| Title: | Kate Brown, Canada, to her Aunt Catherine Kirkpatrick, Co Antrim |
|---|---|
| ID | 342 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Brown, Kate/23 |
| Year | 1874 |
| Sender | Brown, Kate |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Peterboro, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Kirkpatrick, Catherine |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | niece-aunt |
| Source | D1604/270: Presented by Rev. Robert Kirkpatrick, Larne, County Antrim |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9407001 |
| Date | 17/11/1874 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 01:07:1994. |
| Word Count | 759 |
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| Transcript | Letter from Kate Brown, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada to Catherine Kirkpatrick, Cullybackey, Co Antrim Kate Brown 17 Nov 1874 (to Mother) Mrs Kirkpatrick Hazelbank Cullybacky Craigs Co Antrim Belfast Ireland November 17th 74 [1874?] My dear Aunt Kate It is a long long time since I have written to you & still longer since I have had a letter from you, I am sure you would not miss mine, when you get from so many others, dear old Nelly never misses her stated day then [Nan?] & Bee come in, so that there is very little left for me to write about I so like to hear about your little children & how I would like to see them, I would very much like to have a Photo of them if you have one to spare, but I would like still more to have one of your dear self & my uncle I have not one of any of you & I would like to have you all so please dear Aunt if it is not asking too much would you send me what you can We have had a most delightful Autumn, some splendid Indian summer weather, for years we have not had it so genuine, & now the middle of November & we can enjoy this evening without a fire altho [although?] a few days ago it was cold enough to keep three stoves soaring. I think for want of something better to write about I shall tell you about ourselves, just now this evening it is half past seven tea over & our baby Ethel in bed, I am sitting at the side of the dining table which is a pritty [pretty?] long one for our family of nine, Robert is at one and writing some business letters, Fanny my eldest at 17 years of age is beside me writing to a young friend I think you would like [Fan?, Fran?] very much, she is a sensible steady girl very fond of housekeeping and very clever at it too she is not pretty but very pleasing & a very great help to me - Jessie the second is lying on the sofa she will be fifteen next month she is very tall five feet seven inches, but not strong, however I am thankfull she is getting stronger, she is not pretty either but has very nice eyes, & such a sunny expression, she is clever at her needle & very fond of it & also a great help to me - then Herbert the oldest boy is sitting opposite to me learning his lessons - as also is Cecil & Percy is printing letters, these three are all handsome, and it is no harm for me to say it as I didn't form their features - He is thirteen, Cecil eleven & the wee man 5 & 1/2, Helen comes between the two last she is the sunbeam of the house, at present spending a few days with some of her little cousins, she is very pretty & a very sweet child & most unselfish she is ready to run for us all, & last is Ethel just twenty months old, every one says she is the darling of the flock - I hope we may not spoil her, I shall send you a Photo of her as I intend having her taking if all is well, soon, I have given you a history of my flock of seven & don't they keep me busy, I have always made my children call us Father & Mother as I don't like the way they say Paw & Maw here - so baby says wa wa for father it is so pretty to hear her talking I walked down to the Cemetry [cemetery?] one day last week to take a look at that one spot that has such feeling of home about it - all so late in the season the grass was very green & fresh & it all looks nice & quiet & peaceful - If all is well I am going up to Goodwood next week for a day or two - poor wee Bee I am sure she is often very lonely we are so far from her, but her boys & girls are so good & such a comfort to her she hardly misses us - I do so like to go up there & yet it is very very different to what it used to be - It is getting late my children are waiting for reading so I must bid you Goodnight - my dear Aunt Please give my Uncle & cousins my love & a great deal for yourself from your affect [affectionate?] niece Kate Brown |
