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Mary Drummond and David Taylor

Mary Drummond (b. 14th October 1870) was a daughter of Alexander Drummond and Jemima Benston.

Having left the Ness, she moved into Kirkwall and was a domestic servant for a doctor and his family at 14 Queen St in 1891.

She married David Taylor (b. 13th October 1871) on 19th March 1896 in Bridge St Wynd. David was born in South Ronaldsay and the son of fisherman Robert Taylor and Eliza Norquoy.

In 1901 they were at Upper Stove in Deerness, forming one of the households there with the first of their family who had been born in Kirkwall. David was a ploughman.

1901
Upper Stove, Deerness

	Relation	Status	Age	Occupation	Born
David Taylor	Head	Married	29 years	Farm servant - ploughman	South Ronaldsay
Mary Taylor	Wife	Married	29 years		Pharay
Alexander L Taylor	Son		4 years		Kirkwall
David Taylor	Son		2 years		Kirkwall
Jemima L Taylor	Dau		1 month		St Ola

David died in Birsay in 1940 and Mary in 1955.