Duncan Drummond

Full name : Duncan Drummond
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Parents :
Father : name unknown
Mother : name unknown

Date of Birth : prior to 1790
Place of Birth : most likely the area of Mid-Lothian, Scotland
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Spouse :
Name : unknown
Date of Marriage :
Place of Marriage :

Date of Death :
Place of Death, and or Burial : United States
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Immigration to America : According to a letter written by his granddaughter in 1928, he came to America in the 1820’s or 1830’s -

In regards to reason for coming to America, My Mother thought maybe she could find her lost father whose name was Duncan Drummond. Guess that is Scotch enough name for anyone. Be that as it may, she also had a son and brother in America. Her father seemed to be haunted by the wish to go to America, but his wife (my grandmother) would say, “Oh, no, Duncan, that is too far away.” Well he said, “I’m going, and Mary (my mother) says she will go with me.” Sure enough, one fine day somewhere in the late twenties or early thirties he came up missing. When next we heard from him he was in New York.

He and his father were together when the cholera swept over their community. Many victims were dying and those who were able were fleeing to the Catskill Mountains. Among them my grandfather, who at last became persuaded by his son to go, as the son told him it was impossible for him to accompany him. And that is the last ever seen or heard of my grandfather.

Family :

Daughter : Marion
Date of Birth : 11 November 1807
Place of Birth : Dalmeny, Midlothian, Scotland
Married : Thomas Pennie 14 May 1830 Scotland
Died : 19 January 188(?) Villard, Minnesota

Son : name unknown
Date of Birth : unknown
Place of Birth : Scotland
Married :
Died : United States
Notes : only evidence of him is a mention in a letter (PDF file); …that Marion came to America, was greeted by her brother, but failed to recognize him fully. He apparently came prior to the arrival of Marion’s son, Daniel in 1850 or 1851. He may have accompanied his father Duncan on his voyage to America in the 1820’s.

Notes : Duncan emigrated to America from Scotland sometime in the 1820’s. The rumour is that he made it to New York with one of his sons and fled to the Catskill Mountains when a cholera epidemic swept the community in which he lived. He was never heard from again…