| Title: | Mary Boyd, New York to Eliza McKee, Co. Down. |
|---|---|
| ID | 269 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Boyd, Mary/11 |
| Year | 1893 |
| Sender | Boyd, Mary |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | McKee, Eliza |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | niece-aunt |
| Source | D1195/3/29 Presented by J.W. Russell & Co (Solicitors) 4, High Street, Newtownards, County Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9310593 |
| Date | 29/03/1893 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C McK., 20:10:199 |
| Word Count | 540 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Eliza McKee, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland From: Mary Boyd, New York, [U.S.A.?] March 29 1893 New York Mar [March?] 29, 1893 Dear Aunt Eliza we received your welcome and loving letter and was so glad to hear from you that you are still with us and pray to the Lord that he will keep you with us for some years to come as you are dear papa (sic) sister and Oh don't we miss him now Oh if he onely [only?] live to sit in a chair and look at him I would work my fingersnails [fingernails?] off oh me I will never forget get (sic) him as long as I live he use [used?] to call me his dear mother namesake and said I looked like her so much in that [-------?] papa sent you years ago if he onely [only?] saw us children now he would feel as happy as a king but I do hope we will all meet some day in a happy home then ours wich [which?] will be in heaven I hope and trust in the Lord Well we are all well at presant [present?] and I hope in Lord to keep us so dear auntie you said you wanted to know what I work at I do housework wich [which?] I do not like because I have to be away from home so much from my sisters and brothers wich [which?] I love my onely [only?] brother [Willie?] as he is so good to us all and my other brother was after me and he was called after dear papa namesake he would be 17 years old if he lived but I hope he is in heaven with dear papa and happy to [too?] I would have wrote to you long ago as my work keeps me busy and how I came to write this letter because I left my place just now for a while and I hope the next letter you send I hope I can answer it as I think so much of you on account of dear papa dear aunt I can hardly write to to (sic) think he had to go home and leave us so young and poor mama to strugle [struggle?] for bread and to kep [keep?] us together but we intend to help mama now to pay us for what she done for us and hope she need not want for nothing Dear Aunt I would love to see you where you live do you think I have change [changed?] sence [since?] that [--------?] and that card I sent do [to?] you do you (sic) think I look like papa #PAGE 2 [--?] [--------?] and you did you get [Laiza?] pictur [picture?] in a card if not tell us and we will send you another one and mama also have you Willie [Willie's?] picture I think he looks horrid with he [his?] bare arms but he thinks he looks smart that way well I think I will close my letter and all the childrn [children?] send you a loving kiss wich [which?] they hope to chear [cheer?] you up and hope you will be with us for years to come I say farewell dear aunt Eliza hoping to here [hear?] from you soon I remain your loving niece Mary Boyd 1427 [----?] write New York City soon |
