| Title: | M. Smyth, Castledamph, to J. A. Smyth, Ontario |
|---|---|
| ID | 2997 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Mary/117 |
| Year | 1899 |
| Sender | Smyth, Mary |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Presbyterian) |
| Origin | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, Canada |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James A. |
| 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 |
| Doc. No. | 507005 |
| Date | 21/09/1899 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:07:2005. |
| Word Count | 642 |
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| Transcript | [Front of Envelope] Mr James A. Smyth, Essex Co. Ontario, Canada. [Stamped] [NEWTOWNSTEWART?] PM SEP [21?] 99 [Written over Envelope] Windsor box 626 Ans [Answered?] Tom Hay left India 8th Oct [Back of Envelope] [Stamped] ESSEX OC 2 99 ONT. [WINDSOR?] OC 2 99 ONT. PLUMBRIDGE SE 21 99 [Page 1] Castledamph Sept 21st. 99 Dear Brother I see by your letter that you did not get many letters during this last while So I thought I would scribble a bit today We were busy every day at the harvest & there was not much time to write. I suppose by this time you are attending Model school you had some hard work this last few [Page 2] years & I suppose you have it nearly all over you now so you are alright I am still working here yet & cannot get to anthing [anything?] I wonder how you got away for they are not willing to let any more [anymore?] as they say it is better to all stay at home & work together. You wanted to know how Joe Duncan's leg is I think it is getting better not not much talk about him. Mathews leg is not right better yet, he is able to do no work yet he is [Page 3] herding the cows and he always stays along the road so he has a chat with everyone goin [going?] up & down the road he is always uneasy to hear the news of the country but he goes down to Elkin’s some times so he alway [always?] hears something there We were thinking that you did not see our Photos before you left S [South?] Woodslee I wonder how you will like them some of us are not very pleasant looking but can't change it I think I heard you say some time ago that you never were on Derry walls [Page 4] so I have the advantage of you all the places you have been and all you have seen for I was on them 12th August I saw a good deal that day that I had never seen before Newtownstewart a –train- and many more besides which I will not mention. We got a letter from Tommy Hay last week he had been in Hospital for two months before but was better again he is for leaving India 8th October for Egypt so he will see another kind of people there he said he had wrote to you some time [sometime?] before but had got no answer [Page 5] I suppose I will tell you of what kind of business is going on our men are on the road this while they had George Noble yesterday drawing stones and has Tomy Mc Farlane [Tommy McFarland?] today napping [knapping?–breaking stones] There was very stormy & wet weather this last week but this day looks well some corn out yet John Duncan & Alex has the most out around here. I suppose you will be sorry to hear of Jamey Young’s Death he departed this life on Thursday morning 14th & was buried on Saturday 4 o'clock Old James started over when they got the telegram & came [Page 6] back Tuesday he was speaking to Father yesterday there are three children one of them is in Young’s We have heard that Robert Keys is not in good health now so Scotland is not a very good place I think he is coming to Plumbridge next week Joe Gilkison [Gilkinson?] has taken a [how?] room in Glasgow so I think he is doing better since he got married but I think she is not doing anything yet so he will have to keep her up I suppose there is no fear of you getting tied to one yet I think all your girls in this courtry [country?] are alive yet J. C. [John Charles?] was speaking to one of yours some time [sometime?] ago but I don’t [sic] whether yet or not she was Miss Gordon he is nearly over the whole place but no settled one yet I have no more to say this time Your Sister M.[Mary?] Smyth J Houston [Huston?] is sending you the witness [The Witness?] |
