| Title: | James & Mary Toal, New York to Edward Toal, Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3130 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Toal, James/27 |
| Year | 1845 |
| Sender | Toal, James |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant? Catholic? |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Destination | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | father-daughter / uncle-nephew |
| Source | T 1543: Copied by Permission of J. McCauley Esq., 58 Rockmore Road, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9006125 |
| Date | 01/01/1845 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 25:02:1994. |
| Word Count | 609 |
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| Transcript | Brothers and Sister Sends there [their?] love to you and hopes to have the Happiness of Seeing you soon in the Spring So May god and my Blessing be on you and Conduct your Self [yourself?] as Becomes A young woman in your Situation So no more at present but Remains your loving father till [until?] Death James Toal Dear Nephew I am happy to have pleasure Once more to write to you hoping these few lines will find you and your family in good health I am happy to have the pleasure of letting you know that I Received your kind Letters = you wish to be Informed in Regard to the Baking Bisness [Business?] here it is in great Demand here only it is like adale [a deal?] of other Bisness [Business?] there are too Many at it = Master Bakers Can do Pretty god [good?] Busness [Business?] But Jurney [Journey?] men has [not?] great wages here young men has Sixteen Shillings British a week and there [their?] Board there is Many women in this Country that Bakes their own Bread your Aunt Bakes her own and She gets A twelve pound loaf Baked with the Baker for one penny British Money. we buy our own flower [flour?] by the Barrel we get 196 lb of flower [flour?] for 21s British money. we wish you and all our friends ware [were?] here as this Country Comes To be quite famialiar [familiar?] to us Now we have A geat [great?] Many Acquaintances Calls to See us here. William Dorrian we See frequently and his family and your Cousin James Stood Sponsor for a Child of his About three week Back and the Priest Christened it John me and your Cousin [Catrine?] was at the Christening likewise and the Coach Came to the house for us and took William Dorrian and the gosips [gossips?] and me to the Catholick [Catholic?] Church and Back to the house Again Catholick [Catholic?] Chileren [Children?] has all to be taken to the Catholick [Catholic?] Church to be Chrisned [Christened?] Barnard Craford [Crawford?] and his Mrs we See frequently and his Brother and Sister likewise Hugh Dorrian and Charley Dorrian Came to See us Shortly after They Came here but I did Not See mary Dorrian yet but Cathrine got the little present that her Cousin Calley Sent to her John Coan of portaferry Coms [Comes?] to See us often and John [Girrin?] Also and A greate [great?] Dale [Deal?] of other Acquaintances too tedious to Mention Dear Nephew I wish you and your family ware [were?] all here and all our friends #PAGE 2 as I Prefer this Country for good Employment and good living than there is in Ireland yet I allways [always?] Respect the land of my berth [birth?] More than I Do This Country you will give our love to your Mrs and to Mr and Mrs Rice and we wish to know how Mary An [Ann?] Murry is and how She is Situated. William your Brother is here with us and sends his love to you all Remember our love to your Brother James and wishes he was here with us - I wish you Could Send my love to my Sister Nancy and to all the famely [family?] if that She be [alive?] as I know that She was A loving Sister So no More at present only Write Soon if you Please as I am happy to here [hear?] from you So Remains your loving Uncle and ant [Aunt?] James and Mary Toal Dear Nephew write Soon and Direct as Usual Corner of 17 St [Street?] and 7th Avenue To Edward Toal [stamped:] 13 1845 To the Care of LIVERPOOL Bernard Hughes 71 S H I P Donegal Street Belfast Ireland |
