ELMSLIE, URSULA [SSNE 7391]

Surname

ELMSLIE, EMSLIE, EMZLE

First name

URSULA

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Ursula Elmslie (Urszula Emzle) was a Scottish merchant based in Cracow in 1650. She was recorded as importing goods from Silesia and Prussia which included spices and “Dutch goods”.

J. Wijaczka, Handel zagraniczny Krakowa w polowie XVII wieku (Krakow: Towarzystwo Naukowe Societas Vistulana, 2002), pp.109, 217. Female. Thanks to Peter Bajer for this reference.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, CARACOW

Arrived 1650-12-01

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose TRADE, COMMERCE, MERCANTIL