES COULL, of 9 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b 1856; Fisherman; m at Enzie, 6 October 1882, Helen Geddes, (b 1861 d February 1945, bur at Buckie), dau of Peter Geddes, of 8 Richmond Place, Port Gordon, (see GEDDES Geddey), by his wife, Mary Reaich; d 20 November 1930, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Margaret Helen Coull, b 1886 dunm July 1906, bur at Buckie.

(2) Peter Coull, b 1889; d April 1939, bur at Buckie.

(3) Mary Jane Coull, b 1893; m at Port Gordon, 30 September 1915, Joseph Murray, (b 1888), son of James Murray, Fisherman, of 20 Seatown, Buckie, by his wife, Margaret Cowie;

(4) Janet Coull, m 31 December 1925, James Bowie, Sawyer, son of James Bowie, Cooper, of 2 Cross Lane, Buckie, by his wife, Barbara Winchester;

(5) George Geddes Coull, b 1899; m 27 December 1929, Janet Murray, (b 1898), dau of James Murray, of 15 Yardie, Buckie, by his wife, Mary Jane Cowie;

(6) PETER COULL Dailey, of 27 Gordon Street, Port Gordon; b 1858; m at Enzie, 10 October 1884, Margaret Innes, (b at Port Gordon, 15 June 1865 d 19 December 1910, bur at Buckie), dau of James Innes, (see that family), by his wife, Catherine Farquhar; d August 1931, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) JAMES COULL, b at Gollachy Village, 3 December 1885; m at Buckie, 2 August 1915, Annie Murray, (b 1888 d at Buckpool, 1931) dau of James Murray, by his wife, Catherine Reid; d at Buckpool, 20 February 1970, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Peter Coull, b at Seatown, Buckie, 17 December 1917; d at Buckpool, 28 October 1989.

(2) James Coull, b at Seatown, Buckie, 4 January 1920; m 1stly, at Buckie, 22 May 1945, Ann Ross Wilson, (b at Drybridge, 31 August 1923), dau of Mary Ann Wilson; and had issue.   James Coull, m 2ndly, at Aberdeen, 29 December 1956, Joyce Eileen Ditchburn; d at Leicester, 27 January 1966, having had further issue:-

(2) Margaret Jane Coull, b 1891 dvp September 1899, bur at Buckie.

(3) Peter Coull, b 1892; d October 1918, bur at Buckie.

(4) Kitty Coull, had natural issue:-

(A) JOHN (Jack) Coull, of Hope Street, Port Gordon; b ca. 1920; m Doris (-) and has issue:-

(1) John Coull

(2) Alexander Coull

(5) Margaret Jane (Maggie Jean) Coull, b 1900; m 19 December 1920, Peter Hay, (b 1893 d April 1971, bur at Buckie), son of George Hay, of 6 Cross Lane, Port Gordon, by his wife, Maggie Reid; and had d September 1976, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) George Hay, b at Port Gordon;

(2) Peter Hay, of Crown Terrace, Port Gordon; m and has issue.

(3) Ian Hay

(4) Alexander Hay

(5) James Hay

(6) William Hay

(7) Jean Hay

(8) Margaret Hay

(9) Lydia Hay, m Joseph (Joe) Bowman, of St Peter’s Road, Buckpool;

(6) Sarah Anne Coull, b 1902; m 9 April 1930, Peter Henderson, (b 1898), son of Alexander Henderson, of Wick, Caithness, by his wife, Helen Gunn; and had issue:-

(1) Peter Henderson

(2) Alexander Henderson

(3) Margaret (Peggy) Henderson

(7) Lydia (Lady) Coull dunm 1990.

(7) George Gordon Coull, b at Port Gordon, 24 September 1861 and bapt at Enzie;

(8) ALEXANDER COULL, of 6 Duke Street, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 1863; Fisherman; m at Enzie, 25 September 1885, Helen Slater, (b at Nether Buckie, 1866 d May 1951, bur at Buckie), dau of James Slater, by his wife, Ann Cowie; d August 1909, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Alexander Coull, b 1887; m 2 March 1911, Margaret Stewart, (b 1887), dau of John Stewart, of Buckie, by his wife, Margaret Geddes;

(2) William James Coull, m 27 April 1911, Isabella Geddes, dau of of William Geddes, of William Street, Buckpool, by his wife, Anne Wood;

(3) Helen Ann Coull, m at Port Gordon, 12 December 1913, David Ralph, Cooper, son of Alexander Ralph, Fisherman, of 10 Mid Street, Hopeman, by his wife, Maggie Davidson;

(4) John G. Coull, b 1898; dunm February 1918, bur at Buckie.

(6) WILLIAM COULL Dailey, of 5 High Street West, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 23 April 1826; mentioned in HAB p103 (including references to a chist for his wife, October 1848 (i.e. at the time of his marriage)); m at Rathven, 3 and at Enzie Free Church, 10 October 1848, Margaret Grant, (bapt at Rathven, 19 November 1824 d at Port Gordon, 2 April 1905, bur at Buckie), sister of Janet (Jessie) Grant (see COULL Grant and INNES) and dau of Alexander Grant, by his wife, Helen Reid Hogey (see that family); and d at Port Gordon, 5 April 1899, bur at Buckie, having  had issue:-

(1) Jane Coull, of 5 High Street West, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 1848; m at Enzie, 5 November 1868, Alexander Reid Todey, (b at Port Gordon, 1846 d there, 16 January 1875), son of John Reid Todey (see REID Goug and Todey), by his wife, Elizabeth Green (see that family); (d ante 1881); d post 1891, having had issue

(2) William Coull, of Whiteknows, Rathven; b at Port Gordon, 1852; Fisherman; dunm 4 November 1922.

(3) Margaret Coull, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Enzie Free Church, 17 November 1854; m 8 November 1905, George Jamieson, (b 1841) Vintner, of 5 Lennox Place, Port Gordon, son of George Jamieson, by his wife, Elspet Anderson;

(4) Alexander Coull, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Enzie, 25 January 1857; m at Enzie, 18 January 1884, Jessie Coull, (b 1864) dau of William Coull, (see above), by his wife, Jessie Thomson; d ante 1891, having had issue.

(5) Isabella Coull, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Enzie, 4 April 1859; m at Enzie, 19 January 1883, William Innes, of 37 Gordon Street, Port Gordon, (b 1860 d at Port Gordon, 24 February 1922), eldest son of Peter Innes, (see that family), by his wife, Jane (Jeannie) Murray; and had issue (see INNES).

(6) PETER COULL Grant, of 17 High Street West, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 1861; Fisherman; bore the teename of ‘Grant’ (because of maternal ancestry) although belong to the family of Coull Dailey; m at Enzie, 5 October 1883, Margaret Geddes, (b 1863 d 11 August 1930, bur at Buckie), dau of John Geddes, by his wife, Margaret Cowie; d at sea, 14 February 1929,  and had issue:-

(1) Maggie Coull, b 1884; m at Enzie, 30 December 1904, Alexander Green, (b 1881), son of William Green, by his wife, Maggie Reid

(2) PETER COULL, of 18 High Street West, Port Gordon; b at Peterhead, 1886; m at Port Gordon, 27 December 1910, Isabella Reid, (b 1885 d 13 March 1939, bur at Buckie), dau of John Reid, of 4 Peterhythe, Portessie, by his wife, Annie Smith; d November 1944, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

Annie Smith Coull m 18 December 1935, John Alexander Ross, son of William Ross, of Findochty, by his wife, Helen Flett;

(3) William James Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1888; Fisherman; m there, 5 December 1912, Bella McDonald, (b 1890), dau of John McDonald, Fisherman, of 16 High Street West, Port Gordon, by his wife, Isabella McKay;

(7) Jessie Coull, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Enzie, 4 May 1863; m at Enzie, 25 September 1885, George Innes, only son of George Innes (see that family), by his wife, Ann Green (see that family); d 19**, having had issue (see INNES)

(7) ALEXANDER COULL Dailey, of 15 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 20 July 1828 (the sponsors being Alexander Hepburn and Catherine Sudding); Seaman, Merchant Service; mentioned in HAB p192; m 25 January 1852, Mary Green, (b at Port Gordon and bapt at Rathven, 22 June 1828 d at Port Gordon, 17 June 1904, bur at Rathven), dau of James Green Rovan (see that family), by his wife, Janet (Jessie) Reid; d at Port Gordon, 3 December 1891, bur at Rathven, having had issue:-

(1) Jane Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1852; m John Macdonald, Baker, (b 1844) of 14 High Street West, Port Gordon; she d at Port Gordon, 26 November 1919, having had issue:-

(1) Jane Macdonald, b 1885;

(2) WILLIAM COULL, of 41 Gordon Street, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 9 January 1854; m Jane Taylor, (b 1856 d 13 May 1908, bur at Buckie), dau of Alexander Taylor, Seaman Merchant Service, by his wife, Jane Geddes, (see that family GEDDES Geddey); d March 1941, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) William Coull, b 1877; Fish Salesman; d March 1954, bur at Buckie.

(2) Mary Jane Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1880; m at Enzie, 14 April 1904 Duncan Mitchell, (b 1880), son of James Mitchell, Fisherman, of Rosehearty, by his wife, Christina Duthie; d October 1955, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

Rose Coull Mitchell, b 1909; m 5 October 1932, Alexander Malcolm Donald McKay, (b 1909), son of Donald McKay, Coastguard, of Banff, by his wife, Elsie Jane McLennan;

(3) ALEXANDER COULL, of 41 Gordon Street, Port Gordon; b 1881; m 31 March 1905, Jessie Flett, (b 1884 d February 1978, bur at Buckie), dau of John Flett, of 13 Reidhaven Street, Ianstown, by his wife, Mary Robertson; d March 1959, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Violet Coull, b January and dvp October 1907, bur at Buckie.

(2) Alexander Coull, b February and dvp March 1909, bur at Buckie.

(3) John Coull, b June 1911 dvp July 1912, bur at Buckie.

(4) May Coull

(5) Jeannie Coull, m 5 September 1934, John Innes Imlach, Watchmaker, son of John Imlach, of Lintmill, Cullen, by his wife, Elizabeth (Betsy) Helen Innes;

(6) Alexander Coull, b 1915 dvp June 1925, bur at Buckie.

(7) William Coull, b 1917;

(8) Josephine Coull, b May dvp October 1921, bur at Buckie.

(4) Jessie Ann Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1890; m there, 12 December 1912, David Black, Cooper, (b 1887), son of John Black, Fisherman, of 4 Yardie, Buckie, by his wife, Helen Murray; and had issue:-

Jane (Jeannie) Taylor Black,  b 1915; m 1 June 1933, George (Dodie) Innes Lawtie, (b 1910 d 29 April 1982, bur at Buckie), son of James Lawtie, Gardener, of Rosebank, Cairnfield, by his wife, Helen Innes; d 28 February 1992, bur at Buckie, having had issue.

(5) Alfred Coull, sometime of 10 Richmond Terrace and 15 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b 1895; Fisherman; m 17 September 1920, Margaret Bowie, (b 1898 d 14 November 1928, bur at Buckie), dau of Joseph Bowie and Jessie Coull; m 2ndly, 23 September 1931, Jessie Mackenzie, of 35 Wellington Street, Wick, (b 1902 d August 1974, bur at Buckie), dau of James Mackenzie, by his wife, Jessie Bain; d July 1970, bur at Buckie.

(3) Jessie Coull, b at Port Gordon, 19 January 1855;

Coull of Gowanbrae

(4) ALEXANDER (Sunny) COULL The Hound, of Gowanbrae, High Street West, and of 9 High Street East, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon and bapt at Enzie, 1 April 1857; Master Carpenter; m at Enzie, 6 October 1882, Mary Thain, (b at Port Gordon, 16 March 1863 d at Port Gordon, 6 October 1950, bur at Buckie), dau of Alexander Thain, by his wife, Isabella Murray; d at Port Gordon, 14 September 1935, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Alexander Coull, of 3 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b 1883; Fisherman; m 30 December 1908, Mary Hay (b 1884 d November 1935, bur at Buckie), dau of George Hay, by his wife, Helen Geddes; d (drowned), 29 January 1928, M.I. at Buckie, having had issue:-

Mary Coull, b 1910 dunm January 1968, bur at Buckie.

(2) GEORGE COULL, of The Neuk, Port Tannachy; b 1886; Skipper, SD Dashing Spray (BCK 56); m at Port Gordon, 11 December 1912, his second cousin, Isabella Innes, (b 1889 d at Elgin, 15 April 1952, bur at New Elgin) dau of William Innes, of 37 Gordon Street, Port Gordon; (see that family), by his wife, Isabella Coull (see above); d 16 October 1957, bur at New Elgin, having had issue:-

(1) Alexander Coull

(2) William Coull, b 1916? late of Dundee; m and left issue.

(3) Ena Coull, b 1920; m 1stly, J. Gordon Williamson, of Connet Hill, Elgin and has issue. and m 2ndly, Angus Macrae and d at Elgin, December 2002.

(3) Alice Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1888; m 23 December 1909, John Coull Green, (b 1887 d 25 January 1952, bur at Buckie), son of Alexander Green (see that family), by his wife, Margaret Coull; d 14 March 1945, bur at Buckie, having had issue (see GREEN).

(4) JAMES COULL, of 12 Richmond Place, Port Gordon; b 1891; Fisherman; m Janet (Cis) Burnett Milne, (b 1902 d December 1966, bur at Buckie), dau of George Minty Milne, of the Richmond Arms Hotel, High Street West, Port Gordon; d  May 1974, bur at Buckie, having had issue with other issue:-

(1) Commodore James George Milne Coull, of Tibberton, Gloucestershire; b at Port Gordon, 1925; late Commodore, Royal Fleet Auxilliary; d 23 September 2002, crem and Service of Thanksgiving at Holy Trinity Church, Tibberton, Gloucestershire, having had issue.

(5) Elizabeth Margaret (Meg) Coull, b 1937; m Neil Marnoch and dsp at 7 Well Brae Court, Elgin, 11 December 1988.

(5) William Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1896 dunm 8 March 1920, bur at Buckie.

(6) Adam Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1899; dunm 10 April 1943, bur at Buckie.

(7) Jessie Thain Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1902; m 14 June 1937, John James Gold, Bank Clerk, of 185 Albert Street, Dundee (b 1887 d 29 July 1966, bur at Buckie), son of William Black Gold, Schoolmaster; d 19**, bur at Buckie having had issue.

(8) Mabel Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1907; m Captain James Reid, (b 1905 d 14 January 1985, bur at Buckie), John Reid, by his wife, Jessie Hendry (see that family); d at 16 Richmond Place, Port Gordon, 4 December 1982, bur at Buckie, having had issue.

(9) Charles (Charlie) Davidson Coull, of Gowanbrae, High Street West, Port Gordon; b ca. 1910; dunm 28 June 1994, bur at Buckie.

(5) JAMES COULL, of Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon and bapt at Enzie, 9 October 1859; Carpenter and Fisherman; Owner of the ‘Jessie Alice’; m at Enzie, 3 October 1884, Margaret (Maggie) Jane Innes, of 35 Gordon Streeet, Port Gordon, (b at Port Gordon, 2 May 1862 and bapt at Enzie; d at Port Gordon, 1 December 1933, bur at Rathven), dau of Peter Innes (see that family), by his wife, Jane (Jeannie) Murray; d (drowned at sea), 3 December 1890, bur at Rathven, having had issue:-

(1) Margaret Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1890; m there, 13 December 1912, Alfred Geddes, (b 1887), natural son of Joseph Geddes and Elspet Baird (maiden surname Stewart);

(2) Isabella Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1890; m there, 30 September 1914, James Innes, (b 1887), son of John Innes, Fisherman, of 5 Hay Street, Buckie, by his wife, Maggie Reid;

(6) PETER COULL, of 9 Richmond Terrace, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 24 March 1862; Fisherman; m at Enzie, 20 September 1889, Jane Cowie, (b at Buckie, 1865 d at Port Gordon, 3 December 1907, bur at Rathven), dau of James Cowie, of the Yardie, Buckie, by his wife, Mary Murray; and had issue:-

(1) Mary Jane Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1891; m 13 October 1917, her second cousin, Peter Green Rovan, (b 28 September 1891 d May 1966, bur at Buckie), son of Peter Green Rovan, (see that family), by his wife, Jane Murray; and d July 1965, bur at Buckie, having had issue (see GREEN Rovan).

PETER COULL, m 2ndly, 14 January 1921, Mary Smith (b 1865 d September 1948, bur at Buckie), dau of James Smith, Fisherman, by his wife, Mina Taylor; and d 1944, bur at Buckie.

(7) George Gordon Coull, b at Port Gordon, 6 June 1864 and bapt at Enzie; m at Enzie, 23 September 1887, Jessie Geddes, (b at Buckpool, 1867 d May 1890, bur at Rathven), dau of William Geddes, of 8 Bowie’s Lane, Buckpool, by his wife, Margaret Mair;

Cormack of Gowanlea

(8) Mary Ann Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1865; m at Enzie, 28 June 1889, Peter Cormack, Fisherman, of 5 Richmond Place, Port Gordon, (b at Buckie, 1865), son of William Cormack, of Mid Street, Buckie, by his wife, Isabella Duncan; she d at Port Gordon, 23 January 1936, having had issue:-

(1) Alexander Cormack, b at Port Gordon, 18 August and dvp there, 6 November 1890.

(2) George Cormack, b at Port Gordon, 18 and dvp there, 19 August 1890.

(3) Peter Cormack, b at Port Gordon, 1891;

(4) Ethel Cormack, b at Port Gordon, 1893; m at Port Gordon, 21 December 1915, John Geddes, (b 1887), son of William Geddes, Fisherman, of 37 New Street, Buckie, by his wife, Jessie Smith;

(5) Absalom Cormack, b at Port Gordon, 1895; m 21 September 1927, Annie Reid, (b 1900), dau of George Reid, of 49 Seatown, Buckie, by his wife, Mary Ann Jappy;

(6) Beatrice Room Cormack, b 1898; m 22 December 1921, Andrew Watson, (b 1890), son of James Watson, of Cellardyke, Fife, by his wife, Mary Ann Morrison;

(7) Mary Cormack, b at Port Gordon, 1900;

(9) John Coull, b at Port Gordon, 28 April 1868;

(10) Margaret Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1870; m at Enzie, 23 September 1892, William Coull Tam, (b at Port Gordon, 1868 d (killed accidently on the railway) at Port Gordon, 1 October 1921), son of William Coull Tam, (see above), by his wife, Jessie Thomson; she d at Port Gordon, 3 January 1904.

(8) Elizabeth Brodie Coull (so named in honour of Elizabeth Brodie, Duchess of Gordon), b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 2 December 1832 (the sponsors being Elias Sudding and Catherine Sudding);

(9) George Gordon Coull (so named in honour of George, 5th Duke of Gordon), of 12 Hope Street, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 2 December 1832 (twin) (the sponsors being Elias Sudding and Catherine Sudding); m at Enzie, 15 January 1857, his first cousin, Isabella Coull (see below), (b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 11 April 1828 d at Port Gordon, 8 July 1909, bur at Rathven), dau of Peter Coull Skipper, by his wife, Margaret Clark; d at 14 Hope Street, Port Gordon, 11 February 1909, bur at Rathven.

(2) Isabella Coull, b at Buckie and bapt at Preshome, 21 May 1794 (the Godfather being George Coull, son of James Coull, Shore of Buckie and the Godmother being Isabel Reid, dau of Duncan Reid); dunm at Port Gordon, 11 May 1872 (Death Certificate gives the age as 84 but this must be erroneous, George Gordon Coull, nephew, being the witness).

(3) Janet Coull, (Widow Turner) of Banff; refered to as ‘Widow Turner’ HAB p9, November 1840; m at Preshome, 31 December 1818, and at Rathven, 10 January 1819, William Turner, Seaman (b at Banff d ante 1840, see HAB p 9) and had issue:-

(1) Matthia Turner, bapt at Rathven, 6 February 1820;

(2) William Turner, bapt at Rathven, 6 January 1822;

(3) Isabel Turner, of 6 High Street West, Port Gordon; bapt at Rathven, 15 March 1824; dunm at Port Gordon, 5 April 1899.

(4) Peter Turner, bapt at Rathven, 15 March 1824 (twin);

(5) Janet Adam Turner, bapt at Rathven, 9 February 1828;

(6) Jean Turner, bapt at Rathven, 3 January 1830; m at Straiton, Ayrshire, 7 September 1851, Alexander Irvine and had issue:-

(1) James Irvine, b at Straiton, Ayrshire, 20 February 1856;

(1) William Irvine, b Motherwell;

(1) George Irvine

(7) Margaret Turner, bapt at Banff, 2 August 1833;

(8) Mary Turner, bapt at Banff, 22 July 1835;

(4) Jane Coull, b 1801; m at Rathven, 1 February 1840, James Mackie, Farmer, of Tarrymount, Enzie, and d (presumably sp) 18 February 1860 (as the property of Tarrymount was conveyed to her niece, Margaret Coull Garden (see below)).

Coull Skipper

(5) PETER COULL Skipper, of Port Gordon, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 1802; Fisherman; mentioned in HAB p17; m at Preshome, 2 February 1826, Margaret Clark, (b 1801 d at Port Gordon, 4 November 1801), dau of William Clark, by his wife, Ann Smith; d (drowned in the Great Storm), 23 November 1857, having had issue:-

(1) JAMES COULL Skipper, b at Port Gordon (or possibly at Banff) and bapt at Preshome, 16 July 1826 (the sponsors being James Coull and Ann Rose both in Port Gordon); m at Enzie Free Church, 18 and Rathven, 19 October 1849, Mary Irvine, (b 1829 d at Port Gordon, 1910); and had issue:-

(1) WILLIAM COULL Skipper, of 2 Cathcart Street, Port Gordon; b 1848; m at Enzie, 16 October 1874, Catherine Bowie, (b at Buckie, 11 February 1855 d December 1938, bur at Buckie), dau of William Bowie, by his wife, Jane Cowie; d 13 January 1930, having had issue:-

(1) William Coull Skipper, b 1883; m Isabella Coull, (b 1887 d May 1949, bur at Buckie); d November 1944, bur at Buckie.

(2) Catherine J. Coull, b 1887; m at Port Gordon, 28 September 1911, Adam Cowie, (b 1887), son of Adam Cowie, Fisherman, of 27 Seatown, Buckie, by his wife, Jane Smith; and d November 1955, bur at Buckie, having had issue.

(3) James Coull, b 1889; m at Port Gordon, 7 December 1911, Elsie Ina Bruce, (b 1890), dau of James Bruce, of 7 Wilson’s Land, Buckpool, by his wife, Jessie Geddes;

(4) Mary Helen Coull, b 1894; m 2 March 1920, John Livingston, (b 1891), son of James Livingston, by his wife, Flora McKechnie;

(2) James Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1855; m at Enzie, 17 April 1880, Helen Stuart, (b at Dufftown, 1855), dau of John Stuart, Blacksmith, of Dufftown, by his wife, Isabella Sandison;

(3) Margaret Coull, b 12 August 1856 and bapt at Enzie;

(4) Isabella Coull, b 20 June 1858 and bapt at Enzie; m Alexander Reid, Farmer Servant, of Clochan; and d 6 March 1936.

(2) Isabella (or Isabella) Coull, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 11 April 1828 (the sponsor being Ann Rose); m at Enzie,15 January 1857, her first cousin, George Gordon Coull, of 12 Hope Street, Port Gordon (see above), (b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 2 December 1832 d at Port Gordon, 11 February 1909); and d at Port Gordon, 8 July 1909, bur at Rathven.

(3) Ann Coull, b at Port Gordon, 25 December 1830 and bapt at Preshome, 16 January 1831 (the sponsors being Alexander Green and Anne Green); m at Enzie, 24 September 1853, William (Wildey) Innes, of 26 Gollachy Village (b at Port Gordon and bapt at Rathven, 8 September 1827 d (drowned at sea) 19 February 1865, M.I. at Rathven), second son of William Innes (see that family), by his wife, Margaret Geddes (see that family GEDDES Dodey); d at 19 Gordon Street, Port Gordon, 14 March 1921, bur at Rathven having had issue (see INNES).

(4) William Coull, b at Port Gordon, 13 and bapt at Preshome, 18 August 1833 (the sponsors being James Green and Anne Green);

(5) Janet Coull, b at Port Gordon, 7 and bapt at Preshome, 18 October 1835 (the sponsors being James Green and Anne Green); dvp?

(6) Margaret Coull, b at Port Gordon, 22 and bapt at Preshome, 24 June 1838 (the sponsors being James Green and Anne Green); m at Enzie, 28 January 1861, John Garden, of Tarrymount, Enzie, (b at Portessie, 1841 d 29 July 1901), son of Alexander Garden (see that family), by his wife, Ann Innes; d at 15 Gordon Street, Port Gordon, 14 March 1921, having had issue (see GARDEN).

(7) PETER COULL Skipper, of High Street West, Port Gordon; b 1842, bapt at Enzie; Fisherman; m at Enzie, 16 October 1868, Helen Fraser, (b 1844 d at Port Gordon, 11 January 1917, bur at Buckie), dau of Thomas Fraser, by his wife, Margaret Bruce; d 19 August 1919, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Peter Coull, b at Peterhead, 12 September 1868 and bapt there and at Enzie (legitimised by the subsequent marriage of his parents); dvp ca. 1870.

(2) Margaret Anne Coull, b at Port Gordon, 22 January 1870 and bapt at Rathven; m William Cowie, (b 1859), son of Alexander Cowie, by his wife, Jane Murray;

(3) WILLIAM COULL Skipper, of 15 High Street East, Port Gordon; b at Port Gordon, 1872; Fisherman; m at Enzie, 9 September 1898, Mary Mair, (b 1874 d March 1943, bur at Buckie), dau of James Mair, Fisherman, of 19 Portknockie, by his wife, Christina Taylor; d April 1913, bur at Buckie, having had issue:-

(1) Helen Coull, b 1899; m 30 March 1922, John Deas, (b 1892), son of John Deas, of 67 George Street, Cellardyke, Fife, by his wife, Jessie Reid;

(2)  George Coull, m 19 December 1924, Mary Anne Cowie, dau of William Cowie, of 30 the Yardie, Buckie, by his wife, Elizabeth Murray;

(3) Christina Coull, b 1905; m 20 March 1930, John Clark, (b 1905), son of William Clark, of 12 Stuart Street, Portessie, by his wife, Catherine Murray;

 (4) Maggie Nichol Coull, b 1909; m 28 Arpil 1936, John Cowie, (b 1908) of Kelvingrove, South Pringle Street, Buckie, son of Alexander Cowie, by his wife, Helen Murray;

(4) Peter Coull, b at Port Gordon, 18 June 1874 and bapt at Enzie;

(5) Isabella Coull, of 8 Hope Street, Port Gordon; b 1876; m 25 December 1902, John Coull, (b 1874 d k.a. off Kirkwall, Orkney, 22 June 1916, M.I. at Buckie), son of James Coull Grant, (see that family), by his wife, Ann Green Sodger (see that family); d 19 April 1959, bur at Buckie, having had issue (see COULL Grant).

(6) George Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1880;

(7) James Coull, b 1883; d 22 December 1959, bur at Buckie.

(8) Fraser Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1886;

(9) Helen (Nellie) Coull, b at Port Gordon, 1888; m there, 17 September 1912, David Murray, Fisherman, (b 1887), son of William Murray, Fisherman, of 5 Commerce Street, Buckie, by his wife, Jessie Black;

(6) JAMES COULL, b at Port Gordon and bapt at Preshome, 15 September 1806 (the Godfather being James Forbes); witness to his brother Peter’s DC, 1857;



[1] In Section Q, Lair 13.

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