Moul 4584657 219478323 2008-06-15T12:33:29Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{for|the online game abbreviated to MO:UL|Myst Online: Uru Live}} [[Image:Moul1.jpg|right]] '''Moul''' is a clan surname that originated in area of [[Roxburghshire]], [[Scotland]], prior to the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] invasion. Via immigration, the name is also found in [[Ireland]] and parts of [[England]]. The correct pronunciation is with an "ow" sound, similar to foul, mountain, or mouse. While commonly mispronounced as "mole", "mule" or some other variation of the two, the word is [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]] and does not use [[French language|French]] rules of pronunciation. Also spelled Moule, Mowl, Moulle, Mowell, etc, up through the mid-1800s, records of people with this name can be found in the USA in pre-Revolutionary times, located primarily in [[Pennsylvania]]. Other members of the Moul clan came to the USA during the [[Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849)|potato famine]] of Ireland and quickly spread to [[Chicago]] and then [[Nebraska]] when land was available for [[homesteading]] in the middle of the 19th century. One group migrated to [[Wisconsin]] and then to [[Canada]], with some members returning to the USA from [[British Columbia]] in the later parts of the 20th century. In the second half the 20th century family members migrated from western Nebraska to the western half of the [[United States]], settling predominantly on the Pacific coast and the [[Rocky Mountains]], though the majority of Moul clan members are still located in Pennsylvania and [[New York]]. All people with the last name of Moul are descended from the same Scot clan and are related, however distantly. == Genealogy Resources == *[http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/moul-coat-arms.htm Coat of Arms] (Note: There are at least three Moul coat of arms that are currently known) *[http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?html=b&ln=Moul&sourcecode=13304 Ancestry.com] [[Category:Scottish families]] [[nl:Muil (anatomie)]]