| Title: | Robert Magee, Massachusetts, to Norman Lewis, Ontario. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3667 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | magill, robert/21 |
| Year | 1929 |
| Sender | Magill, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Brookline, Massachusetts, USA |
| Destination | Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Lewis, Norman |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | uncle-nephew |
| Source | T/1776/1: Copied by Permission of Mr. Norman Lewis, Island Street, Belfast, 4. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9806858 |
| Date | 18/9/1929 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 25:06:98. |
| Word Count | 344 |
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| Transcript | Sept 18 - Dear Norman Received your letter a short while ago was glad to hear from you that you are getting along alright as it leaves myself and all the family the same. Well I must tell you that I had a letter from your mother yesterday and everybody is well over there which I was glad to hear. Well old boy the winter will soon be here this will be your first winter and no doubt you will find quite a change I had four of the children away all summer in the country, but they are all home again now; Doris my 14 yr old girl was away for two months at a girls camp and came home looking fine put on twelve pounds in weight, Robert he is twelve years old he was away also all summer with the Y.M.C.A. boys camp and had a good time also but they are all back home again now since school has open, Well I must tell you that one of my girls got married last May, the second oldest one, Margaret, she will be nineteen on January the 19th. there is only nine days difference between both your ages, the oldest girl Molly is away in a Sanatorium she was not very well in health so has been away to get herself built but is getting along fine and expects to be home pretty soon again, I am sending you a few snaps of the girls. Well we are having pretty good weather lately we had a wonderful summer also; Your mother was saying in her letter that there was ever so many men payed [paid?] off at the Ship Yards and they were all out of work over there it seems to [too?] bad for it must be kind of hard on them all; Well Norman, I wont take so long in answering the next letter so will come to a close wishing you the best of luck and hoping to hear from you soon. With Love from Uncle Bob. x x x x Envelope - To : Mr. Norman Lewis C/O. Mr. J. Perkins Sowanstown Ont. [Ontario ?] Canada From : Mr. Robert Magill 115 Boylston St Brookline [Brooklyn ?] Mass. [Massachusetts ?] |
