James Waddell, Ayrshire *completed*

[mayoevie]

Sorry Monica,
It took so long to type my last post that we crossed each other.
I can't get my head around all that until I get a few winks.
Thanks again
Eve

[mayoevie]

Monica and Carole,

A thousand thanks for your generosity with your time and knowledge.

You have broken down one of my brick walls and I can now try to find some more descendants of William in or near Mauchline.

This is a wonderful site with a lot of brilliant people always willing to help beginners like me.

I hope I will get the opportunity to do the same for some other searcher.

Best wishes,

Eve

[Nuerndor]

Hi Evelyn, Look at that link for the Mauchline directory that I sent you! It's from 1903. The only Waddell listed is a quarryman (I thinks all the residences in Mauchline are listed). Guess what his name is - you got it William!  He may be the son William or perhaps a grandson. He lived in High St. and Loan. Several McKie's are listed - maybe the family came from there originally (before one of them went to Ireland).
Dor

[mayoevie]

Dor,

Monica and I exchanged a few personal messages, and she has shown me that the only William who ticks all the boxes is the one you are mentioning who was born in Ireland, in fact in Co. Down, only a hop across the water from Mauchline.

She also very kindly sent me the birth of one of his daughters, and the death of his wife Ann.

 James may have been older than we originally thought, but that is about the only conflicting evidence.

We should start planning that trip to Mauchline.

Eve

[MonicaL]

Hi Eve and Dor (Welcome to RootsChat Dor 

Eve, I think the William that Dor is referring to may be James' brother William. I saw an entry for him in the later censuses, let me go and find it again...

Monica

[MonicaL]

From the 1881 census:

William Waddell 28, Freestone Quarryman, b. Mauchline
Margaret Waddell 29, b. Auchinleck, Ayrshire
Margaret Waddell 4, b. Mauchline
William Waddell 2, b. Mauchline

Address: Earl Grey St., Mauchline

Monica

[MonicaL]

Can't see William (b. 1853) in the 1901 entry but I think this is the rest of the family:

Maggie Waddle 50, b. Auchinleck, Ayrshire
William Waddle 22, Freestone Quarryman
Agness Waddle 15
John Waddle 12

Address: Loan, Mauchline

[mayoevie]

Hi Monica,

You have probably guessed that Dor is my sister.

 This is getting very exciting. Dor is much more efficient on the computer so I think she should take over now.
Notice how the spelling of the name keeps changing, and every family has at least one Margaret or Maggie.

Coincidence, totally separate. My husband's maternal grandmother was McKay,  spelled McKee in the
1901 in Kilmeena Westport, spelled McKay in 1911, and  McKeay in Griffiths. I don't know where they were before that, and since then they have all emigrated or died out.

I hope, Monica, that you are enjoying this detective work as much as I am, but of course you are doing all the work. Don't know how to thank you for that.

Evelyn

[MonicaL]

Hi Evelyn

Hadn't guessed that Dor was your sister - the more the merrier on this hunt  You're doing fantastic on the computer Eve, don't knock your efforts!

I wouldn't worry too much about the spelling variations on the surname, a sign of the times when spellings were very fluid and often written phonetically.

Nothing more than RootsChatters like than a good puzzle!

Monica