Samuel Wellwood, the son of Moses and Jane, was the first of his siblings to marry in Scotland.  Most likely, he was the first of his siblings to arrive in Scotland.  At any rate, he married three times and each wife was named Elizabeth.  His first wife was Elizabeth Gibson, and they posted banns for their marriage on Aug. 8, 1830.  The date of their actual marriage is not recorded, nor are the birth dates of their 4 children.  From census data and other documentation we can arrive at the birth years, though.

Their first child was Sarah.  Sarah was listed as 10 years old in the 1841 census (taken June 6-7), 19 in the 1851 census (March 30-31), 30 in the 1861 census (April 7-8), 26 at her marriage in mid-Feb. 1858, and 38 at her death in mid-Apr. 1870, almost all of which points to a birth date in about April or May 1831.  Her age at marriage and at death is off by one year, but that’s not unusual.  Sarah married Robert Yuille (sometimes spelled Yule) on Feb. 19, 1858 in High Church, Glasgow.  Robert’s age was given as 40, and it was evidently his first marriage.  Robert was at least 25 in the 1841 census (where he was living at home), as ages over 15 years were rounded down, so he was born before 1816, making him at least 41 the year of their marriage.  In fact, the 1861 census records his age as 49, meaning he was born in 1812 – making the age difference between them 19 years.  Sarah and Robert had four children: Elizabeth, born in High Church on Feb. 23, 1859; James, born in Bridgeton on June 19, 1861; Samuel, born in High Church on Jan. 8, 1863 and who died there on March 13 the same year; and Agnes, named for Robert’s mother, born in High Church on July 18, 1865. Sarah died of tuberculosis (pthisis) on April 16, 1870.  Robert died the following year of pneumonia on April 15, 1871 at the age of 59 (although his mother’s name is listed as Dorothea on his death record and not Agnes as on his marriage), once again implying a birth year of 1812.  I could find no marriage or death records for Elizabeth or Agnes, though I found people who might be them in the 1881 census, where Elizabeth was a teacher in Sterlingshire and Agnes was boarding in Glasgow and going to school.  All three children are living with their widowed father in High Church in the 1871 census.  I was able to locate a marriage for James, however.  He married Annie M. McPhail in Bridgeton on Aug. 22, 1890, and they had 5 children: Robert Wellwood Yuille, born in Gorbals on July 29, 1891; John McPhail Yuille, born on March 2, 1893 also in Gorbals; James, Jr. born in Rutherglen on April 9, 1895; Donald McPhail Yuille, born in Rutherglen on Jan. 15, 1898 and who died there on June 11, 1899; and Annie McPhaile Yuille, born on July 24, 1900 in Rutherglen and who died there of bronchial pneumonia on May 25, 1901, just over a week after her father James died on May 16, 1901 of tuberculosis.  Annie and her three surviving children were living together in the 1911 census in Newhall, Glasgow – part of Bridgeton.  Shortly after the census, Annie and Robert travelled to the United States and settled in the Fall River-New Bedford area of Massachusetts, arriving in Boston on board the PARISIAN out of Glasgow on May 7, 1911 and leaving her other 2 sons with her unmarried sister in Bridgeton, Glasgow.  Her son James followed later the same year, arriving on the PARISIAN in Boston on Oct. 22, 1911.  John arrived in Boston on the PARISIAN out of Glasgow on Nov. 19, 1912, although at least one source has his name mis-transcribed as Fuell.  Annie died at some point between the 1920 and 1930 U.S. census reports, most likely in Fall River or New Bedford, Mass.  In the 1920 census, Annie was living with her son Robert and his wife Esther in New Bedford.  John was living with his wife Annie Ormerod and her family, also in New Bedford.  By 1930, John and Annie had a 2-yr-old daughter Lois J. Yuille.  I have no further record of Lois or her father John.  Annie Ormerod Yuille died on Oct. 2, 1978 in New Bedford, Mass.  James married a woman named Charlotte in New York at some point between the 1920 census, when he was single and living in Manhattan, and 1930, and they settled in Westchester County, New York.  They had no children in the 1930 census.  James died in June 1967 in Chappaqua, Westchester, New York.  Robert and his wife Esther had 4 children: Robert Wellwood Yuille, Jr. born Oct. 30, 1920; James G. Yuille, born April 2, 1924; Phyllis E. Yuille, born about April, 1926; and John McPhail Yuille, born Feb 7, 1928.  I have no record of Robert, Sr.’s death.  Of his children, the only one I have nothing further on is Phyllis.  James G. served during WWII.  Robert, Jr. died on June 4, 1982 in New Bedford, James G. died on Oct. 23, 2005 in New Bedford, having married and had at least one child, and John M. died on Jan. 5, 1973, presumably in New Bedford, Mass.

Samuel and Elizabeth Gibson’s second child was named Elizabeth.  In the 1841, 1851, and 1861 census reports she was 7, 17, and 27 years old respectively.  She was 32 at the time of her marriage in mid-August 1865 and was 36 at her death in mid-May 1870.  It seems clear that Elizabeth was born between mid-May and mid-August 1833.  On Aug. 11, 1865 Elizabeth married Ralph Bebbington in Bridgeton, Glasgow.  They had 2 children during their short marriage: Ralph, Jr. was born on Aug. 3, 1866 in High Church, Glasgow and died there on Oct. 23, 1871 of tuberculosis; and Elizabeth who was born on Jan. 9, 1868 in High Church and died there on Jan. 16, 1870 of hydrocephalus.  Elizabeth Wellwood Bebbington died on 13 May 1870 of consumption.  Ralph subsequently remarried.

Samuel Wellwood’s third child with Elizabeth Gibson was Mary Wellwood.  Mary appears in the 1841 census but is missing after that date, so must have died before 1851.  She was born about 1835 or 1836.  Their last child was Margaret, who was also in the 1841 census but missing from subsequent records.  She was born about 1837 or 1838 and must also have died before 1851.  Elizabeth Gibson Wellwood died between the 1841 and 1851 census reports, and Samuel was a widower with his two oldest daughters in the 1851 census.  At this point, he was still a cotton weaver.

Between 1851 and 1857 he changed occupations and became a spirit dealer, or wine and spirit dealer.  It appears he operated a local pub in Gallowgate known as The Grange from 1853 to 1858 when the liquor license was taken over by a Janet Wellwood, who could only have been Matthew Wellwood’s second wife Jane Gribbons, who he married in 1850.  This is one more indication that Matthew was a child of Moses and Jane.  In 1880, Samuel’s widow Elizabeth Grant (his third wife) took over the pub liquor license, as Matthew had removed his family to the States by then (see post on Matthew Wellwood).

At any rate, on the marriage record of Samuel to his second wife Elizabeth Crum dated Feb. 3, 1857 in High Church, Samuel’s occupation is listed as Spirit Dealer.  In the 12 years of their marriage they had 3 children together, all born in Bridgeton: Ellison, born Nov. 13, 1857; Jane, born July 2, 1859; and Robert, born Oct. 20, 1861.  Elizabeth Crum Wellwood died on Jan. 29, 1868 in High Church of celulitis of her right leg and inflammation of her chest for more than 3 months.  Things like this make you really appreciate the value of the antibiotics we have available today.

All three of Samuel’s children with Elizabeth Crum went on to marry and have children of their own.  Ellison married William Charles Mackie in Dennistoun, Glasgow on July 8, 1886.  They had 3 children, all born in Muirkirk, Ayrshire:  Elizabeth Wellwood Mackie born June 23, 1887; Margaret Ellison Cole Mackie, born May 10, 1889; and Ellison Maud Mackie, born Aug. 15, 1893.  Elizabeth married Robert Brownlie Stobo Stark on Feb. 15, 1923 in Blythswood, Glasgow.  I have no record of children for them, and Elizabeth died in Kelvin, Glasgow in 1962.  Margaret never married, and died in Glasgow in 1979.  Ellison Maud married James Morrison in Blythswood on Oct. 15, 1930 and died just 5-1/2 years later on Feb. 22, 1936 in Cathcart of complications from a prolapsed uterus, so must have given birth, though I have no record of that child’s name or any other children they may have had.   Ellison Wellwood Mackie died in Hillhead, Glasgow on Sept. 27, 1916.  Her husband William died in Govan on June 30, 1908.

Samuel’s next child Jane married Andrew Lauchlan Fleming on June 12, 1885 in Blythswood.  They had 4 children together: Elizabeth Wellwood Fleming, born in Eastwood, Renfrew on Apr. 30, 1886; Catherine, born on Aug. 30, 1887 in Glasgow and named for Andrew’s mother; Andrew Douglas Fleming, born in Dennistoun on July 19, 1891; and Samuel Wellwood Fleming, born in Dennistoun 6 years to the day later, on July 19, 1897.  Elizabeth married John Cockburn in Cathcart on Sept. 4, 1911.  I have no record of any children born to them.  Elizabeth died in 1982 in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.  Catherine Fleming married Alexander Gay Greenshields in Cathcart on Sept. 15, 1910.  Alexander signed Catherine’s brother Samuel’s death record.  Catherine died in Newton Mearns, Glasgow on Jan. 22, 1960.  I have no record of any children for them.  Andrew Douglass Fleming was living at home in the 1911 census, along with Elizabeth and Samuel and their parents.  I have found no mention of him after this date, however, neither marriage nor death.  Samuel, his brother, married Laura Winifred Millar on Sept. 14, 1926 in Kilcreggan Cove, Dunbartonshire.  I have no record of their children.  Samuel signed his father’s death record on Jan. 27, 1926 in Cathcart and Samuel died on June 29, 1950 in Newton Means, Glasgow.  His mother Jane died on July 9, 1924 in Cathcart of nephritis.

Samuel Wellwood and Elizabeth Crum’s last child Robert married Catherine McLaren on Aug. 2, 1892 in Blythswood.  They had 4 children together: Robert Crum Wellwood, born Apr. 26, 1893 in Dennistoun; Agnes Millar McLaren Wellwood, named for her maternal grandmother and born March 10, 1895 in Dennistoun, and who also died there on June 22, 1913 due to heart failure caused by an enlarged heart (hypertrophy); Peter McLaren Wellwood, born in Dennistoun on Jan. 11, 1897; and Euan McLaren Wellwood, born Nov. 28, 1899 also in Dennistoun.  In the 1911 census Robert is staying with his sister Ellison in Govan, while his wife Catherine and children are all in Dennistoun.  I have found no death record for him, though on his wife Catherine’s death record in Pollock on Oct. 30, 1941, she was not listed as a widow.  Euan married in 1944 and died on Aug. 5, 1948.  I do not know if they had any children.  After the 1911 census I can find no further record of Peter, neither marriage nor death, though I did find a record for a Private Peter Wellwood who served in the Machine Gun Corps (calvary) during WWI – but I have no way to determine if this is the same Peter Wellwood.  Robert Crum Wellwood married Isabella Mandelson on Dec. 5, 1923 in Dennistoun.  They had at least one child.  Robert died in 1965 in Glasgow.

After Samuel’s second wife Elizabeth Crum died, he remarried to Elizabeth Grant on Oct. 8, 1872 in Old Monkland (Western), Lanarkshire.  She was 23 years his junior, and they had a son Samuel Wellwood, Jr. born on Feb. 15, 1874 in High Church, Glasgow.  Samuel, Sr. died on April 9, 1879 in Dennistoun, Glasgow of paralysis and epilepsy.  His widow subsequently took over the liquor license to the pub and raised her son.  She eventually died on June 5, 1897 in Cumbraes, Bute, Scotland.  Samuel, Jr. married Margaret Turnbull on Aug. 6, 1902 in Blythswood, Glasgow, although his residence at that time was London, England.  As far as I know they had no children.  He travelled to Canada in 1903 and again in 1908 aboard the LAKE CHAMPLAIN out of Liverpool, arriving in St. John, New Brunswick on April 20, 1908.  Margaret joined him in Montreal, having travelled to meet him on the GRAMPIAN out of Glasgow, arriving in Quebec City on Sept. 6, 1908.  From there the couple travelled to Vancouver, British Columbia on the West coast of Canada, where they were located in the 1911 Canada census, although Margaret’s name was mis-transcribed as Mary.  For more of their adventures in North America, see the earlier chapter on John Wellwood’s son Samuel Moses Wellwood in North America, as it was while researching him that I researched this Samuel.  Samuel, Jr. died in Penticton, B.C., Canada on March 19, 1930 – which information I have thanks to one of our readers (Thank you, Eleanore!!), who obtained and then scanned a copy of the death record and sent it to me.  Margaret returned to Scotland and died in Pollock, Glasgow on Nov. 21, 1958.  On her death record, her late husband Samuel’s profession is given as Author.  I would be interested to know what sorts of articles or books he wrote.

This, then, is the legitimate line of Samuel Wellwood’s descendants.  There is another line, however, through a woman he never married.  That line will be the closing chapter of this book, before I go on to write about my other family lines.  Just to whet your curiosity a little…  😉

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