Liz's blog

This research has been to find a link between Dr Thos Coull and ? cousin, Helen Coull. Special thanks go to FTF member, Moggie, for her interest and help.

The quest began after a link was suggested in The History of Antigua Vol 1 by Oliver:

http://www.archive.org/stream/histor...ge/n9/mode/2up

Extract: 'A Dr Coull (he seems to have been a well-known Medical Man, as I see the name quoted in an old medical work). His daughter was a famous ...

As with her brother, Pat Bryant, I hope this blog might find her daughters, who were taken care of by relatives after the death of their parents (from TB). Contact between them and my family was lost - they could have been adopted. I have had to omit their names in case they are still alive.

I have a lot of information about the Bryant ancestors and family.

Thanks as always to FTF members who helped with research and photo restoration:

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This is my mother's beloved older brother who was killed in the Second World War.

As well as being here for my family and FTF to refer to, I hope this blog will serve to help any of Pat's ? surviving family, who might find it on the web. I have a lot of information on his ancestors and family of origin which am willing to share. I have omitted the name of his ? children in case they are still alive.

Thanks, as ever, to dedicated FTF members who helped with this research. ...

This is my transcript of the Will Inventory of Patrick Coull (Scotlandspeople). This was all that downloaded for the will for him. See separate blog page about him and his family.

a) Ancestry, co.uk: UK, Extracted Probate Records: Coull, Patrick, late merchant in Cullen 23/11/1784. Book: Mort Roll from 1781 in the Register House, Edinburgh. (Death). Collection: Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Ayr, & Stirling: - Commissariot Record of Hamilton and Campsie, Reg of Testaments, ...

This is the great grandfather of Thomas Coull born c 1800 - see his blog page. See separate blog page for Patrick's Will/Inventory.

As always, thanks go to experienced members of FTF, especially Moggie, for their perseverance and interest in finding out as much as we have done about the Scottish roots of the Antiguan Coulls.

Patrick Coull was born about 1722 and died end of April 1784 Cullen. Fortunately, his year of birth can be deduced from age given in ‘The plundering ...