| Title: | John McGoogan, Knocknahinch, to Samuel McGoogan |
|---|---|
| ID | 3836 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | mcgoogan, john/36(2) |
| Year | 1879 |
| Sender | McGoogan, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer (leaving for the States soon) |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Knocknahinch, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | poss. Pittsburgh, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | McGoogan, Samuel |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | Donated by John H.McGuckin, Jnr, Senior Vice President 400 California Street, San Francisco, California 94104. |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park. |
| Doc. No. | 9603048 |
| Date | 24/11/1879 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 29:02:96. |
| Word Count | 239 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Knocknahinch November 24th 1879 Dear Brother I received your last and I now write to let you know that I will sail with my family for New York on Saturday the 29th inst and I expect to see you before Christmas therefore I need not enter into details of anything farther than this that my wife has a brother in Jersey city, another brother who has been 14 years in the state of Michigan who had a wife but she died 2 years ago and had no children - Well he sold out in Michigan and came down to Jersey city in the fall to see his brother (who is also married and has 3 children) after remaining a few days in Jersey city he resolved to come over here and see his two sisters my wife and Hugh Gillins then his Brothers wife resolved to accompany him to see her friends who live at Bendooragh 4 miles from Ballymoney so they both came to us and encouraged us to clear out and go to America which I have done it is probable that I may stop in Jersey city till the Spring that is if we can find employment, if not we will go straight on to you and try for work there however we will stop a few days with Brother in Jersey City any how but I will see you some how with Gods help as I said before Christmas Brothers address is Wm [William?] Tait 14 Westerville Street Jersey city New York. |
