| Title: | Eliza Smyth, Co Tyrone to James A Smyth, Ontario |
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| ID | 2667 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Eliza Catherine/60 |
| Year | 1902 |
| 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. | 0501005 |
| Date | 07/08/1902 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 10:01:2005. |
| Word Count | 803 |
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| Transcript | [Front of envelope] Mr Jas A Smyth Essex Ontario Canada [Stamped] NEWTOWNSTEWART AU 7 02 POSTMARK LONDONDERRY COLONIAL PKT. AU 8 02 [Handwritten in pencil over the address] Alfred the Great H 247 Stories from [Em--?] [Hish?] 10.82 Stories from [Hesh?] Strickland H.19 [Back of envelope] [Stamped] PLUMBRIDGE AU 7 02 [Stamped] ESSEX AU 16 02 ONT. [Stamped] ULSTER [DOWN?] AU [Page 1] Castledamph August 7th 1902 Dear Brother I rec. [received?] your letter yest [yesterday?] morning as I was going down to Lisnacreigh [Lisnacreaght?] so I took it with me Bella & Davy were for Gortin to get their Pictures taken but the day came on wet & dark so they put it off for another while I see by your letter & papers you are getting on splendid with your work as principal you will soon have money enough if you go on like what you are at, you earn pretty near as much in one day as John can do in a week when he sees this letter of yours [Page 2] he will think he is like what the baby calls him in his lodgings no man it cant name him so he says it call him no man Now I am just done writing to Mary & John I have told Mary she should go up to Essex I think you & her should surely agree. when you have the books to suit her & everything else besides the money If we had to send her money like we had when you were learning I doubt it would run scarce I suppose she is afraid of making mistakes with they [the?] big folk but if she never commences she will never know what it is to fail [Page 3] Try & get her to go up perhaps she is thinking you dont want her their [there?] may be a mistake betwixts [sic] you both its a pity to let strangers see how little the one cares for the other. I suppose Mary doesnt like to spend much money when its not her own I would advise her to not spend it either to [too?] freely or carlessly [carelessly?] as we have an example in this place at present they neither cared nor asked to know how money came or was made thats Chas [Charles?] McCullaghs ones He came here himself Sat [Saturday?] week for £20 or whatever we could give him we had not the half in the house & besides we had [Page 4] some to pay ourselves so Father told him we could not spare it Chas [Charles?] said he didnt know what he was doing he said his head was astray its a pity of him but they [the?] others needs no pitying atall [at all?] for surely they knew they never could stand at such a rate as they were carrying on Tillie is for America or at least they say so I heard Mary Houston say when we were sending the money to you Mrs McCullagh said we would have little thanks for all we were sending you Now I think we have as much as she had for keeping Tillie four years in Omagh & now has not her passage to take her away [Page 5] I suppose the King will be crowned on Saturday this band is for Gortin Alice Duncan or Ballantine is away somewhere on Tue [Tuesday?] morning at 2 oclock She told some folk she was [for?] Uncles in Canada I think she is gone to America some place Sam sent her a letter to come back but she has left his way. Master James come [came?] here twice a week. he went over all the papers you sent everyone thinks you have good pay being so short a time [learning?] That paper I intended to send you was not our own Jas [James?] Gilkison gets it. I told Tilda to keep it so I thought I had nothing to do but go down & post it to yous [sic] [Page 6] but she had gave it to somebody to cover work. I think I might get it yet as Willie Houston get the same paper but if I dont you will have to want it I was sure of sending it at the time I wrote We have most of the turf home. I see every one [everyone?] has started to cut the hay our men will start Monday they [the?] weather is not favourable for the hay crop Potatoes looks well they are in full blossom & corn is all [shot?] everything is looking its best Orange lilies are doing all the [they?] can to cover the green Father is at the Forge Wm [William?] is moulding turnips Tom is in Oughdorish [Oughtdoorish?] looking for sheep & Willie J [John?] is at School Mother & Dan also so that complets [completes?] the family all well Good bye [Goodbye?] Eliza [Written across top of p 5] I will try & write a little oftener & I wont have so much to tell at once [Written across top of Page 6] We rec [received?] a letter from you two weeks ago I think you must have been a little enraged when you wrote it so I wont say anything about it L C S [Liza Catherine Smyth?] Transcribed by Alan Houston |
