| Title: | Grace Holmes, Tullygoney, to Robert Holmes, Pennsylvania. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1452 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Holmes, Grace/115 |
| Year | 1811 |
| Sender | Holmes, Grace |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Tullygoney, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Pennsylvania, USA |
| Recipient | Holmes, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | mother-son |
| Source | T.3647/1: Deposited by Mrs. J.L. Colling. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9708193 |
| Date | 22/04/1811 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 29:08:97. |
| Word Count | 469 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Robert Holmaes, Lancaster, Pa., [Pennsylvania?], [U.S.A.?]. From: Grace V [Vance?] Holmes, Hazel Hill, Tullygoney, County Tyrone, Ireland. Tulleygoney [Tullygoney?], April the 22nd, 1811 Dr [Dear?] Bob This comes with my love to Nancy and all your Children and also to Billy Sturgeon. Hoping these few lines will find you all in Health, as for me I Enjoy very poor health pains in my bones getting nearly blind want of natural rest at night and many other complaints too Tedious to Relate, yet thanks be to the almighty that I am in the land of the living and for the use of my reason and Understanding, I Received your letter and also the Childrens of the 31st of October which gave me no small Joy and Comfort in trouble and tears to hear of the Difficulties and Sickness and troubles you have met with, yet Joyful and glad to hear that you are getting over them all, if I was but to See you all upon Earth before I die it would add Much to my Comfort, but if I die Not ours but his will be done, My dear son this may be the last Oppurtunity [Opportunity?] that Ever I may have to Communicate my thoughts to you and I hope you will observe my Sayings, that as god in his providence has Blessed you in sending such a fine family of Children and Spared you and their mother over them that you will be careful to set Good Examples of piety Before them and train them up in the way the [they?] should go that when the [they?] grow old the [they?] may not Depart from it So that when the Lord Calls you to give an account of your Stewardship you may have the approbation of god and your Own Conscience, it grieves me much that I have got no Account from your Brother this season If should get any it would add some Comfort to me Dr [dear?] Bob use all the means you can by writing to him to send me Some Account, to Philadelphia And John Holmes will further it, Vance Does all that is in his power for me whem he Cant Come he sends Robin and [Dagy?] to do anything for me that I have to do, so does Jenny and her husband the [they?] are friendly with me, yet I am always Desolate for the want of you both my Dear Children need say no more at present but I refer it to Billy Neilson who will tell you Every thing Respecting me Vance and family joins me in love to you so does Jenny Her Husband and Children, and may the Lord be with you and bless you all, is the earnest wish and prayer of your Ever loving and afectionate [affectionate?] mother while in Existance [existence?] Grace V [Vance?] Holmes Old Joseph Erwin is aburying this afternoon (Vance wrote this for me) |
