| Title: | J. White, Goderich to E. Wallace, Newtownards. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3298 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | White, Jane/1(3) |
| Year | 1859 |
| Sender | White, Jane |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Presbyterian?) |
| Origin | Goderich, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Newtownards, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Wallace, Eleanor |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D1195/3/19: Presented by J.W. Russell & Co (Solicitors) High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Belfast. |
| Doc. No. | 9312076 |
| Date | 27/01/1859 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C.R., 02:12:1993. |
| Word Count | 895 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Eleanor Wallace [Newtownards?] [County Down?] [Ireland?] From: Jane White Goderich [Ontario?] [Canada?] January 27 1859 Goderich January 27 1859 My dear Eleanor I was delighted to receive your kind letter, I can perfectly understand what you mean by household duties taking up so much of your time, I feel just the same for all my mother one might suppose would take all the trouble, it is wonderful what one gets to do if they feel inclined, I'm sure in a house where there are six or ten children the work must be no little, sewing alone considered, We felt very sorry to hear about Mrs Hill being poorly, I hope she is better, do let us know particularly in your next letter, and I will feel much obliged, I always was so fond of Mrs Hill, do you know where her sister Mrs McConnell is, we often speak of her, is she still in Montreal? So Miss Bingham is living and well, how silly the person must have been to tell she was dead, and they from Mewtownards too, do you know how she is getting on? What a mild winter we have here for so far with the exception of one night and morning when the thermometer was 20 below zero, above a week ago, there is a thaw at present. I heard of the marriage of Dr Jamison but heard it was the youngest and only remaining Miss Ferguson of Castleleavery, your letter contradicts this. The young folks are certainly leaving us alone they are marrying off so fast, I suppose you will be following their example some of these days, but I do declare Eleanor if I were in your place I would scarcely be induced to give up my liberty few ladies are as abundantly blessed as you in this world's wealth and comforts with a blessing attending it, you have been brought up in a good, religious, proper manner, and have profited by it, but married or single there is no doubt the Almighty will watch over your welfare because you trust in Him. I hope when you marry you will get a good kind husband. my mother was greatly taken with S[p]urgeon's sermons, you #PAGE 2 will remember you sent them to me, he is certainly a very clever man but has a queer way of expressing himself, my father was talking to Revd [Reverend?] Mr McKidd here about him, he called him a queer con [concern?], I suppose he thinks he can preach better himself. The new bishop was up early in winter and held a confirmation, there is now the bishopric of Huron so old Dr Strachan of Toronto is not our bishop any longer, we have lost the old Scotsman and got a very clever Irishman in his place Mr Cronyn of Dublin formerly, he got in by only one vote, he is a very strong opponent of Cardinal Wiseman's I see, his address to the young people was that of a staunch Protestant. There was some amusement at the Election of our Mayor this time it was done by all the Electors of the town according to the new act, the candidates were Dr McDougall and a Mr Johnston, I think Johnston was brought up near Lurgan, Ireland, my father was proposed as a third, but he declined the honour, Dr McDougall begged of him to take his place and he would turn his votes over to him as he is tired of being Mayor, he has had it so long, but he was determined to oppose Johnston as he is a great fellow among the Orange men, I believe the master of the [lodge?] here, and the other is a Roman Catholic, the people who would be supposed to vote for Johnston [----?] their votes and let McDougall in by a [-?ar?]thing majority, the other person was so unpopular owing to some affair that took place many years ago long before we came here, it is strange how one false step sticks in the public mind so long, but the situation is one of trouble and expense not worth having, it is said one of the sons of Queen Victoria is to visit Canada next summer of course he will be here in Goderich. It is said the railway is to run through the town to the wharf, I do not think the people at home would put up with this in a town. I hope you will excuse such an uninteresting letter, I feel very much obliged at your constant kindness in writing to me, being so long parted from you, it is so pleasant to think you have not forgotten me, my father and mother join me in kindest love to you, not forgetting your cousin, please remember us to Mr and Mrs Milliken, we were anxious to hear from them, my father wrote last, I hope they are quite well, hoping soon to hear from you, I remain Yours Most Sincerely Jane My father would like to know where the person is who used to be organist in N.T.Ards [Newtownards?] church, a Mr Walker, if you know any thing of him or where he is, what part of #PAGE 3 Canada, my father would like to hear, he told me about twenty times, I should think to ask you, I think, I always forgot, he came out in the ship with us. my father would like to hear of him being well fixed. |
