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What was the name of the wife - I will see if I can find her as a nurse in SA for you.

cheers
Keiron

That would be most kind! Her name was Edith Bell WILKINS - born Southhampton, England, in 1871.

I've been checking on-line passenger records for ships to SA from Southampton (where she lived and only a few miles from where Cyril Augustus DRUMMOND's family estate). There is only one ship with both a Miss Wilkins and a Mr Drummond in the right time frame, but its passenger list doesn't show first names or even initials so remains unproven.

But at least the Miss Drummond isn't listed as a maid......

Regards - David