| Title: | W. Russell, Co. Donegal, to R. Russell, Ontario, Canada. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2365 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Russel, William/26 |
| Year | 1880 |
| Sender | Russell, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Destination | Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Russell, Robert |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | T 3281/4/a-b: Presented by Mrs Reta Lancaster. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9602039 |
| Date | 01/01/1880 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 01:02:96. |
| Word Count | 667 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Ma_____________ My Dear Cousin Robert I am in receipt of your kind and welcome letter dated 17 Dec. [December?] and I assure you I felt great pleasure in the contents of it I am happy to hear from you and all my dearly beloved friends I acknowledge that I have been verry [very?] negligent with regard to writing you many a letter I write for strangers & I dare say had I to employ strangers to write for me that my friends would be likely to hear from me a great deal oftener however I hope you will excuse me for this time and I will try and not be so long of writing you again I am sorry to hear of my dear uncle James been poorly but I hope he will soon recover the Lords will must be done and we must be reconciled with it we would all be sorry to hear of any distress being in any of the family but more especially when the head of the family is afflicted matters are not all in their right place it matters not how little the [he?] can do with regard to work if the [he?] can only walk about and see that all of us are minding our duty a good advice is as good from a perant [parent?] as a present from a stranger dear Cousen [Cousin?] I be verry [very?] seldom in or about [mangrehane?] I cannot endure a sight of it when I think on days gone by your fathers house is still there as yet and I believe Carson has some tenants in it and the [---- --------- -----------?] I think the barren is down the Clarks are all there as yet fighting away as usual it is not long since young John was in Jail for striking his uncle Robts [Robert's?] wife with a Spaid [spade?] John Clark and Bell Eaton and family are still there as for the old Boyles the [they?] are all dead Marry [Mary?] Callen is living with Mrs. Galey [Gailey?] I may let you know that old John Mackey died about 2 years ago and young John held the farm on to Summer last and sold it at May to James Carson of Derry and is gone to Queensland he is married and took the wife and one child with him and I think poor Alexander Lindsay is all but out of his land he is verry [very?] poor at present but he surely may blame no one but himself he drank to great excess for sometime but is quit it now I suppose when he has nothing to drink there is a good deal of changes here since you left ireland and not for the better dear Cousin I am sorry to say that it was our dear friend John Cathers that was killed at the time you mention his wife Elenor donaughey [Donaghy?] and family are in the same place where he was killed I may now let you know that I have another little son born to me on the 13th of November last and I have called him for your father he is as like him as if he was his own son I have now three sons and one daughter William and Robert and Marry [Mary?] and James you see their names here as the [they?] were born if my Sister marry [Mary?] was convenient I would give her name sake [namesake?] to her and she would air [heir?] her property I must say she knows nothing of trouble when she has no children I would think I was happy if we had none they are a trouble handling and it belongs to expenses to keep them as the [they?] ought to be kept your friends about Raphoe all join in sending their love to your wife and family and to uncle and aunt and family and to Sister Marry [Mary?] I Remain your affectionate cousin to death William Russell |
