James Waddell (1888 - 1923)

Born 16 Jun 1888 in Kilsyth, County of Stirling

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Olive (Drummond) Waddell — married 21 Nov 1916 (to 1923) in Little Letterpin Farm, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1 Oct 1923 at age 35 in Barrhill, Ayrshire

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Biography

At the time of the 1891 Census, James family was living in Newtown Street, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, where his father was working as a draff agent (Draff is a grain husk by-product of the distilling industry). James was the youngest of seven children in the household, aged from 18 to 2 years old.

In the 1901 Census, twelve year old James was living in his parents' home Barrhill, Colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the youngest of three children in the home, and only person to be born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire. All others recorded as having been born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father, Andrew, and elder brother Andrew were both listed as butchers. ^[1]

James Waddell was a master butcher with a shop in Barhill, Ayrshire, Scotland. The house was above the shop. He had a horse and cart for making deliveries. James married Annie Drummond. They had four boys, Andrew, Charles and James and John. James passed away in 1923.

• Name James Waddell
• Death Date 1 Oct 1923
• Death Place Barrhill
• Confirmation Date 27 Mar 1924
• Confirmation Place Ayr, Scotland

In Scotland, probate records are called confirmations and they include a testament and an inventory of the estate. This collection includes an index and images to the annually published Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories filed in Scotland for the years 1876–1936.

Sources

1. ↑ 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census. Archive reference RG13. Schedule 11. Accessed on findmypast.co.uk

Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories.

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