| Title: | W Smyth, Ontario to "Dear Brother" |
|---|---|
| ID | 3013 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, William/7 |
| Year | 1890 |
| Sender | Smyth, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Essex, Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, John J. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 410302 |
| Date | 10/02/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 02:11:2004. |
| Word Count | 204 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | [Page 1] South Woodslee Feburary 10 1890 Dear Brother, You will think us extravigent [extravagant?] when you hear the outley [outlay?] for the furnishing of four Beadroms [bedrooms?] bead [bed?] stead buaro [bureau?] comode [commode?] 3 articles for each room 12 in all one hundred dollars tapistry and other carpets for the halls [and?] floers [floors?] one hundred and fifty with outher [other?] things to match let me know how archibald and [tildagare?] and the rest of them is getting along and if Robert [and?] James Smith is got married yet [Page 2] Dear Brother I was Sorry that I Spoke about any of the boys comming [coming?] here i may have caused truble [trouble?]. I know that people do not like to let their children go so fare [far?] but this is a great country young men can get from 125 to 150 dollars pear [per?] year and girls from 2 to 2.50 dollars pear [per?] week. I have given the girls an aducation [education?] of of [sic] Some Kind annie has learned Dressmaking bell has learned the tailoring and Cassie has a good education she has been teaching School the past two and half yares [years?] at a Selary [salary?] of 300 dollars a yare [year?] i must close goodbye W [William?] Smyth Transcribed by Tony Flanagan |
