Alexander did not emigrate. They lived at Ross, Comrie, Scotland.
When James first arrived in New Zealand he worked in Wellington on the farm of Donald Drummond (His Uncle John's brother-in-law) at Kilbirnie, but later moved to Nelson where he and Willian took up a hundred acre block of Crown Land on 17 August 1855.
Helen passed away some time between 1841-51.
There is no knowledge of Peter
In Scotland they lived in Quoig Cottage, Monzievaird, Perthshire.
The John Drummond family, nieces and nephew embarked on a small trading vessel at Stirling and sailed down the Forth to Edinburgh, thence by small sailing vessel to London. There they boarded the "Sir Allan McNab" which had been sturdily built in Canada but not altogether designed for speed. The master was Captain Cherry, tonnage of ship 840, for those days, quite a large vessel. The voyage occupied 122 days, commencing on 8th April 1855. Also aboard the same ship were twenty-four miners and machinery for the Dun Mountain copper mine.
The accommodation between decks was crowded and inconvenient and one night in the midst of a storm a tremendous commotion was heard. A chock in the focasle hawser hole had been forced out by a sea which flooded the waiste of the ship, some of the water penetrating the passenger quarters, making them think that the ship was sinking. However they arrived safely at Nelson on the 8th August and the shipping notice in the 'Examiner', August list "Mr and Mrs Drummond and eight children, Mr and Mrs Drummond, Mr A Drummond." As John Drummond only brought seven children with him, the eighth child is presumed to be Helen, and possibly Elizabeth took a double berth to be near them.
John and his family first went to Riwaka, Elizabeth, Helen and Alexander probably directly to the Moutere.
Marjory was batisped Mayrie.