David Yuile

Who was David Yuile?

David Yuile was a Canadian businessman. Yuile, along with his brother William, owned and operated various glass manufacturing companies through his life. He also served as the president of the Dominion Textile Company.

David was born February 20, 1846 in Glasgow, Scotland. His parents, William Pollock Yuile and Margaret Rattray had one son and one daughter already. His father was a wine merchant, and around 1857 his family emigrated to Upper Canada, settling around Ingersoll. David attended school there, later moving with his family to Montreal in 1869, where William Yuile, the family's eldest son, became a general merchant. David was hired on by William in 1870. As the business continued to prosper, the brothers also began to act as manufacturer's agents and wholesale druggists. In 1875 they were hired to act as the manufacturer's agent for the newly formed St Johns Glass Company of Saint-Jean, which they acquired on June 1, 1878 to cover debts owed to them, after the company's losses had forced its closure.

Yuile married Margaret King in June 1878 in Montreal.