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Stewart Drummond and Elizabeth Drever

Stewart Drummond (b. 12th November 1831) was a son of John Drummond and Jane Reid.

He was with the family at the Bu in Pharay in 1841 and a servant at the Ness in Rapness, Westray in 1851 to George Drever and his wife, Margaret Drever. He married their daughter, Elizabeth Drever (b. 23rd October 1828) on 20th November 1852.

Stewart and Elizabeth had two daughters who were born in Westray:

• Barbara Drummond, born 4th June 1853 who married James Cormack

• Margaret Drummond, born 22nd October 1854 who married John S Rendall

Stewart died at the Ness, Rapness on 27th March 1856.

Elizabeth moved to Kirkwall some time between 1861 and 1871. In 1871, she was in Shore St with her daughter, Margaret, and her widowed mother. She was in Albert Street in the following two censuses and in the Strynd in 1901. Her occupation throughout was that of dressmaker.

She died at the Watergate in Kirkwall on 8th October 1924.