In 1843 David Waddell (of Bo'ness)  married Isabella Gemmel  (of Polmont),  Banns were declared at St. Ninian's Church in Stirling May of that year. No marriage record has yet been found.

The declared a residency in Polmont but more likely it was in Bo'ness (Polmont was a district that extended as far as Bo'ness). In 1881 however Both David and Isabella were found to be  residing at the Carronshore East Lodge.  His occupation : Coachman. 

Three children are thought to have been born but more are likely.  Documentation on all but William is currently non existent. 

Son, William Waddell married Elizabeth Smith from Falkirk  in Mulloch Carron, 1878.  William was a railway clerk at the time, Elizabeth a seamstress.   They would raise four sons and one daughter living out their lives in Bo'ness/Carron.

  Other than the history of  William Waddell (my grandfather),  details tend to be elusive on the children.

Son David would die in 1923 while stationed in Kobe Japan with the British Consul, the result of an earthquake.

Son James Smith W. also worked for the British Consul in Japan stationed in Yokohama at the time,  survived the earthquake.  In 1941 however he would become a prisoner of war for a time.  James later went on to join the crew of the Gripsholm, aka the Mercy Ship for its missions to repatriate prisoners of war. 

Son Ernest nothing is know.  Speculation is that he may have gone to Australia but we are still working on that. 

Daughter Esther would have a bad first marriage, divorce terms of which forced her to leave her children with her husband and his family.  She would later marry Robert Hamilton. Together they would relocate to Cleveland Ohio, and then later to Punta Gorda Florda, USA where they would live out their days. 

Son William (my Grandfather) would come to Canada and make it his home.  He would divorce his wife in Scotland (or more likely she divorced him) and he would marry Eliza Young of Lambeth, England.   After a short term in Montreal, Quebec they would settle in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Years later they too would part, but they were never too far away from each other.  

     While much of the information is missing in this family history, what strikes me being a part of it is how we seem to travel as a family now.  From Scotland, to Canada, to the US to Japan two generations ago is repeating itself in my own.  Perhaps there is meaning there.