Naomi Mae Youel Nielsen Genealogy collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Yowell Family Genealogical Records, WLU Coll. 0351, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.

Summary

Extent:
27.50 Linear Feet
Creator:
Youel family
Language:
The collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Yowell Family Genealogical Records, WLU Coll. 0351, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.

Background

Scope and content:

These genealogical records of the Youel family, include papers with photos, notes, original documents on each ancestor, compiled by Naomi Nielsen. Information written in pencil is not documented, as the typed information is. There are also additional research files for some of these family members, surname complications prepared by Naomi and others, photographs of family members, card files of "living descendants" and "spouses" of Youel descendants, and the book, "The Descendants of Robert John Poague," along with an index.

Also included in this folder is an Index to the Private Genealogical Collection of Naomi Mae Youel Nielson, which includes a listing of microfilm of the collection on the main floor of Leyburn Library, CS 71 .Y75 1989.

Related to publications about this collection, other related family materials, etc.

Photos of Florence Irwin Cerny with Myrtle Haliburton Irwin, Joseph and Mary Pettera, and Frank Pettera.

Includes booklet, "Our Family Tree, Leslie ... Negley Families."

Includes paprback booklet, THE STINSONS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY (The exciting chronicle of a flying family and the 'planes that enhanced their fame), by John Underwood, 1976. Katherine Stinson started a career in flying and helped build the Stinson School of Flying.

Includes bust photo of Peter.

Includes article, "The Celebrated Case of John Peter Zenger," written by Lillian and published in the DAR magazine, August/September 1985.

Includes photocopied photos of the following: Mary Morton McNutt who married a Prentis or one of her daughters, Margaret or Harriett (Hally) Prentis; Will Sterrett, husband of Jennie McCorkle; William Henry Youel (?); Susan Alexander McCorkle; Sarah Mildred McCorkle McNutt and her son John Rice McNutt, and possibly James G. W. Youel and his son, William H. Youel.

Some Descendants of the Brothers - Thomas Reid, Andrew Reid, and John Reid of Ireland and Some Descendants of the Brothers - Archibald Alexander, Robert Alexander, and William Alexander of Ireland.

Anderson family bible and Anderson family (Christiana Youel Lockridge Anderson/Robert Anderson).

History of the William Harrison Bratton family, by Roscoe Hollis Cramer and Marion Elizabeth Bratton Snyder.

History of the George S. Dick family: Stories by Maggie Annie Gordon Agler.

Edward Augustus Dudley: bible record, Kunkel family bible record, The Vannemans and Edward Augustus Dudley chart, and William Guilford Dudley: narrative and chart, all by Eleanor Kunkel Vanneman Benson. The John and Nancy Calvin Dunlap family and letter from Thomas Dunlap.

Genealogy of the Dunwiddie family: the Desdendants of Samuel Dunwiddie of Kent County, Delaware, by Foster Wilfred Dunwiddie.

The Firebaughs Among the Chocktaws and Chickasaws, by Ann Parr Pipkin.

INDEX for A Chapter of Hopkins family Genealogy, compiled by Ella Warren Harrison, and The Robert Kerr family: Early, Revolutionary War record of Robert Kerr, Samuel Kerr, and Elizabeth Kerr.

McCampbell family genealogy, by Charles H. McCampbell.

McCutchan family research by Martha Dudley Bland, McCutcheon, McCutchen, McCutchan bible records, and McCutchan family bible records: family of McCutchan, by George Barr McCutcheon.

Henry Mullen and Mary Ross family record, by Henry A. Mullen, William J. Newhard: His Ancestors and Desendants, by Malinda E. Newhard, and History of the Newhard family of Pennsylvania, by Charles R. Roberts.

I Remember Grandpa: A Genealogy of the Pavlicek family, by Mrs. Alan Behounek.

The Shanklin family of Montgomery County, Indiana, by Merle L. Shanklin. Origin of the Porter family, by William Arthur Porter, Sr. and a History of "Union" Presbyterian Church, Walnut Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, 1834-1934.

History and Genealogy of the Sutter family, Ulrich family, and Plank family, by Clara Melissa Sutter, Sarah Ellen Sutter Bloom, Edna Edith Sutter Bennett, and James Ulrich, Jr.

John Henry Youell and Elethea Ann Haskins Youell: Some of Their Ancestors and Descendants, by Bertha Lucille Phelps Scarborough and Dena Eloise Phelps Traux, and The John Henry Youell Family As Reported in 1983 A.D.: The 1983 Update of the Descendants of John Henry Youell and Elethea Haskins, by Dena Eloise Phelps Traux and Bertha Lucille Phelps Scarborough.

Margaret Eliza Youel, wife of Arthur Lincoln Hamilton and William Hopkins Youel: Selected Excerpts from "Some of Her Stories," by Maggie Annie Gordon Agler, Creighton, Nebraska, 1963.

Youel, Youell, Yule, Yowell, Yuille or Yuile Families; Yuels in Scotland, by Estella Yule Pryor; Miscellaneous Notes, Observations, Inferences and Speculations about Youel Records: October 1973, by Donald Bruce Youel.

A History of the Craigsville Presbyterian Church, Craigsville, Virginia, 1895-1932, by Mrs. Albert Doyle, Mrs. E. T. Dudley, Mrs. W. R. Youel, and Miss K. D. Taylor.

List of Books and Manuscripts in Kansas State DAR Library, by Mrs. James W. Smith.

Montgomery County, Indiana, Will and Marriage Records, by Mabel V. Shanklin.

Parke County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Book A (1833-1844), compiled by Evea Sanders,

The private collection of Naomi Mae Youel Nielsen. Subject matter and quality of the contents of the files vary. Where negatives are available, they are included in the files.

Includes photos of Robert's wife Elinore Van Scoton, son George Stinson, daughter Delilah Ann Stinson Webster, Delilah's son Walter A. Webster and Grace M. Searles Webster with friends and relatives, Delilah's husband Mero Webster with Delilah and their children, Lester T., Clara, Will C., Joseph E. Olive Webster Parks, and Walter Albert. Delilah's grandson Rev. Albert Walter Webster and wife Rev. Ramah Beryl Webster. Albert W. and Ramah Webster's daughter, Sheryl and her husband Edward Burns and their daughter Kristine. Ronald E. Webster, son of Albert and Ramah Webster, with wife Betty, and children David Dean and Layne L. Webster Bogdanoft. Kevin and Gary Hardwick, sons of Sheryl Webster Burns by her first husband. Peter Stinson and Seth Stinson.

Includes photos of Errol's wife Bessie Warren and their daughter Nellie. Also included are photos of Mary E. Errols, Evelyn V. Warren, and Jessie V. Warren.

Includes photos of Jessie, Errol, and Evelyn Warren, and Wayne Elton, Evelyn, and Naomi Mae Youel.

Includes photo of Charlotte Emily Grace Youel in the girls basketball group photo, and a photo of Jess with her first husband Freeman Bartling.

Includes family group photo of Mary Elizabeth with her children, Evelyn Valeria, Jessie Violet, Russell Allen Stinson, and Errol Milo. Also included are photos of her home in Creighton, Nebraska.

Includes a photo of Mary Elizabeth Warren and The Milo Warren and Herrick Implement Store, Creighton, Nebraska.

Includes photos of Russell with Evelyn V. Youel and Jessie V. Warren in military uniforms, 1918. Also includes a photo of Milo Errol Warren.

One photo on horse and another one on a farm. One negative includes Pearl Gordon and Sadie Sherman. Also included is a negative of the funeral hearse with horses draped with a net.

Includes James William Berry Youel, Hannah Sophia Pogue Youel, Lottie Maxson, Elizabeth Barnell, Fannie Youel, Mary Pratt, William Youel and Margaret Worrall.

One photo includes Lawrence.

Cemetery faces Carson logging road. Graves of Willim Youel and Jane Gray. Photos taken by Bouchell Hall, April 14, 1975.

Includes photos of the interior and exterior of the Youel-Condon House, historical marker with Naomi Mae Youel Neislon and Kenneth Youel, graves of revolutionary soldier William Youel and his wife Elizabeth Nelson Youel, September 4, 1975, and Lebanon Presbyterian Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia. Also included is a photo of the Sterrett House near Goshen, Virginia, July 31, 1975.

Biographical / historical:

An eighteen page paper entitled, "The Curious Bear Cat: A Story of a Remarkable Woman," is included (box 41, f.8), on Naomi Mae Youel Nielsen, the compiler of this collection. It was written by her descendants, Marcia Ann Youel Smith, Warren William Youel, and James Albert Youel, 1989. In 1952, after her mother's death, Naomi began to committt to paper a formal genealogical study of her descendants. Naomi carried files around in the trunk of her car from 1952 until her retirement in January, 1971.

Material specific details:
Collection WLU MSS 0339 Youel Collection, also has material on families mentioned in this WLU MSS 0351 Nielson collection.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard