| Title: | John Killen, Co. Donegal to Mrs Corbitt, Canada. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1610 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Killen, John/29 |
| Year | 1895 |
| Sender | Killen, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | prob. farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Destination | Canada |
| Recipient | Mrs Corbitt |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | grandfather-granddaughter |
| Source | T 3740/1. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9405119 |
| Date | 05/07/1895 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 03:05:1994. |
| Word Count | 204 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Mrs Corbitt, Canada From: John Killen, Green Hill [Greenhill?], County Donegal, [Ireland?] Green Hill [Greenhill?] July 5 1895 Dear Mrs Corbitt I recd [received?] your welcome letter to me it has gladend [gladdened?] me to hear from you and your familey [family?] and Sam I was cast down thinking about Sam but your letter has revived me I hope you will rite [write?] often to me and let me kno [know?] how you are geting [getting?] along how babey [baby?] is I am glad to hear that it is a fine Child dont think to mutch [much?] about it for fear it would be taken away from you Contentment in this life with good health and the love of God in the heart is a great gift and a blessing may god give it to you and your familey [family?] I will send the daughter a book the first time I am in Derrey [Derry?] I think it will be the Tales of a grandfather I kno [know?] it will be interesting to a grand daughter [granddaughter?] we had a verey [very?] cold winter but the summer is good the crops are good and will be Earley [Early?] I was over in the forge last night the [they?] got a letter from you the next day that I got mine [John Killen?] |
