| Title: | I. Martin, Chicago, to her Mother, Mrs Shaw, Co Down. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3705 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | martin, isabella/34 |
| Year | 1870 |
| Sender | Martin, Isabella |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | middle-class housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Mrs Shaw |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | daughter-mother |
| Source | D 2709/1/85: Presented by Miss Shanks, Ballyfounder, Portaferry, County Down. #TYPE EMG I. [Isabella?] Martin, 295 Main St [Street?], Chicago , Illinois, U.S.A., to her Mother, Mrs Shaw, Ballyfounder, [Portaferry?], Co [County?] Down, [Ireland?], [Circa 1 |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9102088 |
| Date | 01/01/1870 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 27:02:1991 M.D.#CREATE created 04:11:1991 WJC inpu |
| Word Count | 327 |
| Genre | |
| Note | N.B. her husband is prob. a merchant. |
| Transcript | To: From: Chacago Nov [November?] 27th My Dear Mother I recevied [received?] your kind and welcom [welcome?] letter and was glad to know that you were all well we are all well at present thank god for his goodness to us little Nellie died the Oct [October?] 29th and she was 5 months sick never able to walk from she took sick she took the measleas [measles?] and her lungs got bad both lungs and for a long time I thought she would die every day She suffered a great deal but at the last she did not seem to suffer so much and she died very easy she was a very fine Child she was so kind and affectionate but god saw better for her you never saw any one more spent she was all gone before she died She was 2 years and 9 months and 13 days old I had a letter wrote to send you before she died and with the bother I did not get it sent I will send it in this the [they?] have all done sailing for this season the [they?] got there [their?] schooner all paid for and Sam and William is well Sam calls his son John the [they?] like the schooner well that the [they?] bought I heard no word from Nancy since Nellie died the [they?] were well then piper and palmer is well and Hestings is to go to se [see?] you when he gos [goes?] home I do not no [know?] much more to write with kind love to Margaret and family and all enquiring friends and Mother I bid you good by hoping this will find you able to walk about and may god bless and spare you tell [till?] some of [one?] goes home to see you yet and I hope we will all meet in heaven and I hope the Lord will fit us all for it no more but I remain your affectionate daughter I I Martin 295 Main Street Chicago Ill [Illinois?] write soon |
