| Title: | Mrs M. Briggs, Illinois to G. Kirkpatrick, Ballymena |
|---|---|
| ID | 298 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Briggs, Margaret J/12 |
| Year | 1869 |
| Sender | Briggs (n. Kinnear), Margaret J. |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Ballymena, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev George Kirkpatrick |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | D 1604/215: Presented by Rev. Robert Kirkpatrick, Breezemount, The Roddens, Larne, County Antrim. |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9012037 |
| Date | 24/08/1869 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by B.W. 20:12:1993 |
| Word Count | 310 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Rector of Episcopal Cullybacky [Cullybackey?] Co [County?] Antrim Ireland [Postmarked] PAID [LONDON?] DERRY SEPTEMBER 6 ..69 [1869?] COL [COLONIAL?] PACKET E PONTIAC AUG 24 [1869?] ILL [ILLINOIS?] 4 H BELFAST SP [SEPTEMBER?] 7 ..69 [1869?] From: Pontiac Livingston Co [County?] Ill [Illinois?] Aug 23rd ..69 [1869?] To the Rector of the Episcopal Church Dear Sir - Circumstances compel me to produce my Baptismal Record Will you Sir be so kind as to find It & forward me to America & I will renumerate you at a future time - I was baptized in Cullybacky [Cullybackey?] I think by a Mr Johnson Episcopal about 1822 as ws have no record I cannot give a correct date my Sponsers [Sponsors?] In Baptism named me Margaret Jane Kinnear infant daughter of Alexander Kinnear & Elizabeth his Wife my father being In India at the time I have also Written to the Prysptiern [Presbyterian?] Clergyman of Said Town to Search the record for Said Marriage of a Kinner [Kinnear?] & Elizabeth Adger of Said Township but have so far received no answer from him I wrote my cousin James Kinnear of Belfast formerly of Cully-backy [Cullybackey?] & he informs me that at that time there was no Register kept now I hope that the Church of England has not been so lose [loose?] my Father Alexander Kinner [Kinnear?] died in the Army in India & unless I can prove my Mothers #PAGE 2 marriage I can not claim any inheritance my parents were married by the Reverend Mr Kinnear a blind Preacher In Culybacky [Cullybackey?] & now dear Sir I ask you a Christian & gentleman do confer this favor upon me a member of your Church I would send you a stamp for return postage but our Stamps will not pass of course you will pardon the liberty I have taken to write you a Stranger I had written to James Kinner [Kinnear?] Jnr [Junior?] but he did not attend properly to do & I thought that I would try the Stranger as Sometimes we entertain Angels unawers [unaware?] If you would forward It In a newspaper or Send to James Kinner [Kinnear?] Belfast he would forward me Yours Respectfully Margaret Jane Kinnear Briggs Mrs M. J. Briggs |
