| Title: | Marion Denham Wilson, New York, to Mrs J.H. Denham, Ballymena. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3377 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wilson, Marion Denham/70 |
| Year | 1898 |
| Sender | Wilson, Marion Denham |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | school student |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | NYC, USA |
| Destination | Ballymena, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Denham, Maggie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | niece-aunt |
| Source | D1921/3/10: Deposited by : A. Fetridge Esq., Hardware Merchant, Church Street, Ballymena, County Antrim. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9310367 |
| Date | 03/12/1898 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C.R., 13:10:1993. |
| Word Count | 287 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Letter from Marion Denham Wilson, 1337 Fifty-fifth Street, Brooklyn, New York, to Mrs J.H. Denham, 18 Church Street, Ballymena. 1337 Fifty-fifth Street, Brookln, New York. December 3, 1898. My Dear Aunt Maggie, I have intended writing to you for some time, but I suppose you have almost given up expecting to hear from me. Bella taught me how to make Rennaissance [Renaissance?] and I am sending you a little center-piece I made. It is the first piece I did and perhaps not quite so well done as the next will be. Len insists that he must send you something and put in one of his own cards. We are sending it inside a newspaper and hope it will reach you all right by Christmas. I was very glad to receive your letter some time ago We are all well but Mamma says to tell you something that she knows you will be sorry to hear. My cousin, Uncle Joe's second son, Joseph Jr. [Junior?] died on the fourth of December, out in Denver Colorado, where he had gone for his health three months before. It was a great shock to us all as it was the first break in a family of nine children, and the first death since his Mother's eighteen years ago. He was just twenty-six years old and had been married four years. His wife brought home the body, and he was buried last Sunday. I hope you are feeling better and are quite strong again. I always live in the hope that I may some day get over to see you or that you may come and see us. Give my love to Aunt Jeannie and Jack, and we all join in sending a good share to yourself. Your loving niece, Marion Denham Wilson. P.S.[Post script?] - Papa and all wish you a happy Christmas and a pleasant New Year in. |
