Samuel & Jane Drew to America
From written records (Edward George Drew's "Register") we know that Samuel Drew "departed for foreign lands" on 7 April 1867. Thanks to Ancestry's recent inprovement in the availability of immigration records, I was able to discover that the "North American" arrived at Portland & Falmouth, Maine, on 26 April 1867, from Liverpool. And yes, on board were:
Samuel Drew, 22, M, Miner, and
Jane Drew, 21, F, Spinster.
Curious, that 'spinster' bit. She would have been heavily pregnant with their first child, Mary Ellen, who was born in Maine in 1867, for starters. But I have not been able to track down a marriage for Samuel Drew and Jane Harris. Did they elope? Did they travel under the guise of brother and sister? Or is it just bad record-keeping on the part of the shipping company?
Later: I have found a possible marriage. Redruth, June Quarter 1865. However, the page number for Jane is illegible but, even so, does not look like the page number given for Samuel. Suppose there's nothng for it but to order the certificate from GRO based on the info for Samuel.
Samuel Drew, 22, M, Miner, and
Jane Drew, 21, F, Spinster.
Curious, that 'spinster' bit. She would have been heavily pregnant with their first child, Mary Ellen, who was born in Maine in 1867, for starters. But I have not been able to track down a marriage for Samuel Drew and Jane Harris. Did they elope? Did they travel under the guise of brother and sister? Or is it just bad record-keeping on the part of the shipping company?
Later: I have found a possible marriage. Redruth, June Quarter 1865. However, the page number for Jane is illegible but, even so, does not look like the page number given for Samuel. Suppose there's nothng for it but to order the certificate from GRO based on the info for Samuel.
posted by Geoff_D @ 12:26 pm
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