I have been researching several Wilson families in Knockbride Parish. An Ann Wilson married William Bodell 31 MAR 1851, Knockbride. Ann was the daughter of William Wilson and she was 21 years of age. (b.1830)
I have a transcript of a letter sent by a William Kelly of Lisdonan, Knockbride, to Jane Wilson in Canada. In one paragraph he writes to Jane " your sister Ann, she and her husband are well and her family. She has 3 daughters away from home, 2 in New Zealans (sic) and 1 in Australia".
I have been unable to prove that this "sister Ann" is the sister of Jane in Canada.
There is a Wm. Bodel, and wife Ann, both age 65, in the 1901 Drumhilla census. Ann must have died between 1901 and 1911, because in 1911 William is a widower.
The spelling of name varies from Bodell, Bodle Bodel.