She was the eldest of her parents Anne and John Drummond’s nine children. On the early death of her mother she was left with the responsibility of looking after her seven remaining brothers and sisters, aged from five to twenty, and her father. The family was reasonably well-to-do as John worked for his mother another Annie – known as ‘The Duchess of Lever Street’ - at her millinery business in Manchester. Annie’s grandmother exported smocks, hats, and bonnets to Germany using the local Commission Agents Dröege & Co. Through her grandmother’s business Annie first met the love of her life Arthur - the younger son of German Leopold Dröege and his English wife Elizabeth. Arthur Dröege was a British national and had been educated in England. Arthur was a leading light in the family business and befitting his position he spoke six languages fluently. After meeting in their youth a romance blossomed and after a serious courtship Annie and Arthur wed on the 30th June 1900 at St Philip and St James’ Church in Shaw Heath, Stockport, Cheshire.
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