The bit about Alexander Drummond being an itinerant - traveller, pedlar, chapman, etc., during the first half of the nineteenth century is paralleled by the life of William Cameron, commonly known as Hawkie. His life might be of interest to you. A synopsis can be found at: http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story.php?id=TGSCH02 The text of the 'biography' can be found in full at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/t4/dumfries/files/layer2/glasgow_broadside_ballads/hawkie.htm Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "TWMc" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 2:34 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] Looking for help with my Alexander & Helen Drummondfamily > > I have a bit of a puzzle I'm trying to put together regarding my family. > I know my GG Grandmother's maiden name was Helen/Ellen Drummond who was > born in 1800 in Scotland. Before I found the connection to the "Drummond" > name, our family felt she was a MacGregor with possible connections to the > ancestry of Rob Roy. >>From public records for my Helen/Ellen I've found her name to be shown as >>"Drummond". However, on my G Grandmother's death record it showed her >>Mother's maiden name to have been "McGregor". Also, one of her Son's had >>the middle name "McGregor" which has been handed down to other family >>members. > I have found out about the Proscription making it illegal to use the > MacGregor name, so thought perhaps this was the reason she always showed > up as Drummond. > I only recently have found a birth record for my Helen Drummond (note, the > family knew her as Ellen, but seems Helen was predominant in Scotland). At > some point she married Matthew Todd who was born in Northumberland, > England. They had their 5 children in Scotland. > Helen/Ellen's parents were Alexander Drummond and Helen Diet, Dyet, Dyer, > or Dewar. I'm not sure which name is correct for the Mother. I've found > births for 10 children and the last name varied between Diet, Dyet, Dyatt, > and Dyer. It seems like Dewar could also be a possiblity. >>From what I can tell this family was in at least 7 counties of Scotland >>from records I've found. It seems to be the same family, but others >>thought it might be 2 different families. > I have found Alexander Drummond to have been a basket maker, licensed > hawker, Chapman pedler, and China pedler. It seems likely they were > "travellers". > One birth record shows a Son Alexander Drummond born to an Alexander > Drummand and an Ellender Dyatt ( I think Helen?). He was born at Girthon, > Kirkcudbright in 1803. There was a reference to Galloway, but not sure > where I saw that now? > So, it seems my Drummond families time in this county may have been for > marketing their goods. It was noted on other birth records that they were > travelling through the area when the birth occurred. > My Hele/Ellen married a Matthew Todd from Northumberland England probably > in the 1820's or so. They had 5 children in Scotland. Matthew was a stone > ware merchant on the 1841 census and seems they showed as travellers on > the 1851 census. They immigrated to Ontario probably about 1855. In > Ontario it seems Matthew was a horse dealer or trader, and perhaps a > horseshoer. > I have found some records at Scotland's People. The Alexander and Helen > Drummond I found seemed like they may have married or at least had > children starting in their mid 30's to about 55. They were on the 1841 > census each at 80 years old, and both listed as licensed hawkers. They > were in Airth, Stirlingshire on that census. Helen died in Airth in 1845. > Sorry to go on so long, but it seems complicated. > Any insight appreciated!! > Thanks so much!! > Tom McMillan (Washougal, WA) > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Browse the web faster. Download Chrome > Browse the web as fast as you think. Give Google Chrome a try > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d16aa046dd888b83fast03vuc > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >