| Title: | [Name?], Off Banks of Newfoundland, to "My Dears". |
|---|---|
| ID | 3956 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1841-50/40(2) |
| Year | ca. 1850 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | unknown |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Newfoundland, Canada |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | writes to family |
| Source | T 2487/1/125: Copied by Permission of E. H. McIlwaine, Esq., Farnham Road, Bangor County Down. #TYPE EMG [Name?], Off the Banks of Newfoundland, [Canada?], to "My Dears", [Location?], an Account of a Voyage, 3 September, [c.1850?]. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9007057 |
| Date | 01/01/1850 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 25:07:1990 TSFS#CREATE created 01:11:1990 GC input |
| Word Count | 758 |
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| Transcript | Tuesday Sept 3rd Off the Banks of Newfoundland My dears as this is a calm day I may as well take advantage of it, and tell you how we are getting on. I do not think we could have much finer weather, sunshine every day and the sea nearly always calm on the surface, but the atlantic rollers make the visit pitch so much sometimes that we might imagine it was a storm, yesterday the sea was magnificent the rollers so high that we could scarcely stand on deck but no one could feel afraid, the vessel uses so beautifully to each wave that it is delightful except for the poor people in front when the water dashed over them, the most of them sit amid ships which is nicely sheltered. Francis has never been the least sick and looks quite brightened up, he has made pounds and seems enjoying himself Thursday and Friday were the only days were the only days we were afraid to dinner in the saloon, every one was sick the gentlemen worse than the ladies we were not exactly sick but did not feel inclined to eat however we kept manfully truthful and beef steak and if we could only manage to take a little each time, it made us feel right afterwards, and we walked on deck nearly all day we have hurried to the pitching now and can eat when the things are rolling from one side of the table to the other there are trays to prevent the plates from sliding off Labina & I sit at one and Mr & Mrs Brown opposite to us He is like Toffy Higginson and she puts me in mind of Jane Nicholsen I could scarcely fancy she was his wife she looks so much older he is very nice just like an English officer but he is an american Mr & Mrs Middleton sit much to them they are very agreeable and have two nice children one such an old fashioned article called Lucy middleton about 4 years old she can tell stories like a grandmother you could not help laughing at her THE McCLANAHANS. Mr. Wm. McClanahan, Sr., died about 1820, from amputation of the leg, rendered necessary by disease which began in the foot. His wife, the mother of all his children, survived him, and died about 1824. In person she was slender, and in old age suffered from palsy in the head. They both died in the old homestead and were buried in the old burying ground near by. This venerable cemetery was the only one within a radius of sixteen miles, as Mrs. "Betsy McClanahan" personally testified to Mrs. Colonel Thomas Lewis, and according to her memory,"the whole hill was covered with graves." Mrs. "Betsy McClanahan" personally testified to Mrs. Blanche White also, that a pine tree had grown up between the head and foot stones of the grave of her father-in-law, Colonel Wm. McClanahan. Mrs. White remembers this tree. It was blown down, and a snag of its stump (root) may now (1894) be seen between these stones. After the death of Mrs. Wm. McClanahan, Sr., the homestead was inherited by her grandson, Charles McClanahan, who sold it to William, son of James McClanahan, who sold it to Colonel J.R. Richardson, who sold it to Thomas Tosh, who sold it to Elijah McClanahan, son of Green and grandson of William, the senior. He afterwards (1860) bought the Big Spring mill on the place and removed a deed of trust that had long been on it. His widow, Emma S. McClanahan, bought it at the sale, and sold it to a land company in 1889. V.-JANE McCLANAHAN, FIFTH CHILD OF ROBERT, THE FOUNDER. Her husband, Alexander St. Clair, came from Belfast, Ireland, and was for a long time a prosperous merchant in Staunton, and an active member of the County Court. He also represented Augusta in the State Senate, in the years 1791-3. Her children were as follows: I. Anne, wife of John Boys. She died when only nineteen years old, and her husband died a few years afterwards, leaving one child, Kitty Boys, who was the mother of Mr Joseph A. Waddell, author of "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia," and member of the "Virginia Historical Society." 2. Jane, wife of Dr. William Boys, a cousin of John. Among her numerous descendants are the Cochrans, Telfairs, and Trimbles. Her only son. Alexander St. Clair Boys, died in Ohio, unmarried. 3. Sally, wife of Captain Robert Williamson, a native of Scotland, and a sea-captain ; a man |
