| Title: | Lisa Smyth, Co Tyrone to James A Smyth, Ontario |
|---|---|
| ID | 2656 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Eliza Catherine/51 |
| Year | 1901 |
| Sender | Smyth, Eliza Catherine |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Castledamph, Co, Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 0410045 |
| Date | 24/10/1901 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 26:10:2004. |
| Word Count | 834 |
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| Transcript | Front of envelope Mr. J. A. Smyth Essex Ontario Canada STAMPED NEWTOWNSTEWART PM 10 0 [OO?] 24 01 POSTMARK LONDONDERRY COLONIAL PKT AM 5 00 [OC?] [25?] [01?] Handwritten Ans Nov 12 Back of envelope POSTMARK PLUMBRIDGE A OC 24 [?] POSTMARK ULSTER DOWN OC 25 01 T.P.O POSTMARK ESSEX NO 4 01 ONT. Jamey's Spark Thursday Oct 24th 01 Dear Brother Just after getting my dinner & came up here to herd the cows as Willie J [John?] has to go to gather spuds I have a [an?] easy bat [beat?] as I have nothing to watch but the plants I am writing this with that little pencil you sent a year a go [ago?] Tom always keeps it, so I could not manage to keep ink as handy. Hardly know were [where?] to begin, to end will [well?] Rec [Received?] a letter from Mary this morn [morning?] see she has been in Leamington gives a great deal of news she is getting a little afraid of trains she says more goes by Woodslee in one hour than would pass Newtown [Newtownstewart?] in one day she talks about no letter delivery like what we have here go for them or want Master James was up on Sunday told us he rec [received?] a letter from you. We have got the hay all in Thursday last we had Willie Ballantine Mosey Constable Willie & Barney Moores [Moore?] they were saying their [there?] was a lot of hay in the ones you & us put up They are at the potatoes this last few days John is home so we have four spades (not bad yet) Uncle John was up twice since you's [you?] left he was telling John to go to Strabane for one year & then he said by that time he would not be able to do much so he meant to say John would get the run of this place if he would be a good carpenter Most likely John will be home this Winter Old Mrs Dunn Letterbratt [Letterbrat?] died very suddent [suddenly?] on Sat morning was at breakfast & a Blood vessel bursted [burst?] as she has never been of sound mind some go to say she commited [committed?] sucide [suicide?] no one will know now Funeral was on Tuesday to Gortin. Father attended, [sixty?] [cars?] present. Mr Willoughbys [Willoughby's?] wife died last week in Belfast brought her remains to Gortin Mickey Bradly (sic) son who was comming [coming?] out the teacher it appears failed at the last exam & has hooked it off to Scotland Master James say (sic) he is a great fool as he could have taught school for some time & then tried again Mr James said old Mickey told him he sent home for his passage to take him to America I believe you school teachers hardly know enough about how money is made Lizzie McCullagh has got an old bycycle [bicycle?] rigged up & I believe she comes to the ground pretty often Wm [William?] Noble was telling us they had a letter from Lizzie & she said she sent they [the?] pictures on hope [hoping?] you rec [received?] them safe he & Andy McClelland was in one night & I beleive [believe?] Andy was [tired?] laughing Andy [Mc?] says John Gordon's mouttash [moustache?] is out again what ever [whatever?] road it will take this time Andy Ballantine was growing Whisker (sic) but has shaved off again perhaps some one [someone?] told him he was black enough, without another addition. I was taking a survey of the mountains (just now) & I tell you (sic) look dismal enough. McCullagh (sic) ones has lost a great many of the [sewers?] but I suppose what is one's loss is another's gain. Our folk sold 2[u?] lambs at 8s.6d each in Plumbridge fair also a Bull at £3 & bought a heifer at £5 & four sheep dont [don t?] know their price. Mary told us Cook did not teach the Scholars much but that you had to cash out six pounds Mary says women was not made to stay in the house over there quite different from here if Father was over a while he would'nt [wouldn t?] think what he does Just thinks we should always stay inside the house (I am going to put the cows out now) We have never heard when Willie J [John?] is going his mother has been unwell this last while but I think she must be better now they dont [don t?] let people know when they are sick like other folk do stop again as it is going to rain one of them [those?] McFarlands (sic) boys who went away same day as you is back only stooped [stopped?] a day or two landed same day Jamey Stewart was killed he says it was the shaft of the hay waggon [wagon?] went right through him he was trying to pull the horses it was a pity of the brother going out to meet such a trial I think old Stewart is very sorry Young Robert [Barness?] is going to sell his farm again [Wed?] has one bought down where the wife lived I just want to finish this before I go in writing this out on the stone [Ditch?] going into the house no more Liza Written across top of page: Notice the new address Transcribed by Alan Houston |
