----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: [SCOTS~GEN] DRUMMOND in Hammersmith, England > My gggrandmother, Sophia DRUMMOND, (b. abt. 1840-50?) came to the United > States as a nanny to the Gardner/Binns family in 1869 but was registered as > their daughter. Thomas COPPINGER bought her indenture, and they got married > in Nebraska. In the 1910 U.S. census record, Sophie says her father was from > Scotland. We've had little luck finding the Drummonds in Hammersmith, > England where she was supposed to be from. Thought that perhaps someone on > the Scotland end might recognize the family. > > Our story was that little Sophie was 9 years old when she came over. Don't > know now if that was true--she seemed to have played fast and easy with her > age on the later census records. She was also supposed to have come from a > very poor family of 9+ children; because they had no money to feed all of > them, she came over indentured. Now we don't know if this is true or not > either. ARGHHHH. Can you please help? Nancy Merrill Sayed Hi Nancy, Do you have Thomas and Sopia's marriage certificate? that might give an age or place of birth for her. Or maybe her death certificate? Depending on the informant, that could give you more clues. Is it possible she was born Scotland as well, and her family moved to England when she was young? I ask that because in the IGI there are a couple Sophia Drummonds born in Scotland that fit the time frame you give, and doing a parent search reveals that at least one of these families had over 5 children. Hope you find her! Good Luck, Beth