COULL, William Joseph

1830 - 1879  (48 years)

• Name	COULL, William Joseph  [1, 2, 3]
  	These Notes are for William Joseph COULL Born in ELGIN and Buried in Picton NSW Item [19/10186]; [20/22] Reel 3025 will of William Coull Argus Melbourne 7 June 1890 p10 A CURIOUS WILL CASE. SYDNEY, Friday. A peculiar will case carne before the Inquiry Court to day William Coull, a man of con- siderable wealth, who resided at Picton, made it will in 1886 leaving landed properly worth about 180,000 to his nephew, George Smith, on condition that the property should revert to tho Presbytenian Church at- in the event ol Ins nephew dying without issue. Coull died last year. his nephew having died before him without issue, »mi the Presbvterian Assembly claimed the property. The supreme Court, how ever, directed the curator of intestate estates to take possession, and to dit} the mutter came before the Court on an applica- tion by the Presbyterian Assembly that the Presbyterian Church as a body might be declared entitled to the property. To this the curator entered a demurrer on the ground that the bequest was void owing to uncer tanty, having been apparently the inten- tion of the testator to devise the property to some specific church, which, however, was not mentioned The Court upheld this view, and declined to recognise the claim of the Presbterian Assembly, as they held that it[931 was not intended to make a general bequest for church purposes Chief Inspector of Distilleries Office,Sydney, 3rd May, 1871. SUPPLEMENTARY RETURN of Spirit Merchants whoseL.3 Registrations for the current year have been notified tot he Chief Inspector of Distilleries by the Clerks of PettySessions, in accordance with the 15th section of the Act 13thVictoria No. 26 : FORBES-Fraser James. GLADSTONE (Kenapsey)—Hibberd John, jun. GLEN INNES-Lewis Henry and Robert. GRNDARIMBA (Richmond River)—Barker Elizabeth. LAWRENCE (Clarence River)—Davison Ann .PICTON-Coull William. HENRY LUMSDAINE,Chief Inspector of Distilleries.
  Birth	27 Jul 1830	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	27 Jul 1830	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Residence	1841	Deal, Kent, England   [1]
  Emigration	1856	To Sydney Australia./
  	No Ship found to Sydney. He may have been Crew!
  Occupation	May 1871	Drayman, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia   [4]
  Residence	England, United Kingdom   [3]
  _UID	FB6A728A628445C09464F2AEC5B790C1B162
  Death	28 Apr 1879	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia   [1]
  Burial	29 Apr 1879	Toowomba, Queensland, Australia
  Person ID	I592	My Coull Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	COULL, William,   b. 1809, Ferryden, Angus, Scotland d. 4 Mar 1868, Burritt Street, Rochester, Kent, England (Age 59 years)
  Mother	HAMMOND, Margaret,   b. Abt 1812, Carleton, Norfolk, England d. 12 Dec 1850, Reported in Dover Telegraph paper pg8 col4 age 38 and Kentish Gazette17th Dec 1850/Deal, Kent, England (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	21 May 1829	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Family ID	F378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	VAUGHAN, Elizabeth,   b. 1829   d. 13 Dec 1864, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	1856	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. COULL, James Henry,   b. 1857, Sydney, New South Wale, Australia d. 16 Jan 1959, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 102 years)   2. COULL, William George,   b. 1859, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia d. 13 Oct 1865, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia (Age 6 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. COULL, Henry,   b. 11 Mar 1861, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia d. 24 Mar 1863, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 2	CONNOR, Julia Ann,   b. 1843, Berry's Bay New South Wales, Australia d. 12 Jul 1918, Stockton, New South Wales, Australia (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1865	St Mary Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. COULL, Henry Joseph,   b. 22 Mar 1866, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. COULL, Lillian Mau,   b. 18 Sep 1867, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia d. 20 Dec 1869, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia (Age 2 years)   3. COULL, William Ernst,   b. 8 Dec 1869, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia d. 25 Jun 1932, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia (Age 62 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. COULL, Frances Julia,   b. 13 Nov 1871, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia   5. COULL, Julia Ann,   b. 17 Nov 1874, Queensland, Australia
  Family ID	F449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 29 Apr 1879 - Toowomba, Queensland, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  NSW Item [19/10186]; [20/22] Reel 3025 will of William Coull Argus Melbourne 7 June 1890 p10 A CURIOUS WILL CASE. SYDNEY, Friday. A peculiar will case carne before the Inquiry Court to day William Coull, a man of con- siderable wealth, who resided at Picton, made it will in 1886 leaving landed properly worth about 180,000 to his nephew, George Smith, on condition that the property should revert to tho Presbytenian Church at- in the event ol Ins nephew dying without issue. Coull died last year. his nephew having died before him without issue, »mi the Presbvterian Assembly claimed the property. The supreme Court, how ever, directed the curator of intestate estates to take possession, and to dit the mutter came before the Court on an applica- tion by the Presbyterian Assembly that the Presbyterian Church as a body might be declared entitled to the property. To this the curator entered a demurrer on the ground that the bequest was void owing to uncer tanty, having been apparently the inten- tion of the testator to devise the property to some specific church, which, however, was not mentioned The Court upheld this view, and declined to recognise the claim of the Presbterian Assembly, as they held that it[931 was not intended to make a general bequest for church purposes Chief Inspector of Distilleries Office,Sydney, 3rd May, 1871. SUPPLEME NTARY RETURN of Spirit Merchants whoseL.3 Registrations for the curren t year have been notified tot he Chief Inspector of Distilleries by th e Clerks of PettySessions, in accordance with the 15th section of th e Act 13thVictoria No. 26 : FORBES-Fraser James. GLADSTONE (Kenapsey)—Hibberd John, jun. GLEN INNES-Lewis Henry and Robert. GRNDARIMBA (Richmond River)—Barker Elizabeth. LAWRENCE (Clarence River)—Davison Ann .PICTON-Coull William. HENRY LUMSDAINE,Chief Inspector of Distilleries.

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Public Member Trees, Database online. Record for William Coull [S75] Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage a nd Burial Registers, 1600-193, Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of En gland Registers; Reference: Y/WE 1-67. Record for William Joseph Coull [S99] England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, Database online. Record for William Joseph Coull [S5] Details: New South Wales Government Gazette 1871 Pdf • State: New So uth Wales • Publication ye.