| Title: | Isabella Martin, Chicago, To Mrs Shaw, Ballyfounder, Portaferry. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3707 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | martin, isabella/41 |
| Year | 1870 |
| Sender | Martin, Isabella |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | middle-class housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Destination | Portaferry, Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Mrs Shaw |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | daughter-mother |
| Source | D2709/1/88C: Presented by Miss Shanks, Ballyfounder, Portaferry. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9502178 |
| Date | 01/01/1870 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:02:1995. |
| Word Count | 280 |
| Genre | |
| Note | N.B. her husband is prob. a merchant. |
| Transcript | [document starts here]... have no house I have very little news to send you let me know how bella is if she learning fast I allways [always?] think I will be home to se [see?] you all but not to stay I could not think to live in Ireland now at night when I dream that I am at home all my bother is to get back every place I get friends I do not think much long give my kind love to Margaret and James and the Children all let me know if you ever se [see?] Uncle Jammey [Jimmy?] and if he is living or not and if wee Francis has got any more of a family and how he is getting along the are a sister of wee Francis wife comming [coming?] to Chicago this spring Mrs Carr she has 4 sons out here she is aunt to Ellens man dear Mother we are all glad to hear you were well and happy it is time for you to get comfort and I hope you will enjoy yourself and not knit to [too?] hard I will bid you goodbye for a little time and I hope if we do not meet on earth we will meet in heaven where we will meet to part no more when you write Direct to 295 Main Street Chicago Ill [Illinois?] and I will get it you can write soon no more but I remain your affectionate daughter Isabella Martin Sam calls this pig ally lane you will se [see?] the most pigs going to be killed in 100's ever day the are stop to now it is not the season |
