| Title: | Dorothy Gawley, Marmora, to William [Keys?], Co. Fermanagh |
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| ID | 1152 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Gawley, Dorothy/2 |
| Year | 1851 |
| Sender | Gawley, Dorothy |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Marmora, Ontario, Canada? |
| Destination | Co. Fermanagh, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Keys, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | niece-uncle and aunt |
| Source | Donated by Mr Henry Keys, Principal of Model Primary School, Enniskillen |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9804838 |
| Date | 19/01/1851 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:04:98. |
| Word Count | 645 |
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| Transcript | Mr. William Keys Cool[?] Lowherstown [Lowtherstown?] County Fermanagh Ireland Marmora 19th January 1851 Dear Uncle and Aunt I take this favourable Opertunity [opportunity?] of Writing these lines to you to let you know that me and my Husband and family are all well at present thanks be to God for all his mercies to us unworthy sinners hoping this [?] will find you all in the same state as this leaves us at present. Dear Uncle my Dear Mother died on the 12th of October last after along [a long?] illness and along [a long?] time her and father together 52 years nine months and [Nineteen?] days and Father is still alive but in bad Health at present and [are?] Lonely at present Mary lives with him and that is all the family he have he had [Bells?] Oldest Daughter since she was six months old and She took her away from him when Mother [?] but my Oldest son [are?] there at School and is there now. Dear Uncle this is a good Country for a young Man or young Woman that are industrious there are good Wages aman [a man?] that will go to authority Will get from ten to fourteen Dolares [Dollars?] amonth [a month?] and [?] from three to four Dollars amonth [a month?] and good Boarding. But we have acheap [a cheap?] market of wheat it is only three shillings and six pence per Bushel here [?] and all other markets Equal to that Cheap Butter only six pence [four?] [?] Dear Uncle We have no Market to sell stock here only Beef Cattle My father sold two yoke of [steers?] for Beef at twenty seven pounds ten shilling which [weighed?] thirty seven hundred weight but any other stock only beef are Cheap Pork [selled?] at from Eight to ten Dollars per Barrel two hundred weight oats fifteen pence per Bushel thirty four [?] potatoes [15?] pence per Bushel. Dear Uncle I thank God that the Lord alowed [allowed?] me to [get?] to America my husband have one Hundred acres of land and is about geting [getting?] another hundred acres at present [?] [forty?] pounds by paying that Down to the government Dear Uncle you will be so good as to Let Uncle Hugh Keys of Drum[?] know that we are all well only Mother that [are?] dead since the 12th of October last and let him and Aunt Bell know that we send our love to them in the kindest manner and Wishes [the?] Some of their Children to come to America [for I think?] the [they?] would do well here if the [they?] would get good health [?] the hear what Country we have here The [they?] can Judge for them selves [themselves?] Dear Uncle you mentioned William Armstrong was dead and you will please let me know whither [whether?] [?] Keys and Dorothy are living or not and you will mention if you had any account from Christopher or not And let me hear is Uncle John living or ded [dead?] and you will be pleased to send the particulars of the Country in your next Letter and the acount [account?] how you and Uncle and Aunt and Children is Dear Uncle Thomas is [?] and [living?] [with?] Brother John this year he had Bad luck When he lived in the States he was Cheated of Eight months Wages there before he Came to Father he Sends his love to you and Mother and Children all and all Enquiring friends in and let me hear are there any more of your Children Maried [Married?] Since your last letter. Dear Uncle My Father sends his love to you and Aunt Mary and Children and to Hugh Keys and [Bell?] and Children in the most afectionate [affectionate?] Manner to you all and to all Enquiring friends and neighbors So concludes with my love and Blessing with my Husband Joining me Andrew and Dorothy Gawley |
