Holly Coe — Drummond line and the Coe marriages (research, 2026-11-07)
Sources: FamilySearch record index pages and census images (read in Chrome), WV VRR (tools/genealogy/wv_vrr.py),
newspapers.com. Images in docs/records/holly_familysearch_*. Index pages are typed transcriptions — the census
images saved are the real page.
Findings
Drummond (Eunice's family)
| Record | What it says | Link | Saved image |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 Canada census, Saskatoon, Sask. (household 239, line 40) | Martin Drummond, head, 43, b. Sept 1868 England, arrived 1870, Catholic; Lizzie, 33, b. Ireland; Helen 9 (b. Sept 1902); Unice, b. July 1907, Sask., Methodist; Phelix 2; Cecil 0 | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBQ-N4V2 | holly_familysearch_1911_census-index_Saskatoon_...png, ..._1911_census_Saskatoon_Drummond-household-lines-35-40.png, ..._Drummond-full-page.png |
| 1916 Prairie Provinces census, Blanshard, Manitoba (Twp 13, dist. 5 Marquette, p. 3, lines 20–31) | Household 25: John McClinaghan, head, 60, b. Ireland, immigrated 1885, Presbyterian, farmer, with sons George 25, Robert 23, Wallis 21 (b. Ontario), daughters Emma 17, Agnes (Man.). Household 26: Lizzie Drummond, 38, b. Ireland, "daughter" (of John McClinaghan), married; Alex Legg 35 Scotland, hired man; Helen 13, Eunice 8 (granddaughter), Fellix 7, Walter 5, all b. Sask. — Martin not in the household | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMGV-5NB | holly_familysearch_1916_census_Blanshard-Manitoba_..._full-page.png, ..._lines-15-28.png |
| 1919 US border crossing, Winnipeg → St. Albans VT district, Nov 1919, manifest M1464 roll 385 | line 15: Martin Drummond, 50, b. Nov 1869 Ireland; line 16: Eunice Drummond, 11, b. Nov 1908 "Indian Head Man[itoba]" (other entries say Sask.) | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP1Z-SJ6 , …/1:1:X2LK-LNY | holly_familysearch_1919_border-crossing-index_...line-15.png, ...line-16.png |
| Helen Irene Drummond Brown | b. 1902-09-13, d. 1930-01-29, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort, Sask. (FAG index) — Eunice's sister | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV1-TPF5 | — |
So Ancestry's "Elizabeth McLegheiga" = Elizabeth "Lizzie" McClinaghan, b. ~1877–78 Ireland, daughter of John McClinaghan (b. ~1856 Ireland, to Canada 1885, farming Blanshard, Manitoba 1916). Her siblings George, Robert, Wallis, Emma, Agnes were born in Ontario/Manitoba 1891–1899, so the family came Ireland → Ontario → Manitoba. "Martin Felix Drummond": Martin, b. Sept 1868 England (1911) / Nov 1869 Ireland (1919); son Felix ("Phelix", "Fellix") b. ~1909. Martin's 1924 death: not found (FamilySearch death indexes for MN, OH, Canada checked; the 1924 Dayton OH and Jefferson AL Martin Drummonds have other parents/birthplaces — not him).
Coe — William Wylie Coe Sr + Eunice Drummond
| Record | What it says | Link | Saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 US census, Gary, Lake Co, Indiana (sheet 6B, line 51) | William Coe 42 b. WV (parents b. WV), Eunice 26 b. Canada; children Lora 5 b. Ohio, Virginia 4 b. North Dakota, William 2 b. Minnesota, Doris 0 b. Indiana | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH9C-QVR | holly_familysearch_1930_census-index_Gary-Indiana_...png |
| LDS church census 1935, East Central States Mission | Lora Eunice Coe, daughter, b. 1924 Piqua, Ohio — family were LDS members | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z193-QVPZ | holly_familysearch_1935_LDS-church-census_...png |
| 1940 US census, Cameron district, Marshall Co WV (Glen Easton) | William Coe 52, Eunice 33 (b. WV — indexing error), Laura 15 Ohio, William 12 Minn., Dorris 10 Ind. (and Virginia); same house 1935 | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Z3-FG9 | holly_familysearch_1940_census-index_...png |
| SSA NUMIDENT | William Wiley Coe Jr, b. 1927-09-03 Minneapolis, d. 2003-10-01; applied Jan 1944 at Wheeling; father William W. Coe, mother Eunice I. Drummond | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KS6-3QMQ | holly_familysearch_NUMIDENT_...png |
| 1950 US census, Wheeling (ED 58-2) | Unice I. Coe, head, 42, b. Canada, separated; son William W. 22 (single, parts manager, garage), daughter Doris J. 20 | https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQ7-6ND9 | holly_familysearch_1950_census-index_Wheeling_...png |
The children's birthplaces trace the couple: Ohio (Piqua) 1924 → North Dakota ~1926 → Minneapolis 1927 → Indiana (Gary) ~1929–30 → Marshall Co WV by 1935. So the marriage was most likely ~1923, Ohio (Miami Co / Piqua) or nearby — not Minnesota. Not found in FamilySearch's Ohio/Minnesota/WV marriage indexes nor WV VRR.
Holly's parents — William W. Coe Jr + Mildred K. Bom
- 1950 census, Union district, Marshall Co: Mildred K. Bom, 19, single, collector & file clerk at a loan
company, with Walter O. (49, tally clerk, steel mill) and Ethel K. Bom
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F35-R3W7;
holly_familysearch_1950_census-index_Union-Marshall-WV_...png). - William W. Coe Jr was also single in April 1950 (above). So they married after April 1950.
- Mildred Kathryn Bom Coe: b. 1930-07-07, d. 2011-09-30, Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling (FAG index).
Dead ends (searched, nothing)
- William Wylie Coe + Eunice Drummond marriage: FamilySearch (spouse searches, Ohio/MN/any), WV VRR 1923–29.
- William W. Coe + Mildred Bom marriage: FamilySearch spouse search; WV VRR marriages 1950–60 (Coe William / Bom Mildred) — WV VRR marriage coverage thins after ~1940s; newspapers.com "Mildred Bom" 1948–65 and "Coe Bom".
- Martin Drummond death 1924: FamilySearch MN, OH, AL, Canada death indexes — none fit.
- Find a Grave site search blocked in this browser session (domain not allowed); FAG data above is via the FamilySearch FAG index.
Next leads
- Ohio marriage: Miami County (Piqua) probate court marriage records ~1922–24 (FamilySearch "Ohio, County Marriages" browse images for Miami Co); also Eunice may have come to Piqua with her mother (Lizzie) after 1919.
- Lizzie (McClinaghan) Drummond in the 1920 US census (Ohio?) and her death; John McClinaghan's Ontario records (Irish Presbyterian, to Canada 1885).
- Holly's parents' marriage after 1950: Ohio County (Wheeling) or Marshall County marriage books ~1950–68 at the county clerk; Wheeling News-Register wedding announcements (not on newspapers.com).
- Martin Drummond: 1921 Canada census; Saskatchewan/Manitoba death registrations 1924.