Birth record LDS: C114793.
It appears this Grace Scott was a 'replacement' daughter for an earlier sibling of the same name. The 1891 census for North Field Farm, Dunipace, shows Grace to have been born in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, FHL Film 0203544, Volume 488-2, District 6, Page 9. Birth record GROS: 488/02 0104. Death record GROS: 473/00 0004. (Death739).
There is every indication this was a marriage between 1st cousins. Birth record GROS: 655/0010 0081. Marriage record (OPR) GROS: 671/30 0131. Marriage1667. Death record GROS: 488/00 0137. Death1667.
Death record GROS: 488/02 0005. Death1668. (Appears to have married a 1st cousin).
He was the Informant at his father's death in 1865. He never married. Cause of death (age 82) Mitral disease of heart, Cardiac Failure. Reported by James Waddell, Brother-in-Law. Birth record LDS: C116715. Birth record GROS: 671/ 0030 0023. Death record GROS: 488/02 0062.
Death record GROS: 488/01 0098. Never married. Cause of death Senility, 99 years. Reported by Archbald Waddell, Nephew.
Birth record LDS: C116522.
Birth record LDS submitted entry.
Birth record GROS: 662/ 0040 0060. Death record GROS: 662/01 0079.
Death record GROS: 662/01 0082. Death1672. Cause of death listed as: "Effects of drink, 3 weeks". Reported by Thomas Chapman, Widower, Present.
It is now known his ACTUAL given name was Alexander, as this is how he was listed on the 1841 census at "Wheatacre Farm" with his son Archibald, daughter Mary, (and others who may have been related but listed under other surnames). No wife was listed, but she has since been identified as Mary Wardrop through the death registrations of their children. Given Alexander's reported 1841 census age of 71, it seems likely his wife had died sometime earlier. Alexander apparently died sometime after the 1841 census as he did not appear with other family members on the 1851 census taken at the same farm location. (The actual name of the farm is also in some doubt as various census and other listings use spellings, such as "Wheatacre", "Westacre" and "Wetacre"). Birth record LDS: C116624. Marriage record LDS: M119662. Birth record GROS: 662/ 0020 0013.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Originally, it was believed Alexander's "Given" name was "Archibald", because that was the name
listed on his son Archibald's death extract. A grandson Robert Waddell was the "Informant" for this
document an he didn't do a very good job! Either he did not have much knowledge of his grandparents,
or more likely, he never bothered to check the registration document for accuracy, since in addition to
listing the WRONG given name for his grandfather, his grandmother's name was recorded only as
"Mary _____", without a maiden surname. It was later determined her family surname was "Wardrop"
and this shows as a second 'given' name for some of the descendents.
Birth record LDS: C116622. Birth record GROS: 662/0010 0328. (This is another surname the clerks had trouble with. It is found in a variety of spellings including "Wardrobe", "Wardrope" and "Wardrup").
Birth record LDS: C116715. Marriage record LDS: M114861. Death record GROS: 486/00 0021.
Birth record LDS Batch Number: 7914530.
Birth record LDS: C114861.
Birth record LDS: C114861.
Birth record LDS: C114861.
Birth record LDS: C114863.
Birth record LDS: C114863.
Birth record LDS: C116711.
Birth record LDS: C116711.
Birth record LDS: C116711.
His date of death was taken from the headstone of the family plot in Whitburn cemetery where James is bured with his wife Janet and their son John Brown Wardrop. Birth record LDS: C119701.
Marriage record LDS: M116715. Marriage record GROS: 671/0030 0111. Death record GROS: 671/00 0011.
James was a Minister of the United Presbyterian Church of West Calder and was made an Honourary Doctor of Divinity by the University of Edinburgh in 1880. He was later a Professor of Theology in Edinburgh.
Death record GROS: 671/00 0017.
Census and Registry records show the surname spelled in several variations. Birth record (Wardrope) LDS: C116686. Birth record GROS: 668/ 0030 0270. Marriage record GROS: 666/0030 0405.
Birth record LDS: C116712. Birth record GROS: 671/ 0010 0136.
Birth record LDS: C116624. Birth record GROS: 662/0020 0019.
Birth record GROS: 662/0020 0023.
Birth record LDS: C116715. Birth record GROS: 671/0030 0033. Marriage record LDS: M114881. Death record GROS: 671/01 0006. Death1671.
Marriage record LDS: M116555. Birth record GROS: 655/0010 0081. Death record GROS: 655/00 0100.
Death record GROS: 655/02 0045.
Birth record LDS: C116555.
Birth record LDS: C116551.