Josiah Drummond/ Emilia Crearar - a missing son

[jimmain]

Josiah is my most distant Drummond ancestor. I know of 4 children he had with Emilia: John, b.1763; Margaret, b. 1765; Catherine, b. 1767; Alexander, b. 1769, all in Fowlis Wester. John married Isabella McDuff in 1788; their son, John, a soldier, married Jean Currie and moved to Australia after leaving the army. In his biography, John states that his father had a brother Donald who married, lived in Crieff and had two daughters, Janet and Mary, neither of whom married. I have been unable to find any trace of Donald or his daughters. I suspect that he would have been born around 1771. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who might have some knowledge of Donald.

[shirl100]

Just having a look round familysearch.org (IGI and the pilot site). It seems Josiah & Emilie/a had  another child Isabell  17 Nov 1771 Fowlis Wester. They appear to have Fowlis Wester baptisms for the time frame you are looking for but can't see anything for Donald.

Shirl

[Piglet01]

Hello

A look at the official govt website at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk shows as Shirl says, 5 children recorded

1. 10/03/1769 DRUMMOND ALEXANDER JOSIAH DRUMMOND/EMELY CRERAR  FOWLIS WESTER /PERTH 357/00 0020 0085   

2.  04/01/1767 DRUMMOND CATHERINE JOSIAH DRUMMOND/EMILIA CRERAR  FOWLIS WESTER /PERTH 357/00 0020 0081   

3. 17/11/1771 DRUMMOND ISABELL JOSIAH DRUMMOND/EMILIE CREARER  FOWLIS WESTER /PERTH 357/00 0020 0088   

4. 03/10/1763 DRUMMOND JOHN JOSIAH DRUMMOND/EMILIA CRERAR  FOWLIS WESTER /PERTH 357/00 0020 0077   

5.  20/01/1765 DRUMMOND MARGARET JOSIAH DRUMMOND/EMILIA CRERAR  FOWLIS WESTER /PERTH 357/00 0020 0079

Regards,   Steve   

[Fosterus]

William McDuff Drummond's grandaughter, Jean Currie Drummond 1851-1908 married William Swasbrick in Beechworth, Australia in 1870 - there are heaps of their descendents in NE Victoria.  Jane Swasbrick 1853-1895 , William's younger sister, was my great grandmother.